Pulp Fiction opening credits

Pulp Fiction

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI1yt38A9-E&safe=active

 

Remember Me Credits

Remember Me Closing Credits

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EDITED BY

 

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Research into Thrillers

Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense Thrillers
No list of suspense or thriller films can be complete without mention of English film-maker/director Alfred Hitchcock. He helped to shape the modern-day thriller genre, beginning with his early silent film The Lodger (1927), a suspenseful Jack-the-Ripper story, followed by his next thriller Blackmail (1929), his first sound film (but also released in a silent version). Hitchcock would make a signature cameo appearance in his feature films, beginning with his third film The Lodger (1927), although his record was spotty at first. After 1940, he appeared in every one, except for The Wrong Man (1956). Although nominated five times as Best Director (from 1940-1960), Hitchcock never won an Academy Award.

Thriller and Suspense Films: These are types of films known to promote intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. Thriller and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable categorizations, with similar characteristics and features.
If the genre is to be defined strictly, a genuine thriller is a film that restlessly pursues a single-minded goal - to provide thrills and keep the audience cliff-hanging at the 'edge of their seats' as the plot builds towards a climax. The tension usually arises when the main character(s) is placed in a menacing situation or mystery, or an escape or dangerous mission from which escape seems impossible. Life itself is threatened, usually because the principal character is unsuspecting or unknowingly involved in a dangerous or potentially deadly situation. Plots of thrillers involve characters which come into conflict with each other or with outside forces - the menace is sometimes abstract or shadowy.
Thrillers are often hybrids - there are lots of varieties of suspense-thrillers.

From the information I found on http://www.filmsite.org/thrillerfilms.html I learnt that thrillers there are several different types of thrillers and it is the excitement that gets built up that creates the tension and suspicion. Often thrillers have dangerous challenges the characters have to face and sometimes even potential death situations.

Example of  some thrillers:

• action- or adventure- thrillers
• sci-fi thrillers (such as Alien (1979))
• crime-caper thrillers (such as The French Connection (1971))
• western-thrillers (such as High Noon (1952))
• film-noir thrillers (such as Double Indemnity (1944))
• even romantic comedy-thrillers (such as Safety Last (1923))

Thriller Genre

Thriller is a genre that revolves around anticipation and suspense.
The aim of thrillers is to keep the audience alert and on the edge of their seats.
Commonly a character has to face a problem e.g. an escape, mission or mystery. No matter what sub-genre a Thriller film falls into, it emphasises the danger the character faces.
The tension is built up throughout the film and often leads to a heavy climax towards the end.

Art of the Title

Sin City

The music from the beginning is intriguing and the constant beat builds up tension and suspicion.
One of the images shown in the slideshow of pictures is a drawing of a woman with a gun being pointed at her. This links to the genre as it is a thriller and creates enigma for the audience. When the city becomes the title it is red in contrast to everything being black and white. Colour is only used for certain parts of the film, in the opening sequence colour is effective in making the opening credits and title stand out as it is red on black.

As the music progresses it becomes slightly eerie which brings on the opening of the film, this technique is used to bring the opening to an end. Red is appropriate as it is a suggestive connotation of blood and love which are main themes in the film.

The title sequence related to the genre because it represents the themes and genre of the film. The films style and flair is shown through the opening by the colours font of the titles and the images.
The lighting is very significant in this particular film as throughout it is used to accentuate certain characters or areas that the producer wants to stand out. 

Film Distribution

Distribution

Film distribution is the process of making a movie available for the viewing of an audience. This is usually done by a marketing strategy for the film. For example making the advertising for the film suited for a specific audience. Film distribution includes things such as a film’s release date or a trailer for a film. 

Evaluation of Last Years Work

I think the best video from last year was One Step Ahead because:

• The credits came onto the screen in places that didn't block the actors

• They used props to enhance the detective side to their video e.g a map

• The background on the  computer of a police sign tells the audience what they are involved in without having to say it 

• The lighting was effective e.g. for the parts of their video they wanted to be brighter/darker than others they used lighting well to create enigma and excitement  

• The digetic sound made the sequence seem realistic 

• There were several cuts but they all went together to appear invisible 

• They used a split screen near the end the show the two stories which were going on at the same time to create tension and anticipation

The reason why some of the videos from lat year were not as good was because:

• The sound was a problem for some of the videos as it became very repetitive
• Another problem that occurred in several of the videos was that some of them focused too much on the different shots instead of how to make it entertaining to watch
• However e.g in the Chroniker what made that video work really well for an opening sequence was the voice over at the beginning on a black screen. This meant that even though not a lot was happening throughout the sequence it made a good opening