Monday, 21 October 2019

X FILM OPENING EG1 Pretty in Pink

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IDENTS
  • Only one company ident (Paramount Pictures)
  • Now usually a few company idents
TITLES
  • Wording, font use, order - all very important
  • In older movies, usually all put at the end
TITLES IN ORDER 
(If in bold - bigger font size)
  • PARAMOUNT PICTURES PRESENTS (all upper case and sans-serif - less likely to connote sophistication) - Black and white connoting seriousness / drama genrePolysemic title - sans-serif font with white on black.
  • A JOHN HUGHES PRODUCTION (all upper case, sans-serif).  Expected auteur theory however usually "Film" and not "Production".  
SHOTS
  • Exposition shot - narrative enigma.  Some degree of context - a working class area (grass growing over pavement, rusty car, broken roads)
  • Panning shot showing both sides of the track - Born/from the wrong side of the tracks - One side is a nice area than the other.

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