Lesson 6

How to produce a perfect pitch
1. The pitch should open with one sentences about the film such as "limtless meets Mr bean"

2. The audience should understand the brief background of the film such as good vs evil

The pitch should run to a maximum of 5-10 minutes as the buyers could become bored and the seller could give too much away not leaving a sense of "unknowing" information.

• A general outline of the story as this can be strongly related to theory's such as Todorov and Propps theory.
• Break down the story in the pitch and explain each part clearly and precisely

Another extremely effective form of having a perfect pitch is to use focus groups and questionnaires as this will allow the producer to eliminate errors that they might of not initially saw and also elaborate on certain ideas such as the narrative and story.

Lesson 4

Film Studio Distribution process

Distribution

For this particular lesson we learnt how films are distributed from production all the way uo to cinemas and theaters. This was extremely helpful as it enabled me to understand the process that is taken to publish a film and the financial side of producing a film.

One of the main things that I found extremely interesting was finding out that cinemas only gain £0.03 from each ticket and therefore produce most of their profits through refreshments and popcorn. I think by also having the process in a visual format it allowed me to understand more clearly the levels of production that is taken from filming the film to the distributors exporting the film nation wide.

Lesson 5

Warner Bro's PowerPoint
















For this particular lesson we had been arranged into different groups whereby we half the class where film producers and the other half where trying to pitch a film idea. for this task I was delegated the task of being part of Warner Bro's and researching background information and typical films this company back, as you can see in the above powerpoint these where our findings.

I think that by doing this task it enabled me to think more closely about production companies and how they affect the film and the way in how it is created. It also allowed me to stubble upon a interesting finding which was some directors are in favour to some production companies as they suit the genre and film types more closely.

Lesson 3

Saul Bass

Saul Bass (May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was a graphic designer  and filmmaker, best known for his design of motion picture title sequence .
During his 40-year career Bass worked for some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Amongst his most famous title sequence are the animated paper cut-out of a heroin addict's arm for Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm , the text racing up and down that eventually becomes a high-angle shot of the United Nations building in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest , and the disjointed text that races together and apart in Psycho.





This was one of Saul Bass's most famous works and it also has his iconic trade mark theme of straight lines.

Lesson 2

The significance of typography and production

The chronological order of a title sequence-
Studio company - E.g Warner Bro's or Paramount
Director- Christopher Nolan or Steven spielberg
Title of film
Stars- In order of of status and grossing
Production crew such as costume designers and camera work
Screenplay writers
Producer and Co producer
Director.



From this title sequence taken from Batman the Dark Knight you can see how the order of names appear in symbolic order. I think that some particular title sequences however are designed to intice viewers more into the visual basics rather than taking notice of the production team of the film. I think this is partially due to the colour of the text and also the size as some title sequences are over shadowed by the suttle story behind.

Lesson 1

Codes and Conventions of Title Sequences

Title sequences usually have similar traits that run through most titles sequences and these are the following;

• The Director of the film firstly appears
• Names of stars within the film in order of status and gross of the film
• A small synopsis of the location and time era of film
• Acknowledgement of genre through audio and visual basics (enigma's)
• Particular films give a brief acknowledgement of narrative

By watching title sequences from films such as "Catch me if you can" and other iconic film titles such as "Se7en" I gathered that title sequences are crucial in giving the audience a brief snipet to the audience about the genre, characters and in some cases the story without giving too much away leading the audience wanting to watch the film more. Another importance of having a title sequence is the production behind the film are accounted for and therefore helps viewers undertand that the film has been directed by "x" and therefore make viewers unstand what type of traditional traits the film will posses.