First ident idea.

Our idea for our opening ident is a simple idea but could cause problems to make the actual finished idea.
The idea that our group had was to create a surreal looking effect using a ocean view where a red glare at the bottom of the sea bed then generates into explosive flames across the top of the ocean. After we have shown the flames rising they then split into two sets of towering flames sort of like the "parting of the red sea" but instead we will have flames. From the middle of these flames will have an old wooded boat very similer to "Noahs Arc" which cliche's with our producing name "ARC" which stands for Anna, Rebecca and Conner.

The Pacific Analysis

The Pacific

In the opening credits of “The Pacific” the directors have tried and succeeded in his idea to incorporate different scenes of the film into a pencil drawn style and has really set a dramatic feel to the whole film. 

The start of these scenes is very imaginative and creative with the what looks to be a stick of coal breaking and cracking whilst creating these thick black line across a blank canvas which I find a really nice way to start a opening credits to war movie because it sets the scene for dramatic, storytelling new age war movie such as this.

The colours that they have chosen to use has worked really well with lots of black darkness and the use of the red which gives us connotations such as blood, death and suffering but I think that the true meaning is hidden well because if you analyse the red sections of each screen shot you can see that they are all rounded like the Japanese flag which is where the heart of the story is set during the “The great Pacific war”.  

   

Fight Club Analysis

Fight Club

In these opening credits it starts off with a sort of futuristic feel to it which then shows us that it is really someone’s head we are be being taken through and with the accompanying edits of this scene which would be the transactions and the special effects it make it harder for us to tell what and where this scene is taking place for example here could look like a series of wires instead of vein’s or brain structure. 

The scene starts with the film maker’s agency title scene and then progresses into a sort violin background music which then generates into a more upper base soundtrack like the sort of music you would here in a “club” and the change in this music introduces the “FOX 2000 pictures” credit and starts the camera travel throughout this scene.  

Then through some more shots of brain structure we get a title “Fight Club” which comes onto the screen very nicely with a special effect of blue neon and a sort of crashing feel to it and then shortly evaporates into smoke as the travelling through the brain continues.

After the opening credits come to a close and we exit the brain and it brings us out through a hair in the centre of his two eye brows, which is not at first recognisable till the camera pans out. This is when real camera footage takes over and allows us to see the angles of which the director is using and the sort of audience he is aiming for with first clips of drama and tension already in these early stages. The director is using a some extreme close ups very early in the scene and these close up are of some very interesting and are already getting us thinking of what is going for example the first one is of a man’s forehead and what appears to be sweat dripping down his face, this is immediately getting us thinking is he scared, under pressure, angry or just working out?. I think that this is a great way of starting a film and gives us an insight of what is going on.  It then takes us to this shot here which helps us to explain what is going on and makes it clear when the speech starts.

Kung Fu Panda Analysis

Kung Fu Panda

In these opening minutes of “Kung Fu Panda” you can see that it is a animated film and very surreal which tells us that it will be a original film (which it is). The scene starts with the “DreamWorks” title to show the creator of the movie but they have put a twist within their logo and this is a small man like figure running across the water and jumping on clouds to reach the moon which pans out into the “DreamWorks” title.  

It then takes us to the main title of “Kung Fu Panda” and they have designed this to look very animated and very early kung fu movie looking and with the coming of the title we have a sound track change where they have used a mix of different instruments and sound effects to make it seem more like a serious king fu movie rather than a cartoon animated children’s movie which sort of adds to the comedy of the film. They have made the title of the film very clear unlike the “Fight Club” title which was rather small and blended with the background to much whereas this title is very big and bold and stands out. I think that the director has put a lot of thought into the presentation of the title because of the blending of the music and effect that goes with the title, also with the transition of the next section of the scene.

Once the speech starts in this scene you can tell straight away that not only that genre is comedy but also that it is going to be a very interesting film by the way they have chosen to use the speech and make sort of calm and the words are very important for example the repeating word “legend” is used to create a dramatic feel to this opening scene. The speech has  been made like this and put in this tone because the director wants to give that sort of storytelling feel to accommodate the way this cartoon strip opening has been produced which is a excellent idea to really rope the audience into what’s going on . 

Its only at the end of this opening scene is when you really understand what is going when “Po” the panda is being woken up by what seems to be a voice from the background that is being spoken through the monkey and tiger which then leads to the panda waking up and shows us that he was dreaming.