Firstly, he spoke about Macro elements of a film opening and how important they are in the opening title sequence. Macro elements include Genre, Narrative, Character, Themes and Atmosphere. We watched three opening sequences; The Wedding Singer (1998), Napoleon Dynamite (2004) and Casino Royale (2006) and we had to fill out in our booklet how much the opening sequence provided for Marco elements. This was an good task as it made us think about what Macro elements are in our own opening sequences.
Then he spoke about Micro elements such as colour, lighting, font, costume, props, setting and sound design. For this, we saw four different opening titles and evaluated what was consistent in them. Consistency helps the audience understand what is happening.
Afterwards we had lunch and when we came back we saw Dexter Fletcher, an actor and director. He spoke about his three films he had directed and what he did for their opening sequences. His style is to integrate the titles into the film as he believes that the film should completely be about the film, rather than having a stand alone title sequence. His three films were Wild Bill, Sunshine on Leith and Eddie the Eagle. I enjoyed listening to his opinions as I saw what title sequences meant from a directors point of view, rather than a students.
Todays trip made me think about our groups opening sequence and possible changes we might make.
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