Research task 1 – Genre Essay, this was completed to show our understanding and investigation on how genres evolve due to technological and cultural shifts throughout history. This further helped develop my understanding of genres.
Media (adventure genre) essay.docx
Research task 2 – Film Opening Conventions
I researched the general purpose of a film opening and the typical conventions shown within the begining of the film. Below is what i found to be included in all typical film openings
| Production Logo and Film Title | The production logo is shown to invoke brand recognition within the audience. A Film name and the way it is shown is chosen to represent the genre and tone. |
| Establishing the genre | it is important to establish the genre of the film at the beginning so audiences are aware and are hooked |
| Character Introduction | introducing characters at the beginning of the film is important as they hook audiences |
| Topic/Theme | Outlining the key topics and themes in the film opening helps audiences digest the meaning behind the film |
Analysing film openings
I analysed these different film openings to gather inspiration. i found that the different films used different techniques and different styles of titles to achieve the intended meanings. I analysed three different films —> AS Media – analysing film openings.docx
Production Company and Logo Research
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. The film production company was founded by the 4 Warner brothers. The Barbie movie (2023) was the corporation’s most successful film. They are owned by Paramount who recently purchased Netflix, this caused a controversy due to “monopolistic” practises.
The target demographic for warner bros is large as they target many people from all ages. They altered the design away from the traditional gold and blue and changed the logo to look more ‘generic’. Many people disagree with the change in the logo and prefer the old logo.
We used this research to aid our vision in designing our production logo for our film opening. we took inspiration from Warner Bros. and a few others when designing our logo.We were heavily inspired by the Font used within the Warner Bros.
Inspiration for our film
We used a scene from Home Alone 2 (1992) of the window being smashed by a brick as we want a similar scene in our movie as the significance of the window breaking in our movie is important. Many other scenes were looked at but many often did not match our creative vision we had set out for our film using the moodboard.