Title Sequence for Movie

With the use of special effects and titles you can make your videos better in many ways. Sometimes you can spot the clichÈ about a movie based on how the opening credits or opening titles are shown. A movie title sequence plays a prominent role in setting the movie’s atmosphere, tone, and visual style for the audience.

But while title sequences constitute an important part of TV and cinema, not all movies have the luxury of a good title sequence. This additional effort is sometimes ignored and other times may have bugetary constrains, limiting it to a simple style in relation to artistic accomplishment.

After Effects files for download

With After Effects files, or templates, you can really spice up your work and take it to the next level. Professional titles, visual effects and transitions in projects require an additional creative task and can be time-consuming.

There are some good sites to access customisable files for download and learn or try new things to tush your creative boundaries. However, these After Effects files might not be what you are looking for.

1 Movie Title Opening Sequence 1 (Pain & Gain)

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The title sequence for Pain & Gain sets the tone and the right mood in this regard for the rest of the movie. It’s great for modern action movies that require a dynamic and powerful vibe, that embraces strong action.

Scaled the text field down from 150% to 100% and added a camera to the composition with a null object to animate camera’ Y position up and down for the camera shake effect.

2 Movie Title Opening Sequence 2 (Man On Fire)

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In the title sequence Man On Fire a small amount of positive tracking is applied with Tracking Amount.

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3 Movie Title Sequence 3 (Blade Runner 2049)

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List of references:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12ymsMLNA0oiIZc8_iXS9zuEMUH1NGV1zbvwnHkm21DM/edit

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Insights on Film Editing

It comes down to motivation. Every edit has to have a purpose, and it has to forward the story. It can be there for plot information, or to further the emotion, or to allow the viewer to take a breath and digest the information they just received.

Given current abilities to bring together images to edit different scenes, make the visual effects treatments, and even rough sound mixes it’s fair to say that film editing is an art, where the editor would apply his artistic skills to influence our attitudes and perceptions by changes in visual scenes, and our conscience in the way that it choses to go into our thoughts and our feelings, and develop personal awareness in order to construct our perception of reality as we experience it.

By going through each take to find the best, and choosing which to keep or delete, film editors are artists that can, broadly speaking, ruthlessly cut scenes that had no conflict, not in any sort of intellectual or emotional experience, and shape the emotional content that makes the difference between the craft and the true art of filmmaking.

Good shot selection is an important part of the filmmaking process, which includes different stages of production, from concepts and scripts, including pre-production and post-production. I find it essential to have a solid understanding of the entire process in order to fulfil any post-production needs; in other words, “problems faced on the floor – that is, the problem of choosing appropriate images-as well as those faced in the cutting room” (Reisz and Millar 1968, p. 249). Good continuity between shots and scenes can help to build a meaningful narrative that can reinforce the content significance, and it can be achieved using match cut edits with medium or wide shots and close-ups. Close-up shots are commonly used with medium long shots, medium and medium close-ups.

One of my favourite scenes relating to cutting used to maintain continuity across the visual action between two different shots can be seen in The Insider (1999), where a close-up shot cuts to a medium shot. Family sat down and eat breakfast. The woman speaks to children and, as she turns her head from left to front view angle there are a few frames that overlap with the movement of her head. Notice that these overlapping frames help to smooth the transition between two shots.

The Insider – Shot 1.

The Insider – Shot 2.

Screen Shot The Insider – Match on Action Cut with Dissolve effect

As Dmytryk (2013, p.32) argues, “[i]f the cut were made to match exactly, what the viewer would miss during the eye movement would be frames essential to smooth action. An overlap made to accommodate the viewer’s “blind spot” is useful in most action cuts”.

Apart from cuts made at the beginnings and the end of a sequence, the editor will usually look to make cuts on movement, cuts to reactions or responses of the actor, and cuts that involve an exchange of dialogue. A broad action will trigger an easier cut from one shot to the next, “but even a slight movement of some part of the player’s body can serve to initiate a cut which will be “smooth” or invisible” (Dmytryk 2013, p.27).

List of References:

Reisz K., Millar G., 1968. The Technique of Film Editing. London: Focal Press.

Dmytryk, E., 2013. On Film Editing. Great Britain: Focal Press.

Gold J., 2014. When Should We Skip a Scene in Our Story? Available from:
https://jamigold.com/2014/05/when-should-we-skip-a-scene/ [Accessed 19th August 2018].

Ohanian T., Phillips N., 2013. Digital Filmmaking: The Changing Art and Craft of Making Motion Pictures. p.179. Second Edition. Focal Press: New York and London. Available from: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=usMqBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&dq=edit+scenes,+treatments,+and+sound [Accessed 28th August 2018].

Wozny M., 2014. Creating an emotional impact without dialogue: the case study of Pixar’s Up. Available from: https://research.shu.ac.uk/aces/enquiry/index.php/enquiry/article/download/42/45 [Accessed 28th August 2018].

Speidel, Suzanne. 2006. Film Form and Narrative. Available from:
http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415409285/about/sample.pdf [Accessed 30th August 2018]

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24 Of The Most Inspirational Quotes

Words have unimaginable power to influence our lives for either good or bad. The words we write or speak to others can bring someone down or uplift them and give them more energy, comfort, inspire change and help you be a better person. And words can do tremendous harm that brings forth destructive energies, hurt, discourage or frighten a person.

For example, the words “I care for you”, “You’re so sweet”, “How can I repay you” have the power to lift people up or make someone else’s day. In contrast, words like “I don’t care”, “You’re so selfish”, “I don’t want to talk with you” can certainly put someone in a reflective mood.

In the face of adversity, discomfort, unrefreshing sleep how to stay positive about things and to live life stress-free? What is your best motivational quote and why? Below are my top 24 favorite quotes:

1. “The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.” – Socrates

2. “Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.” ― Christopher Markus

3. “Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.” ― Michelangelo

4. “Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.” ― Plutarch

5. “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” ― Epictetus

6. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” ― Dale Carnegie

7. “Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self.” ― T. S. Eliot

8. “And when Nietzsche says, “A new commandment I give to you, be hard,” he is really saying, “A new commandment I give to you, be dead.” Sensibility is the definition of life.” ― G.K. Chesterton, Heretics

9. “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” ― Ernest Hemingway

10. “Anyone can achieve their fullest potential, who we are might be predetermined, but the path we follow is always of our own choosing. We should never allow our fears or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny. Your destiny can’t be changed but, it can be challenged. Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.” ― Martin Heidegger

11. “If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.” – Edward de Bono

12. Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible. – Victor Frankl

13. “Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

14. “Words are potent in debate, deeds in war decide your fate.” – Homer

15. “The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” – William James

16. “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” ― Tony Robbins

17. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius

18. “There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.” – Plato

19. “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” – Aristotle Onassis

20. “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” – Leonardo Da Vinci

21. “Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” – Salvador Dali

22. “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” – Pablo Picasso

23. “It is your duty in life to save your dream.” ― Amedeo Modigliani

24. “The way to know life is to love many things.” ― Vincent Van Gogh

On a journey to find happiness Steve Cutts animated sequel Happiness is one of my favourites, although, it shows a rather pessimistic picture of life. What motivates you to wake up early in the morning and feel energized to start your day? Type your comment into the box below.

References:

Happiness. 2017. Created by Steve Cutts [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9dZQelULDk [Accessed 10th December 2017]

Kolin, P., 2010. Othello: Critical Essays [online]. Available from: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_Sa_JHVQX3gC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq [Accessed 11th December 2017].

Chesterton G. K., 2008. Heretics [online]. Available from: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/470 [Accessed 14th December 2017]