Digital Film Year 2 - 100 Bullets outline

Heres the rougth out line for 100 Bullets done by scanning in key sections of the comic which are the most important and dramatic scenes. It roughtly gives you an idea of the story to people who have not read the comic however dosent give too much away and still leaves plenty to ask. This is summit im looking at for my credits by telling the basic plot and this little excercise was benifitial as it gives me ideas in how to tackle this and I know have the infomation that it can be done. Im not saying im gonna use these exact images, as I may slighly change but this is the rought outline im gonna follow.






Heres a briefe storyline I have created by basing it on the key moments within the film inwhich to give the audeince an idea of the basic storyline as from my research most film titles try to give that feel, so Ill show you through the storline. Im not saying the images Im have drawn will be final but the idea of the storyline will stay the same

Shot 1 - Is going to be a shot of the main character within the novel (the agent who provides peole with a 100 untraceable bullets) as its a great place to start and Ive found some excellent images of close up's which would create a great start to the opening.

Shot 2 - I want this to be a shot of the agent again, however this type I dont want his face to be shown, instead this time switch the emphasis to the Briefecase as thats another key factor in the story and would switch well form shot 1 and work into the 3rd shot well.

Shot 3 - This is the shot where I want to inroduce the girl in the story as she's another key charcter in the novel. I want this to be a shot of her been handed the briefecase, and to show her emotions, to create a feel of what the character is experiencing.

Shot 4 - Im looking at trying to create a shot inwhere it provides the audience a bit of history as into why shes been given the briefcase, thats why I though a close up her family with all their heads crossed off, to give a feel of revenge to the audeience.

Shot 5 - Shot of her running through the city landscrape, to give a kind of mysterious feel, as the audience are not sure what to expect, as if she's running away or running for someone ?

Shot 6 - Shot of the cops after her, this time switching the emphasis again as the cops are also an important factor in the novel.

Shot 7 - Shot of the girl holding a gun, and getting ready to shoot, but not showing as to what shes shooting at creates an emphasis of mystery

Shot 8 - final shot basicaly of someone getting shot by the girl but person will be a silhoette as to not give too much away.

Digital Film Year 2 - University Project

Heres a couple of university projects which students have done, This is great research as it provides me with information on what other student can achieve upon a similar brief and how far I can take the project while at the same time take influence form their work.



This is a project for the film Reservoir Dogs which i found on youtube unintentionally but thought it could make good research, having not watched the film I cant comment on whether this is an apropiate sytle of media to use however I really like the style he used again going for the kind of sihouette feel. I really like how he's used differnt colours under to creat interesting effects and the way the colours overlap which work really well. I also like the blood splatters that are included and work well over the range of colours used and like where he's positioned the fonts.




This is another student project for the film "life of pi" having not watched the film again its hard to comment on some things,however I really like the way the lines are animated and the direction inwhich the camera moves with thelines which works really well and how the lines create shapes similar to the catch me if you can trailor, It also sticks to very few colours which im hugely influenced on, however im not really aiming for this kind of feel but really liked it and has given me an idea on what other university students can achieve.

Digital Film Year 2 - Influential Title Sequences

Heres a few film tile sequences I cam across while browsing around, I decided to both look at films with simiar styles to Saul Bass however having someextra elements included inwhich I could gain some more influences and idea froms.I also thought it would be a good idea to look at some other films which have been developed from graphic novels to see the way for title sequence for that respected film.



Classic film title sequence, which is one of the best around and for a modern films and you can tell the influence of Saul Bass within the sequence. Firstly I love the way in which The characters are animated and the kind of ink / print form a media which has been done to create them which is well done and looks great upon the blue background. I really like the way inwhich the text is animated and the way some of the letters extend which is a great effect and the way they use imagery of the letters which I really like and just adds something to new and kind of makes the text more interesting and is something to take into consideration and maybe develop with. Also I really like the way inwhich the sequence even though its animated you can easily get a strong idea of what the film is about and the general stroyline which is something I want to include in mine, I also really love some of the shapes used for example changing complex images into simple shapes for example a lift is just a square, which is something im looking ito creating simple shapes of complex images.



This is the title sequence for Sin City which Ive used as its the first film I could think of inwhich has been turned from a graphic novel into a film, So thought id take a look. They've just used images from the novel, but I still like the overal feel of it and works well and complements the film well as it carrys on that kind of 3 colour feel which is included at times in the film too, and the red of the text compliments the imagery well. Ive thought about using images from the novel to include in the film but have also liked the idea of developing images into my own design by experimenting.

Another title sequence ive been looking at is "Mad Men" which unfortunatly I can post on my blog as the embedding has been disabled, however this takes I kind of different feel as it uses the sillohette feel still but creates it upon a more realistic background which i really like the feel of and the two conrasting styles of media compliment eacother well and make the silhouette stand out. This is a style I could experiment with for example in a kind of shoot off scene have the character on the offensive as silohettes and the character been shot at in real life detail whch could work very nicely.



I thought Id just look at another title sequence from a film which had been developed from a graphic novel. So I though Id give "The Watchmen" sequence a try, I really like the colout tones it uses and as similar to most trailors of this art sticks to a few bold colours and I like the use of yellow which links to the logo used within the film. I also like the use of the blood splatters which is something I have planned to include within my sequence.

Digital Film Year 2 - Saul Bass

For my Project I have been looking at alot of Saul Bass work as he has designed many film title sequences and posters and was a master at the typface so it was a great way to start my researh on, but what I was most interested about is that I was aiming for a more graphical side for my project,as I believed that was a great direction to head down and is an apropiate source of media inwhich to use for my project as Saul Bass work was heavily based around this style for example and experimented with a different range of media.

Alot of his work includes the use of silhouette which I'm thinking of including in my project as I believe is very apropiate hence alot silhouette graphic images included in the novel And i really like the way inwhich he sticks to bold striking colours and rarely goes over 3 colour tones included within the same image which is something Ive been looking at keeping the sequence to a maximum of 3/4 colours inwhich Black and white would me most apropiate for the silhouette feel and red would look great for the feel of blood inwhich red blood splashes on a black and white image would creat a great effect, as with 100 bullets been a crime / action based novel you dont want to include bright colours although that would make an interesting contrast but the 3 colours previously mentioned id a great way into starting my development process.

What I also like about his work is that its not perfect and alot of lines are not straight or off, however this increases the quality and effect of his work as it provides it with a more kind of hand written feel, which would again fit in perfect to the direction of my project. I also really like the experimentation he has done with card and plan to experiement with similar techniques, however I dont want to rip into his work too much and give it more a feel of it been my work, however it will be hugely influenced by Saul Bass.



Heres a poster, which on immediate look was somthing I really loved, and could easily link with this kind of style into my sequence, and is the exact feel im looking for, I really love the way the silhouette is broken up to give that feel of it been shot and a few splatters to create the feel of blood flowing, I quite like the typeface which has been included within which is something I could experiment with, I really like the feel of the background aswell, which I plan to to experienmt with different styles of media ranging from chalks,ink and paint to hopefully greate great images / coulour tones which will complement the silhoette's well.



Heres A poster In which I really like as it gives me an idea of potential fonts which could be apropiate inwhich to experemint with in my film title sequence, and I like how everything is compact yet easy to read and I like the grapahical aproach and the way the words are layed out, and the way that each word has its own personality, for example the word "big" has been enlarged and the word "red" has been given a more striking bold red and so on, so its something to consider with my typeface abd experiment with further.





Heres a poster to one of Saul bass exhibitions, another image that on first look grabbed my attention which is what I want from my sequence as to grab the audience and be encouraged to watch the film, as this is a trailor and the idea is to get people to watch the movie. What I loke most about this poster is the way he has created a face which I really find effective and the way its not perfect and straight which adds to the feel and creates a syloette feel which you can easily recognice as a face which I find brilliant and would love to experiment with this feel. I also really like the way the typface is layered out and included in boxes and its not all straight but complments the imagery really well.



Heres an example of one of Saul Bass first title sequences which is "The Man With The Golden Arm " What I love about this title sequence is the effect of the silhoettes which are included and the way they link up with the font at times for example when silhoette boxes enter the screen I like way the font works around them which is really effective. I also love the pace of the sequence and the graphical aproach and the way inwhich he has only used rectangle boxed and text but has created a interesting unique title sequence.



This is another title sequence which grabbed my attention "anatomy of murder" which has a huge influence. I really like the silhoette fell again and the way its animated and how it works around the body which I fould worked well and apropiate for the film name, And I really liked the font that was used and the way it was positioned inside the silhoette, which was really effective and the font used was perfect and worked with ths shapes, overal from looking at alot of his work theres alot of influences to be taken and mixed with some other sources of media to hopefully create some interesting work and as eyecatching as his.

Digital Film Year 2 - 100 Bullets

For my 30 - 45 second project i have decided I am to create a title sequence to the graphic novel 100 Bullets. It was quite hard finding a book/novel that I was interested in as im not a big reader to be honest and alot of books I was interested in inwhich had already been turned into films. I spent alot of time looking at Stephen King books however alot have already been turned into films and I was not familiar with alot of his books which would have required alot of reading into get the storylines and key parts of the film.I had a look at doing Alan Wake as it had'nt been turned into a film, however it was too easy to gain influence from the feel of the video game so was reccomended to stay away. I wanted to find a book that was easy to get the overal feel and could create a syle easy inwhich to develop my ideas and take forward onto my film title project. So I was reccomended by some mates to check out out some graphic novels, however like the stephen king books alot had been turned into films or been in development. So I came across the novel 100 Bullets inwhich was reccomended to me and luckily someone had the novel inwhich I was allowed to borrowed and on first read I was really impressed with and could associte to the novel well and coul already come up with several ideas inwhich to develop my film title.