Task 1

Task 1:
Famous Opening Sequences.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
                        Typography
The first few things we begin to see at the start of the film.
Centre of the screen
- Paramount Pictures presents
-A John Hughes Film
- Matthew Broderick in
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(Text stops on screen at 0:18, actors begin talking)
Bottom right hand side of the screen
(Text on screen begins again at 0:53.)
-Starring Alan Ruck
-Mia Sara
Bottom Left hand side of the screen
(Text on left side begins at 1:15)
-Jeffrey Jones 
-Jennifer Grey
Bottom middle section of the screen
(Text begins at 1:56)
-Co-Starring Cindy Pickett. Lyman Ward. Edie McClurg
Bottom left hand side of the screen
(Text begins at 2:01)
-Music score by Ira Newborn
-Casting by Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins
-Costume designer Marilyn Vance
-Edited by Paul Hirsch
-Production designer John Wicorso
-Director of photography Tak Fujmoto
-Executive producer Michael Chinich
-Produced by John Hughes and Tom Jacobson
-Written and directed by John Hughes

Text on screen Blue bubble looking font implies fun and youth. Subtly moves across the screen so it does not disturb the flow of the movie and actors.
Everything is shown in lower case apart from company names and the names of the main actors - so we know which is the most important.
Camera
Black screen fades into a wide shot of a high class looking house that belongs to Ferris Bueller's Family, this can suggest that the family is quite wealthy. We then see an extreme close up of the actors face, immediately recognizing he is the protagonist. Low angle close up of his parents. Back to low angle close up of his parents almost looking downwards. Close up of the protagonists face which changes to a low angle close up of parents and then changes back to a close up of the protagonist in bed.
The a close up of woman's waist with her hands resting on her hips
Followed by a close up of the girls face
Close up of mothers face looking very concerned for her son which then changes back to the protagonist which changes back to his sister then quickly back to himself.
Blurred vision wide shot of sister which gets clearer shows subjective camera which then goes back to a close up of protagonist.
over the shoulder shot of mother followed by a shot as his sister leaves the room then the camera turns back to the low angle shot of parents.
Back to close up of protagonist then back to a wide shot of his room before a pan of him getting up.
Sound
Begins with a radio speaking, giving information about where the film is set, Chicago.
Can then start hearing the mother screaming at 0:21. Audience gets the indication of a concerned mother and father as they discuss their sons health in an emergency tone.
We can also hear dogs barking behind the actors voices, implying they might have pets or some type of animals surrounding them.
As his parents begin to leave him soft, calm, subtle music begins to play in the background implying calmness that he is finally left in peace.
View
I immediately recognized that this is an old film title due to the mothers attire and the setting. I think it is a good opening due to the fact we get to meet the whole family, Mother, Father, Sister and of course Ferris. We see the lovely relationship they have together with the way they talk to Ferris, but we also see the sibling rivalry between Ferris and his sister.

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

                        Typography
0:13, Summit Entertainment on whole screen.
Centre of the screen
Text appears at 0:18
-Summit Entertainment Presents
-A Mr.Mudd production
-Logan Lerman
-Emma Watson
-Ezra Miller
-The perks of being a wallflower
-Mae Whitman
-Kate Walsh
-Dylan Mcdermott
-Melanie Lynksey
-Nina Dobrev
-Jonny Simmons
-with Joan Cusack
-and Paul Rudd
-Nicholas Braun Reece Thompson
-casting by Mary Vernieu and Venus Kanani
-music by Michael Brook
-music supervisor by Alexandra Patsavas
-costume designer David C. Robinson
-editor Mary Jo Markey
-production designer Inbal Weinburg
-director of photography Andrew Dunn
-executive producers James Powers Stephen Chbosky
-produced by Lianne Halfon, Russel Smith, John Malkovich
-screenplay by Stephen Chbosky based on his book
-directed by Stephen Chbosky
(text stops on screen at 2:00)
Typography
Shown with a basic black background with white text. Font looks like handwriting but as it appears on the screen it is getting typed with keyboard click noises in the background. Text stays on screen for 3 seconds. All shown at lower case implying it is getting typed in a rush. 0:37 the black screen disappears and it is a moving tunnel, still remaining dark so the white text is still visible.
Camera
Black screen fades at 0:37 seconds and a moving tunnel/road appears. It is show as going with quite a bit of speed, almost if in a rush.Very dark, late setting to contrast with the white text.
Motorway signs begin to show up.1:57 the roads blur into the protagonists face almost blurred.
Sound 
Summit Entertainment sound begins and ends at 0:16 seconds.
Keyboard clicking/typing noise begins.
0:35 seconds a bell rings and calm music starts.
Joyful quick music is playing as the camera quickens on the roads. Implying happiness but also some sort of joy or rush.
0:56 singing begins.
1:55 music fades and protagonist begins talking
View
It is quite a basic screening to begin with, black and white. But when it screens the motorway and plays the song it adds a little bit of a rush to the opening, this is not my favorite as we are introduced to nobody until the text stops showing on the screen.




Boyhood
                        Typography
Centre of the screen
text begins at 0:17
-IFC productions presents
-A detour film production
-Boyhood

The text is shown with a blue and white sky background, suggests someone is perhaps laying on the ground looking upwards. Black font, each letter comes up individually as if it is being handwritten. Text stays on screen for around 3 seconds.
Camera
-Black screen appears but fades into a blue sky scene at 0:11.
-Text and the blue sky is on screen until 0:35
-Extreme close up on protagonists face looking upwards. Camera begins zooming out, starting to see his arms raised and his shirt.
-0:45 Camera switches scenes onto a female walking towards camera outside a door.
-1:00 Protagonist and the female join, we get the instant implication she is his mother, "guess what mum".
-1:14 camera switches scenes, into a car, protagonists mother is driving. Side angle of her is shown. Having a conversation with her son.
-1:21 camera moves to protagonists side angle
- Camera switches to the mother again and back to the protagonist. A conversation is clearly flowing.
Sound
-Calming guitar music as it begins and the start. As black screen fades away music starts forming into a rock type of music.
-As it moves to the protagonists face at 0:35 music carries on but a singer joins.
-0:57 protagonists mother begins to talk, music and singing is still playing in the background. Done very subtly so it doesn't seem interrupted.
-1:13 music starts fading away, protagonist having a conversation.
-1:18 music is finished.
-Car noises and road sounds behind their conversation.
View
The choice of music gave an immediate recognition that it is quite an old fashioned film. Throughout the opening we are introduced to the protagonist and his mother. This is a good way to begin as we are aware of their relationship with each other, a loving son and mother relationship but with a concerned mother asking about his homework and behavior with his teacher.

The Breakfast Club

                        Typography
-0:10 Universal an MCA company
Center of screen
-An a&m films channel production
-A John Hughes film
-The breakfast club
-Starring (in alphabetical order) Emilio Estevez
-Paul Gleason
-Anthony Michael Hall
-John Kapelos
-Judd Nelson
-Molly Ringwald
-Ally Sheedy
-casting by Jackie Burch
-costume designer Marilyn Vance
-Production supervisor Richard Hashimoto
-executive producers Gil Friesen and Andrew Meyer
-music composed and supervised by Keith Forsey
-edited by Dede Allen a.c.e
-production designer John. W Corso
-director of photography Thomas Del Ruth
-co-produced by Michelle Manning
-produced by Ned Tanen and John Hughes
-written and directed by John Hughes
-"... and these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations, they're quite aware of what their going through..." David Bowie.

The text is shown with a very simple plain black background with a yellow coloured font, it is a readable and simple text font. The names are majority in capitals, implying the amount of importance they have towards this film. Everything is in the centre of the screen making it change in an easy flow without it being overly confusing.
Camera
1:55 we begin to see some sort of camera movement as the quote gets smashed. This is an instant indication of rebellious behavior already. We are then shown a large looking school just before it ends, showing us it is most possibly a secondary (high) school.
Sound
It instantly begins with the song playing in the back "Don't you (forget about me)". A very famous rock song, immediately indicating this movie is about rebellion and teens with the lyrics.
1:57 a sudden smashing noise appears, yet again implying some sort of danger or rebel.

Juno
                        Typography
Bottom section of the screen
-Fox searchlight pictures presents
Left hand side of the screen
- A mandate pictures Mr Mudd production
Right hand side of the screen
-A Jason Reitman film
-Juno
-Ellen Page
Left hand side of the screen
-Michael Cera
-Jennifer Garner
Right hand side of the screen
-Jason Bateman
-Allison Janney
-J.K Simmons
Left hand side of the screen
-Olivia Thirlby
-casting by Mindy Marin, Kara Lipson
Top right hand corner of the screen
-costume designer Monique Prudhommme
Left hand side of the screen
Music by Mateo Messina songs by Kimya Dawson
Right hand side of the screen
-Music supervisors Peter Afterman and Margaret Yen
-co-producers Jim Miller, Kelli Konnop, Brad Van Arragon
Top right hand corner of the screen
-film editor Dana E. Glauberman
Top of the screen
-Production designer Steve Saklad
Bottom right hand corner of the screen
-director of photography, Eric Steelberg
Left hand side of the screen
-Executive producers , Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane, Daniel Dubieki
-produced by Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russel Smith
Bottom right hand corner of the screen
-written by Diablo Cody
-directed by Jason Reitman

The text is shown in a very cartoonist way, with a lot of colours not following a specific pattern. Almost looks drawn or written with a pencil and very childlike, this immediately implies the youth and lack of maturity in this film. The colours are shown in a very flashy way, e.g at 0:27 "JUNO" is flashing in bold bright colours.All names are in capitals, implying their importance to the role of the film.
Camera
-Immediatly see the protagonist, drinking from a large bottle, we get an immediate picture of what her character is like just by the way she is drinking, quite a simple but not very well mannered female.
-0:18 Her back is to the camera, showing more of her body language which is quite masculine. This adds to the comedy of the film and it shows what kind of character she is. She is carefree person and doesnt take on stress as much as other teenagers do.
-We also see the protagonists shoes and lower part of her legs, indicating to us the way she dresses, quite care-free.
-A close-up of her face demonstrates a lot about her personality, quite a simple looking girl, yet again very carefree about her appearance.
-0:27 it is shot directly at her, walking towards the camera still in a very masculine way.
-We also begin to see the scenery, it is in a very simple neighborhood, even though it is a cartoon styled beginning we still get a shot of where she lives and it is implying to us shes coming from a low-medium income family.
-2:25 we see the real life version of where she lives and it is still yet again quite a simple area. Throwing the bottle of juice to one side indicates her low manners but also her masculine carefree side.
Sound
-Non digetic music starts to play as she walks throughout the whole of the opening scene as if it following her. Very cheery music, suggesting her youth to us again.
View
 - As when the opening scene starts its in reality and when is she walking its made out as a animation sequence connoting that she is a daydreamer kind of person and who is finding out who she is as a person and she wants to be elsewhere because her life is an complete boredom and wants a change. (from her half animated self as well)
I personally enjoyed this one because we genuinely get a very good insight on the protagonists inner character and what she is like.

The Graduate
                        Typography
Studio Canal
An Embassy Picture Release
Text begins at 0:55 
Left hand side of the screen
-Joseph. E Levine presents
-A Mike Nichols, Lawrence Turman production
-The Graduate
-starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman, Katherine Ross
-co-starring William Daniells, Murray Hamilton, Elizabeth Wilson
-with special appearance by (in alphabetical order) Brian Avery, Walter Brook, Norman Fell, Alice Ghostley, Buck Henry, Marione Lorne
-director of photography Robert Surtees
-production designer Richard Sylbert
-Film editor Sam O'steen
-production supervision by George Justin, assistant director Don Kraze, sound Jack Solomon, assistant film editor Bob Wyman, set decorator George Nelson.
-filmed in Panavision, color by technicolor, furs by maximilian, special jewellery by Harry Winston
-songs by Paul Simon, sung by Simon and Garfunkel
-additional music by Dave Grusin, casting consultant Lynn Stalmaster
-screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry based on the novel by Charles Webb.
-produced by Lawrence Turnman
-Directed by Mike Nichols

The text is shown in a very mature-like way with a lot of men walking in suits in the background. It is a basic black font with capitals for the names of the actors implying their importance to the film. The text in this opening stays longer than usual ones, this one is around 10 seconds long depending on how long the amount of text is. We get a genuine insight on the movie just by the text and the font and how it is introduced to us in a mature way, very business like.
Camera
-At 0:27 the screen gets faded straight onto the protagonists face. Almost straight ahead but in an angle to show his shadow underneath. Very unhappy looking and boring.
-0:40 the camera is shot right out of the protagonists face and is now in between a lot of other people surrounding him in a plane. The camera zooms out very simply with no fades or speed, this is also another indication of the simplicity yet also the boring side.
-0:50 Camera scene changes back onto protagonist, walking, side view.
-2:19 side view changes and camera walks away from protagonist.
-Leaves a very plain black suitcase. Implying the simplicity again, agreeing with the text and font.
-2:47 back view of protagonist
-Busy place, camera is viewing a lot of different people
-3:03 Camera scene changes again, protagonist is coming towards the door seeing front face and front of body.
-Ending with protagonists face once again with camera slightly zoomed in.
Sound
Begins with a flight attendant speaking. Immediatley we know protagonist is on a flight. We get the insight of maturity and business level with the way flight attendant is speaking.
We now know he is from Los Angeles
0:53 Music and singing begins. Protagonist is not a contrast to this song.
Very calm sounding song, begins to start a stronger beat at 0:21, implying the protagonists maturity and simplicity may have hidden rebellion.
Music subtly fades away when it reaches 3:13.
View 
As viewers we see the protagonist as much as possible for the opening scene as he is the only one officially shown. He is a very straight forward looking man with a business suit and business case, having had a 4 hour flight to Los Angeles. I personally thought this one was very good because even though it was shown as a simple beginning with quite dull colours (black, white, grey) it is giving us an insight on his character, on his maturity.

Hot Fuzz



                        No actors or directors are introduced, companies are shown:
-Universal pictures Presents
-In association with Studio Canal
-A Working Title Production
-In association with big talk productions
Writing in bold white at the bottom of the screen so that it is easier to read and so we can see the protagonist approaching subtly.
Sound
0:20 Very subtle walking noises. The walking noise gets louder, to increase the tension in the audience making it a lot more nerve-racking.
0:29 A male voice begins talking about a police constable. Audience gets an immediate recognition now of what the protagonist is and what type of man he is.
Intense fast music in the background to match with the protagonists speech, very fast and orderly. We can already see he is an organised man by the way he speaks.
Graduated with distinction in police service, this establishes his popularity within the community.
Diegetic sound of opening doors and footsteps then goes into narration with lively background music - cheery and fast paced, describes character
View
I extremley enjoyed this opening scene due to the fact it is packed with information and after 2 minutes of watching we get to know the protagonist compeltley just before the storyline begins.

Learning Comment 
During this task I learnt quite a few interesting things. Firstly, I noticed majority of opening scenes in films have introduction music, and this music then also gives us a taster on what the film is like. E.g The Breakfast Club, introduction song is about loving and being together, later on in the film we learn the story line is the same.
Secondly, I enjoyed watching how different films use different text fonts, colours, sizes. It gives us a huge impact on the protagonists character or even the storyline again. For example in Juno, big funky letters are used with bold colours, this is very similar to her characters personality.