My Draft of my opening title sequence (with feedback)

My Draft OTS
The overall feedback was very positive with comments such as; "very professional", "very well edited" and lots of other positive comments which were made when showing the year 13 media studies class. However where theres positives there are normally negatives. Negatives including; some didn't like the positioning of the titles as they were very scattered, also some did not realise the film name. Other than that, it was a very successful showing. Now I know what I have to do in order to achieve my goal of producing a great OTS! The only downside is that I was not able to retrieve any photos from my phone which is a big disappointment.

Final Production Log 18/02/15

Finally all the filming and editing is complete! I am very happy with the end result!

Production log 13/02/15

My actor has been really busy lately meaning that I am going to need to film the last few shots during the weekend ready to hand in to my teacher for Monday 16th for evaluation! However In the two lessons I have today I am updating my blog with posts etc. Also after editing a few clips which I'm recording very soon, I will be finished! This also is a huge boost for my confidence as I have created an OTS alone after having no previous media studies knowledge! I feel that I have nearly produced an OTS which is of a high standard! Personally I am really pleased!

Black and White OR Colour?

Throughout my OTS I chose to use a custom made black and white effect, this is because I wanted the whole of my OTS to have a dates feel! And I didn't feel that colour had this effect!

Transitions!

For all of my transitions (apart from one) I chose to use 'fade to colour' this is because it had an effective feel towards the OTS whereas other transitions like 'cross dissolve' etc did not have such an effective feel to the OTS. And for one of my transitions I decided to use 'flash' as it was a great way to start of the acting I felt!

Ident and company name

I chose the ink splats template because although at first the ink was black, I felt that by tweaking it slightly I could make it seem as if the ink was suddenly a blood resemblance! Which also means that it's resembling one of the many conventions noir films have!

I also decided to have "Stop 'n' Watch Studios" as my company name this is because out of nowhere the idea was brought to my mind, originally I thought that that name woukd be already used, however after thorough research there was no sign of a company called "Stop 'n' Watch Studios" meaning that I could use this in my OTS which meant that I have acted in any copyright or playgerism! 

Title choice

I decided to use the same don't throughout the OTS this is because I felt that this gave an effective feel to each shot! Plus it's also good as it's repetitive throughout! Another reason why I decided to use the typewriter title font is that I felt that this suited the genre of Neo-Noir and it also allowed each shot to flow nicely!

My storyboard

Here's a picture of my storyboard!

Sound update

I am now at the stage of creating my own music for my opening title sequence. I am doing this on Garage Band meaning that i am not using other peoples music which could be seen as copyright.

Production Log 06/02/15

This week I have been trying to make my OTS longer however by still making it effective. This week I plan to complete any unfinished filming which is needed to film. Also I plan to add finishing touches very soon.

Production log 30/01/15

This week I have started editing some of the filming which I've done and now I'm hoping to film some more in the coming days which will hopefully mean that all I need to do is add sound and edit it all.