I've looked at many documentaries online about tattoos and all seem to have feature words to do with skin, ink and tattoos. However we wanted to create enigma for our documentary, so we decided not to add any words like that.
Titles I feel we could use:
Living Canvas
Living Ink
Tatted Generation
Painted People
We were also thinking of the fonts we could use for our title. We used the title 'Tatted Generation' as an example but it is still currently a working title. These are the fonts we decided we could:
For our music research we decided to look for YouTube supported, royalty free music. This means we face no copyright issues and are allowed to use the music in our film opening. We looked through many different tabs, to change genre and mood, to find the best song/s for our opening. We have found two songs that we feel best fit the mood and enigma we wish to create in our opening. We have chosen a dramatic/ambient song with a deep baseline to create enigma and a dramatic mood. And we also chose a happy upbeat piece to create a positive vibe about our documentary.
We gained some inspiration from a tattoo documentary on YouTube. We need to make a film opening therefore we need ‘artsy’ cinematic shots. This documentary includes many of these in its opening. Therefore we will use these shots to make it more film like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw7WMKx6WE4
The Tree of Life - Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki
We also gained inspiration from ‘The Tree of Life’ which is a movie that includes many cinematic shots, therefore if we include cinematic shots like this we can give our documentary a movie feel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXRYA1dxP_0
In Skin - Tattoo documentary by Flying Knee Productions We looked at multiple documentaries that include interviews and we noticed that every interview is shot at a different angle, therefore we are going to include this technique in our film to make sure the interview scenes don’t get boring and repetitive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC0GChceIVA
Close up tattoo shots.
We looked at some close up shots of people getting tattoos and we thought it looked very cinematic and would look interesting to include in our opening as it would be our filler shots and would complement what is said in the narration and interviews, to ensure everything in our opening scene is relevant.
Film Opening Marking Criteria
Level 1 0–23 marks
The work for the main task is possibly incomplete. There is minimal evidence in the work of the creative use of any relevant technical skills such as:
• Producing material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions;
• using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
• shooting material appropriate to the task set; including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot distance and close attention to mise-en-scene;
• using editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions and other effects.
Level 2 24–35 marks
There is evidence of a basic level of ability in the creative use of some of the following technical skills:
• Producing material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions;
• using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
• shooting material appropriate to the task set;, including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot distance and close attention to mise-en-scene;
• using editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions and other effects.
Level 3 36–47 marks
There is evidence of proficiency in the creative use of many of the following technical skills:
• Producing material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions;
• using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
• shooting material appropriate to the task set; including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot distance and close attention to mise-en-scene;
• using editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions and other effects.
Level 4 48–60 marks
There is evidence of excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills:
• material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions;
• using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
• shooting material appropriate to the task set;including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot distance and close attention to mise-en-scene;
• using editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions and other effects.
Roses are red:
For this movie the titles are presented really well and uniquely. The camera angles and mise-en-scene were used effectively. However the computer scene was very blurry as the title cannot be seen very well.
The music fits the romance genre very well and was not too loud or too quite however the duration of the music seemed too long and got boring after a while.
I feel the genre of the film was made very clear after the titles as the mirror scene with the hearts and red writing pointed out the genre very effectively, but also the previous titles created good enigma.
Blitz
Right from the offset of the film you get a 1940's feel due to the props, the photos on the wall and the 'red brick' background also give a 40's feel.
The music and use of sound is well thought out and used effectively, the distant creaks and explosions and set the atmosphere of the movie well.
I feel the mise-on-scene was effective to show the girl at the end of the film to reveal the horror genre. The opening was very slow and subtle to ensure the audience was hooked and wanted to see more of the movie the whole time.
Mother and I
The titles at the start of the opening were very basic and poor quality. They were very boring and only had a fade in and out effect that looked poor. This gave a bad impression of the film from the outset. This bad impression was maintained throughout most of the film, the content was all the same, with just a boy walking around his house paired with poor acting.
However there were some varied angles and shots used which was good and the mise-on-scene was used effectively, however the enigma is far too complex and nothing is given to the audience making it boring to watch. But the use of different age groups is effective and may add slightly to the story and enigma.
