Decoded (Final Edit)

 

Here is the final cut of our opening scene to Decoded.

Production Logo

We decided to call our production company Marl-Bennex Productions as we felt this was simple and just uses the names of my group. Our logo features a picture of a glass of cognac and a smoking cigar on a polished oak table, which connotes an air of professionalism and suave sophistication. I felt this makes our production company look like it has a good reputation which would put more of the audiences trust in the production company and therefore the film as well. I've also put the text in a gold colour and a smart-looking font to add to the production companies look of professionalism. Here is my finished production logo.

Finished Titles

The titles I have chosen keep in line with the simplistic style used by films such as The Bourne Legacy and Drive that I found in my titles research. My titles feature a plain font in a neon blue colour, which makes them stand out more and lets the audience know the film is exciting and action-packed. The titles should leave no room for confusing the genre of my film for anything other than action, even when the action is yet to start and the pace of my opening scene is slow. I also like that the font and colour makes the text stand out and allows the audience to read it easily. Here is a screenshot of a scene in my film, featuring an example of the titles I have used.

My films main title card has a slightly different, simpler font as I felt it looked more professional. The colour remains the same as the fonts to carry over the same style so the scene has some consistency. The font size is also bigger so that the title fills up the whole screen, so the audience know this is the name of the film. It is also set against a plain black background to make it stand out, following on from films like The Bourne Legacy and The A-Team that I found in my titles research. Here is a screenshot of my films main titles.

Final Music

A friend of ours is a music producer that has his own studio, and we managed to get him to make a soundtrack to our opening scene. We're really happy with how it has turned out as it has the exact tone and pace we are looking for, as well as being perfectly matched to the action on-screen. This is due to us taking our edited footage to the studio with us so he could see what happens on-screen and work out the timings of the track so the pace increased at the right moments. The only problems with the track is the length, being roughly 1 and a half minutes long and therefore not long enough to play over the whole scene. We need to try to work out a way of changing the track in our editing software so that it plays over the remainder of the scene. Another potential problem is the fact we couldn't completely finish editing the shots of our scene to the right length before the track was made, as there was only one short space of time that he had to make the track. This means once the shots are shortened or changed around there might be a few timing issues between the music and the action taking place on-screen, but hopefully we can maintain the effect of the musics pace matching the pace of the action.