Opening Credits Ideas and Designs

Opening Credit Ideas

Searching through The Art of the Title, I had selected a few different presentations of credits but still including the influence and theme of our project Sugarcoated. There was a specific theme I wanted before research and that was an idea of having a juxtaposition between the font and colours with the background image. For example, a dark cold background of the closing title of the cupboard with a contrast of pinks, blues and blacks dripping down the sign 'SugarCoated'.

Opening Credits Inspiration

Auntie Mame

I really liked this vintage 1950s style with a colour tone very similar to our project. The colour tones and theme to this opening is actually what I want to put to into the font and style of 'SugarCoated' having a kitsch style over a more sophisticated dark background. What I also like is this centred organisation of the whole opening, I think having an organised credits over a quite chaotic visual would make sense and not have too much going on keeping a balance. The idea of inviting us in to then reveal the credits is another link to our opening. I definitely want to take inspiration from this type of organisation having the main focus on the credits with the beginning and end opening and closing the credits with key characters and prop representation.

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/auntie-mame/

Crimson Peak
The opening has very meaningful pieces to the film with its involvements of moths and butterfly representations. The credits are presented small and centered into place on both sides of the frame fitting into the scenery. They are very plain and simple mixing well with the style and theme. The camera glides through the grand house picking up detail of the atmospheric ghostly theme.

The position of the credits floats through on the sides of the framing during close ups of key detail as well as centred credit positions during scenes of extreme long shots of key locations.

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/crimson-peak/

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Although this is an opening to a 90's children's TV show, I really like the idea for this opening, it has the very classic childhood horrors with a deep cold blue tone throughout and a great ending that is short, simple and gets the title across in a creepy way. The titles below are the titles for each episode, all centered with a 'word art' look that is the same as the original opening design. This inspired me for the title design as well as where to place the title for the film as this opening has a clever way of placing the title in centred shapes.

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/are-you-afraid-of-the-dark/


The Forbidden Room


The opening to the Forbidden Room has its similarities with chaotic disorientation of credits and footage. However the opening has its organisation of credit placement all being centred and enlarged. The transitions have this burning underwater effect that I would love to include into the transitions between our footage in Sugar coated. They also have layers of strong colouring overlapping as well as disappearing in shots, this would be a great effect to include onto our shots.

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-forbidden-room/

targets

1) Production Distributuion - detail
2) Under the skin and crimpson peak- review detail screenshots links


3) Filming process
4) Qualitive research, audience response expectations, female role
5) Opening sequence, title experimentations

Distribution Company

StudioCanal

A passion for film and commitment to creativity is central to SudioCanal's activity in the UK market. This is a company that would distribute SugarCoated due to its unique aesthetic and narrative of filmmaking and would be supported by StudioCanal.

Distributed Films

Anna Karenina
In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.
Anna Karenina was adapted from the novel by Tolstoy. The film was mainly shot in a theatre which made it a unique period drama compared to the classics.



'71
In 1971, a young and disorientated British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast.

The Pianist
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

Macbeth
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.





All three of these films have some kind of history based around a specific characters struggle in the society of that era. Especially Anna Karenina, although a novel based around many different characters, the film focuses on a women a different approach as well as the perspective the film takes on it. This is also shown in Macbeth, a Shakespeare play that has its heavy literary analysis and representations. However, concentrates on men and women.
With '71 and The Pianist, they are real events that had taken place surrounding a main character.
 They have this strong visual rather than the narrative as they are based on a real storyline. They both show the challenging situations that can emotionally effect people whether they have a relation to the event or not. The topics are not easy to portray in film as they can easily be bias and could be a possible challenge for Sugarcoated.
Sugarcoated would be something different within the featured films of StudioCanal however, they do share a quality in approach to basing around a society era.