Possible Titles and Logos

http://katiesawesomeasmediablog.blogspot.com/2012/02/titles-additons-to-squence.html

Here is a link to Katie's blog in which she has posted some samples of titles and logos which we may use within our sequence. The first video posted is another option for us to use for our logo of Dynamite Kitty, before this it was simply a spin logo, we felt this was ok for us however we felt we could possibly do better so Katie ended up creating this, I feel as though this logo is by far superior to the previous spin logo, therefore I would be much more tempted to use this logo as opposed to the spin logo, I feel this way due to the logo being far more unique and in turn looks much more effective. The logo still stays the exact same and remains black and white which links into film noir as well as the flashback sequence.

The second video posted shows the Warner Bros logo (our institution, due to  Warner Bros being known for creating many crime thrillers and dramas) as well as our Dynamite Kitty logo (our studio) and the titles we are thinking of using. Overall I am very satisfied with the titles here, I think they fit in well with the logos and should fit in with the sequence. Originally me, Barry and Katie actually considered whether we should use titles at all, this was due to films like The Dark Knight which shows no credits at all (apart from the film title) until the end. However we ultimately decided that titles should be included within the sequence as this would hopefully be more effective and should also help us link with film noir even more (as the titles are black and white still). We discussed that the titles should be only two things, sophisticated (I.E. simple) and remain black and white. This  would again help us link with classic film noir and would also allow the audience to be more intrigued to the story as opposed to being distracted by the titles. These were made using linear wipes on Katie's laptop and allows us to stay both sophisticated and intriguing towards the audience at the same time.

The third video shows the logo, titles and interlinks them within our sequence (rough cut version) using the titles and logos first and then showing the sequence naturally with the film title at the end. After watching this I feel as though it may possibly be best for us to use intertitles which will mean showing a little bit of footage and then showing some titles followed by more footage and so on. This would probably allow the sequence to flow more and keep the audience interested to the story arch. I think using the film title at the end fits in much better and is far more effective towards the audience, this should also help us link to films such as The Dark Knight, Inception among others who all show an opening sequence and then the title of the film afterwards. So far, we're very happy with the sequence however we are starting to wonder about the music which should be used throughout the titles, this may require us to look at secession studios again to try and find some music which matches the titles, this will need to be discussed in due course with the rest of the group.