Invisible ink-Lemon juice

Invisible ink-Lemon juice

 I looked another way of making text appear which was by writing the text out with lemon juice. I do not think this is a good way of making the text appear because the text comes out in a dirty yellow colour, which doesn’t look very futuristic, or romantic which is what we want to portray in our title sequence. So although this way of producing invisible ink does work, the style of it does not suite the mood of the title sequence therefore I do not think we should use it.

Squeeze lemons to obtain their juice or obtain bottled lemon juice.

Use the juice as 'ink' by applying it to a stick or paintbrush and writing on paper.

Allow the paper to dry.

When you are ready to read your invisible message, hold the paper up to sunlight, a lightbulb (recommended), or other heat source.

The heat will cause the writing to darken to a pale brown, so your message can now be read.

Another way to read the message is to put salt on the drying 'ink'. After a minute, wipe the salt off and color over the paper with a wax crayon to reveal the message.

Invisible ink- Pen

I firstly came across on YouTube a pen you can use to write with then shine a UV light on to make the text appear. To do this way of making text appear as a group we would have to buy of the internet to use. But just like the lemon juice idea above I do not think this writing completely suits the style and mood of our title sequence. I think this because to see the text you have to shine a brightly coloured light over the text which I think ruins it. I don’t think it makes it look sad or romantic at all which is the main mood of our title sequence. The only good thing about using this way of making the text appear is that it looks quite futuristic which is what we also wanted to reflect in our title sequence. But I think it is too much and will not mix well with the setting and mood. So overall I do not think we should use this way of showing the invisible ink because it doesn’t suite the title sequence how we want it to. 

Invisible ink

Invisible Ink

Because we decided to use some form of invisible ink for our titles I decided to research on different ways in which we could do this. I firstly looked at what invisible ink is..

Invisible ink, also known as security ink, is a substance used for writing, which is invisible either on application or soon thereafter, and which later on can be made visible by some means. Invisible ink is one form of steganography, and it has been used in espionage.

I then looked at the different ways we could make the ink either appear or disappear. I did this by researching on the internet and watching videos on YouTube of people that have previously done this. I came across things such as pens that are made specifically for writing in invisible ink that come with a UV light to make it appear, or more complex and natural ways like using lemon juice and a light to make text appear.

Above this are a few videos I came across of different techniques that can be used to produce invisible ink. 

Film studio's

Film studio Research

I have started to research and decide upon the film studios who I think will be good to produce mine Daisy’s and Sean’s  film.

Examples of some of the most famous film studios are:

·       Paramount

·       Dreamworks

·       Pixar

·       Warner Brothers

·       Universal

·       Walt Disney

·       Marvel

·       Film 4

·       Nickolelodeon

How films are produced and distributed:

·       Producer finds film…

·       Distributer to market the film pays for cinema…

·       Customer watches and pays for the film…

·       Money goes back to the distributer.

Paramount Vantage

We decided that paramount vantage would be the best film studio to suit producing our film. This is because the films they have produced in the past are quite similar to ours as they are of the same genre and have similar themes.  

Films

•American teen

•Into the wild

•No country for old men

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•The eye 

Type of genres they produce:

Paramount vantage produce a lot of films based around comedy and drama. Obviously the comedy part does not relate to our film but our film is widely based around drama. They bad thing about paramount vantage is they have not produced a lot of love/romance films which is the main theme of our film. But they have produced films such as American teen which is aimed at young teenagers which is also the main audience we plan to aim our film at.

Filming plan

Today me and Daisy decided on the official plans for filming our title sequence. We discussed things such as the location, props and who will be in charge of what. 

Location
Daisy's house- We decided on Daisy's house because we feel like it is the most appropriate setting as she has the right props needed at her home already that we have planned to include. Also the rooms i  her house have the right lighting and atmosphere.

Props

• cigarettes 
• desk/table
• lamp
• chair
• ash tray
• paper
• pen 

Setting 

We have decided to film our title sequence around four o'clock and onwards as by that time it will be dark and we want our sequence to be set in the night time, so it is more dark and tense. Also so it seems more upsetting which will emphasis the sadness of the loss of Arrow and her saying goodbye through her letter. 

Actors

Daisy is going to play Arrow

Todd Harding is going to play Finn

We decided on these two people as out of all the people we know they fit the actors we originally chose to be in our film (Joseph Gordan Levitt and Rooney Mara.)

We decided to film with a flip camera.

 

Director/person filming: Me 

Font (in charge of typography and deciding on pen/invisible ink): Sean 

Producer: Daisy 

websites we have used so far:

the website we are on for finding a piece of music is:
https://audionetwork.lgfl.org.uk/

the website i used to help me research types of font was:
http://www.dafont.com/

questionnaire - audience researching

questionnaire - audience researching

In order to help us decide on the type of music we are going to use for our title sequence we have decided to ask a range of people for their opinion. We are going to show them several clips of music and see what piece of music gets the best feed back, also what piece of music,a selection of audiences believe is appropriate for our title sequence. We are going to ask a range of people such as males and females of various ages. We are going to do this so we get a range of opinions. We have planned to ask them the following questions..

MUSIC QUESTIONNAIRE

I will play a selection of people 4 of my final choices of the music we are contemplating to use for our title sequence.

If you were to hear this song in a title sequence, what genre would you expect the film to be?

What do you think the initial mood of this piece of music is?

What kind of films have you heard music similar to this being played in?

What kind of themes would you relate to this piece of music?

Story boards for my film

Now we know what is actually going to be involved and happen in our title sequence we have started looking at music, sound, typography and effects. We have looked at what will and what will not suit our title sequence and have came up with a rough idea of what we would like to include. We started of by looking at sounds. We need to decide on the clock sound we decided to include, fading in to our title sequence and the soft piano music that will be playing quietly in the background. Underneath this post is a few of our first ideas for typography. 

Final music choice

https://soundcloud.com/daisy-preston-pratt/curiosities

Music options

https://soundcloud.com/daisy-preston-pratt/imagery

https://soundcloud.com/daisy-preston-pratt/anw1551-07-flight

https://soundcloud.com/daisy-preston-pratt/imagery

https://soundcloud.com/daisy-preston-pratt/curiosities

Typography ideas

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These are just a few ideas as to what i would like the typography for our title sequence to look like. We were going for the look of a handwritten style for the credits as it is supposed to be as if they are appearing on a letter. We also had the idea of the writing appearing on the paper by invisible ink this is why i like number 6 the best as it is a bit cracked and faded as if it hasn't developed on the page properly. I think number 6 out of all of these would work the best because i think it will fit in with the idea of appearing in invisible ink the best, also it is quite a feminine style of writing which we need as the letter has been written by the women in the film. Also i think it will work the best because where it is slightly faded it emphasises the idea of our main characters disappearance. Out of all of these styles i think number 3 is the worse choice as i think it looks too bubbly and happy which goes against the mood of the letter and atmosphere of the title sequence as it is supposed to be quite tense and upsetting. I do not think number 1 would be very successful because i think it would be quite difficult for people to read as it seems quite hard to understand and as titles appear and fade quite quickly people may not have time to try and work out what they say. So overall so far number 6 is my main choice of typography for our title sequence.

Brainstormed ideas for my title sequence

Finalised ideas for my title sequence

Codes and conventions

Codes and Conventions

 An opening sequence of a film will contain:

·      Details of cast and crew

·      The films title (font type Is key to this)

·      An introduction to character or character type

·      Indication of place

·      Indication of historical period

·      Information regarding mood and tone

·      Introduction to signature theme tune

·      Information about genre

·      Questions that the viewer finds intriguing

·      Patterns and types of editing that will be echoed in the remainder of the film

·      Mise en scene and cinematography that will be echoed or elaborated upon later in the film  

A time to love.

We finally decided on a film name for our film. We have decided to call it "A time to love." We decided on this because we feel like it includes the two main themes of our film time travel and love, but i do not think this title gives away the time travelling side of the film,which is a good thing because it leaves the audience un aware of the main twist in the film. I like this film title because i think it can have many different meanings either positive or negative.

cinematography for my title sequence

I have been looking at cinematography that I think would work well in mine Daisy’s and Sean’s title sequence. I have mainly been focusing on different shot angles and think it would be good to include the following:

·       Extreme close up: As I think this will portray the emotions on the main characters that are involved in the title sequence well as the audience will be able to see them clearly.

·       Medium Long shot: I think this shot will be good as it will reveal just a little of the environment and setting of the film but will not give too much away.

Shots that I don’t think will work are:

·       Long shots: because I think this will reveal too much of the setting and possibly give too much away, where I want it to be kind of mysterious.

·       Over the shoulder: this shot will not work because we don’t want more than one person in each shot because the two characters are meant to be separated.