TERMINOLOGY I have learnt (11/2017)

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Terminology Log November from Christian Stricker

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A little chart of all the semiotics we (the AS level class) have learnt so far.

TERMINOLOGY Semiotics Rap

Soundtrack

Media semiotics rap

Gonna drop some bars like big shaq

Alright boom

Ay you can start a film using the establishing shot

You can use multiple angles but a low is all I got

Creating an audio bridge really does hit the spot

Filming a close up on a really small japanese apricot

I’m beginning to rely on this funding agency

Cause my budget was too low it's really hard not to see

That's because I’m crazy and using too much money on the 3D

This rap has been created with a bit of intertextuality

Panning to left from the right to right from the left to get that action scene

Imma have to recreate this book but first i need the rights to adapt this dream

This is called intellectual property and it is used often by the big 6, not a teen

Push or pull a focus to get that shallow field while using the green screen

Create another dutch angle to show that something is just not right

Keeping the verisimilitude shooting starts to signify that it is night

Thinking of more polysemy or narrative engima but I don’t know what to write

Mise – en – scene is used to provide exposition that the car is stopped at a red light

Now that the dolly is tracking another person like a hunter
It really makes me think that the actors name is probably Gunther
He might be seen as a new actor but to some he is quite a punter 

Then agian everyone has their own prefered reading like head-
hunters  
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Quick maths 

TITLES film "Austin Powers"

TITLE
Number of people/company names in titles: 27
Start/end time of main titles: 0:15-0:27, 1:35-5:07
Running time of main titles: 12 seconds for first set of titles, 3 minutes and 32 seconds
Titles in order using exact text: 

Capella International/ KC Medien Presents
In Association with New Line Cinema
A Moving Pictures/Eric's Boy Production
Mike Myers
Elizabeth Hurley
Michael York
Mimi Rogers
Robert Wagner 
Seth Green 
Fabiana Udenio 
Mindy Sterling
Paul Dillon
Charles Napier
Casting by John Papsidera
Music by George S. Clinton
Costumes Designed by Deena Appel
Editor Debra Neil-Fisher 
Production Designer Cynthia Charette
Director of Photography Peter Deming 

Executive Producers Eric McLeod 
                                      Claire Rudnick Polstein

Produced by Suzanne Todd
                        Demi Moore
                        Jennifer Todd
                        Mike Myers

Written by Mike Myers
Directed by Jay Roach




TITLES ANALYSIS 1: THE COMPANIES
There was 5 companies who were titled and these are the companies that help present and produce the film. Whereas the rest of the titles are people who either help create the mise -en-scene or the main stars/actors and actresses in the movie. These companies help finance the film and help get it to the cinema's/produce or publish the film.
TITLES ANALYSIS 2: ROLES
There was 13 specific roles given in the titles. All the actors were just listed, however the stars have their own listing without other names as they     on screen to make sure the audience knows who the stars are and who the cast are in this film. The people who helped create costumes, music etc. have been listed individually because of their importance to creating this film. Each one of them also have their role written above their name in a smaller font and in a different colour as well. This ensures the audience knows the difference between the names and the actual roles that those people have in creating the movie. Mike Meyers is mentioned more than once because he is one of the actors, the writer and one of the producers in the film. He is the most important person who has contributed to the film.

TITLES ANALYSIS 3: GENRE/NARRATIVE CONNOTATIONS
The titles are a serif font which contrasts every other aspect of the font which all signify comedy and seems to be targeted towards a younger audience. The serif font targets a older audience. The font is a very bubbly font which connotes that film genre is going to be a comedy and not a very serious film. The font also has the text starting with capital letters but then using lower case letters after the first letter, many films have just capital letters. The colours are very bright and there is a large variety of colours, again this takes the seriousness all out of the film. The titles are also on screen when the central protagonist is dancing around. Al these factors help anchor the main genre of this film. Which is  comedy. The font is very child friendly, but it is not made that way to attract a very young audience, because the BBFC rating is 15 and that is way to high for children to watch. This could be considered a binary opposite for films rated 15, for they normally have a more serious and dark font and colours no matter if its a comedy or not. The colours and bubble font seems to be chosen to suggest an immature comedy film. There is also no animation to the titles. 

Possible Influences 

We will most likely use this style in our titles as well, with around 20 of them, crediting the right people and actors/actresses in the same order.