'Catch me if you can' is a superb title sequence. All the imagery just works perfectly together though in a very simple and abstract way. Is definitely where some of my inspiration came for my project. The piece includes a 'line which we follow throughout, taking us through the story, another aspect which I included within my piece and enjoyed working with.
Deubal is a Paris based design company, the same company that created the titles for the film 'Catch me if you can'. I love the title sequence from 'Catch me if you can' so looked up Deubal to see others they had created. The same 'Saul Bass' style is incorporated within many of their pieces adapting it to their own signature style. Here is one of their pieces which is very creative. The composition of each frame is beautiful and works well with only typography and small animated creatures as the only imagery. I think the great aspect within this piece though is how the creatures react and interact with the lettering.
Thursday, 14 October 2010
The effect here that is used in the Frasier titles is very similar visually to the beginning part of my video promotion. I hadn't ever seen this before and was brought to my attention through friends. This boosts my confidence in a way as it makes me think that I was thinking in a professional mindset.
Again more screenshots taken from Cheryl Cole's video 'Promise This' and the fashion and colour resembles Audrey Hepburn's dress from the film 'Funny Face'.
Both video and film have used blowing wind to capture that beautiful flowing motion from the fine silk-like part of each of the dresses.
The top image is a screenshot from Funny Face during the singing number 'Think Pink' and while watching Cheryl Cole's newest single 'Promise This' I couldn't help but see the similarities as people pose and jump into the air.
Cheryl Cole in current society has a lot of followers, thoughs who enjoy her music, fashion or as an icon. Whether people like it or not she has become one of the 'IT' girls of the time and for her music video to have close comparisons with one of Audrey Hepburns films gives me confidence that I will be grabbing a younger generation for my Audrey Hepburn themed ride.
Well I seem to have done it again, even though I'm researching rides I found a fashion themed trailer. Though the video is promoting an event rather than a ride called 'Howl-O-Scream' brought to Busch Gardens, another major theme park situated in Florida. Though the trailer is primarily there to shock, funnily enough I think its gorgeous, glam and slick. The tag-line for the video was 'fear never goes out of fashion'. I thought this was clever as, the whole idea is situated around this fashion theme and catwalk display when the event 'Howl-O-Scream' has nothing to do with such couture fashion the designers must have been thinking of relations and what reminds them of specific things.
This is one of the adverts that most definitely caught my attention. Its not in your face pounding you with information it is all about concept and ideas. You grasp the idea of a lift though the camera concentrates on its buttons. The illumination of each button is synchronised with the menacing music and gives the message of the lift rising and dropping repetitiously.
This advert inspired me also because its core attraction relied on idea. Many ride ideas are edits of the ride which I want to stay clear of as I believe this lacks innovation and also I would have to rely on existing footage then the ad wouldn't be my own.
The ad is simple yet effective in delivering its message. The voice over doesn't begin till the last few seconds of the ad primarily relying on the visual which makes the audience think.
I am beginning to research into rides from theme parks as for my self-negotiated project I am generally thinking of creating a promotional video for my own 'pretend' ride. I thought of this idea as my dad has an appartment in spain and has seen notifications that there might be a Paramount Studios theme park being built pretty much on our doorstep. This obviously is very exciting news and can't wait to go if this is the case but got me thinking of rides. I've never heard of a Paramount Studios theme park but I would assume it is going to be very grand on the same lines of a Universal Studios theme park.
This is a clip taken from behind the scenes of the making of Spiderman the ride. I chose this clip to show as this was one of my favourite rides that I've been on. Its exciting, thrilling and the effects are amazing. It tells a story through, and involves the rider within that story, but also bringing the rider into the specific environment re-creating almost the back streets of New York. I chose this specific video of behind the scenes as it thoroughly discusses what an how the ride is, aspects that can't be shown through images.
I will begin to upload videos I find of specific rides. Rides that I believe truly give the rider a unique experience. I have been to Orlando, Florida many times and the theme parks are a must which includes all the Disney parks, Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. These are the main ones anyhow that I will be looking into. As I have been on the rides shown on my blog gives me a great advantage in realising the ideas and expertise that go into these rides, I am also fortunate enough to gain that experience these rides give you.
In past research I have mentioned the fashion photographer Richard Avedon and also gave him his own post on my blog. So while relaxing watching Audrey Hepburns Funny Face as the credits role over, I'm sitting back enjoying the graphics and images that combine to create the title sequence. Richard Avedons name appears stating he is the visual consultant of the film also creator of the title sequence.
It gives me great comfort that even in the 50s the major fashion lovers contributed to film and moving image. The sequence is so fresh compared to its time, even before I realised it was one of Avedons creations I was captivated by a great fashion piece.
In my second year of Uni I created my own fashion title sequence and had so much fun with it as I was creating something I was interested in.
Over the Summer I have been elaborating on certain interests of mine which included fashion and the glamour of the 1940s and 50s. The title sequence in Funny Face represents them both.
The top image is Chanel with their merry-go-round fashion show. The middle is Victoria's Secret fashion show set in a dramatic theatre. The bottom picture was Karl Lagerfield's fashion show set on the genuine Great Wall of China, making it one of the longest catwalks ever.
The aim here was to collect a few images of catwalks I thought were out of the ordinary to inspire me.
I was thinking about ideas how to present my work for the final project and I definitely wanted to think outside the box and be different to everyone else. Even though this idea may seem elaborate and crazy I was thinking of presenting my work on a fashion catwalk/runway. If for in fact my major piece would be fashion related this would fit my work perfectly. The presentation in itself would be a piece of art and the two would represent each other.
The image I have chosen to show above is actually an airplane runway, but the gorgeous attention grabbing lights made me see it from a fashion perspective. Even the lay out of the lights is in a typical catwalk-type shape.
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