Title Sequence - Gladiator

T H E  B R I E F

The Brief:

Each group must choose a modern classic from the list below and
create an opening title sequence for that film.

Argo
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
Lost in Translation
Gladiator
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Wall E
Drive
True Grit
Moulin Rouge
In the Name of the Father
The Social Network
Crash
Silence of the Lambs
Amelie
Atonement
There will be Blood
The Pianist
Pulp Fiction
Black Swan
The Green Mile

I was assigned a group with Jack Browne and Jack Bowler and we decided on using Gladiator as our film as we felt it had the most potential when it came to gathering materials etc.. for example using sand for where they fight inside the arenas, muck for the dirt that they get into and ink for blood from their wounds.

We were told that the next two weeks would be mainly experimenting. Jack and Jack did a lot of experimenting together outside of college in the evening time where as I did bits of my own and research. 

I made up a PowerPoint presentation of all the things I thought would be relevant information for the project.

E X P E R I M E N T I N G

Some of the things we thought would come in handy for filming was fire, smoke, sand and ink so I did my own few experiments at home while Jack and Jack did theirs.

Fire
I burned a cardboard box and just

Smoke

I created smoke by doing something I had learned from my waitressing experience. I put dry ice into a large cup and boiled water, I then poured the boiling water onto the ice to create a foggy/smoke look. The video that i took will not upload due to some kind of error on my memory card so the following is just an example of what i mean done on YouTube. 

Sand

Ink

I just dropped some ink into a clear glass of water and watched what happened.

Jack Bowler did all of the cinema 4D work and myself and Jack Browne did the sketchbook drawings and rotoscoping.

here are the images that I drew for the animation....

F O N T

I was also in charge of doing the font for the producers and directors etc.. names.

I did out a Roman type alphabet on Photoshop but I ended up hand drawing it and scanning it into the computer and fixing it on Photoshop.

Photoshop Alphabet:

Hand-drawn: