"Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product"
As you can see in the brief video that I've included on here just to outline what I felt that I'd learnt in the progression and these were the main things that I focused on -
Sound
Shots
Editing
Titles
Firstly sound - sound was something that we didn't even touch on when we did the preliminary task as it wasn't necessary to do so, the main focus of the task was just getting to know the cameras so when I was adding in sound to my opening sequence I felt like a fish out of water as we weren't introduced to sound on the preliminary task, although saying this the sound that I wanted to have wasn't something that was going to be complicated - this was the sound that I had on going throughout my opening:
Shots
Titles
Editing
Altogether I think I've definitely made a lot of progress in every aspect and I just hope that it's been reflected in my final product.
"What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?"
The programmes that I used were all on a Mac computer which is something that I'm unfamiliar with so I had to learn the basics of using all of these programmes from scratch. These include
LiveType
Photoshop
iMovie HD
Safari
Photoshop was something that I found challenging to use at the beginning as I had very basic experience with it in the past. I used photoshop to create my logo that would appear at the beginning of my opening sequence, collectively it took me around 3 weeks of lessons to finish creating this logo as I had to teach myself how to use the programme as I went along.
this was the first week where I searched for a picture on google then did my own template and started to fill it in on photoshop, this took me a VERY long time as I kept clicking on the wrong tools to use.
after 3 weeks this was my finished product which i was pleased with as it was the best that I could do as the logo wasn't my main focus and I only worked on it when I had an hour free or a few minutes free, just tweaking and adding in things that I wanted. I later on animated it on LiveType and put it at the beginning of my opening sequence.
From using this program I've learnt that It's very hard to use but if you keep practicing then it becomes easier because you become more familiar with the tools and learn which ones aren't suitable for the thing you're doing. For e.g. I learnt that the smudge tool was not something that suited my logo as it made it look messy and I couldn't make the smudge look even on my whole logo.
Live Type was a programme that I spent a majority of my time using as my opening sequence was heavily based on titles. Altogether my titles took me over a month to put together as once again, I had to teach myself how to use livetype and spent countless hours figuring out how to make things last longer on the timeline and also how to apply different effects and how to tweak them etc. But once I had mastered the basics I was able to create a short title within the space of 5 minutes once I had a set font and effect for all my titles so it was consistent throughout my whole opening sequence. Here are the first set of titles that I created on LiveType:
These titles took me a total of two double lessons (around 3 and a half hours) to do as I'd never used the program before and was pretty much thrown into the deep end when it came to creating the titles from scratch. As I became more familiar with Live Type I was able to tweak my titles quickly for e.g. these titles (above) I found were too small when I put it together on iMovie with my shots and other titles:
As you can see the titles looked abnormally small in comparison to the other titles that I had made so in the last few lessons I tweaked these titles to make them bigger.
Later on when I became more familiar with Live Type I placed background clips to vary my titles in appearance which at the beginning was very hard as when it came down to exporting the clip it refused to export the background image but after 3 or 4 attempts I worked out how you also export the background clip so once I had done that it was fine.
From using Live Type I have learnt that it is a VERY long process to create titles that you're happy with and titles that fit with the rest of your overall product. Even though I was able to create titles quickly towards the end of the project it still took a long time at the beginning to choose a set font and familiarize myself with a program that I was completely out of my comfort zone with, although saying this, it was very easy to transfer my titles onto iMovie after exporting them and I didn't encounter any problems in that sense.
iMovie HD was the programme that I also spent a majority of my time using as it was the device that i put my opening sequence together on. On iMovie I learnt how to import and export clips to feature on my blog, and also how to import clips from LiveType and my music which is towards the end of my opening sequence. As you can see iMovie isn't a program that appears to be complicated and it wasn't in the slightest.
I found iMovie the easiest to use out of the other programs as it was very straight forward, you had your timeline at the bottom where you could cut your movie to how you wanted it to be in terms of length, and then you had editing and sound options which were also very easy to use. Exporting was simple as you could then upload it from iMovie straight to Youtube via one export which saved a lot of time and effort. The only problem that I encountered was dragging and dropping clips from the top area into the timeline but for me that wasn't a major issue as it only occurred in the beginning and once I was familiar with iMovie it was easy and I didn't have any problems at all.
Altogether I have learnt that these technologies were very hard to use for the first 2-3 times that I experienced using them, but once I understood the basics I was able to adapt quickly and work at a faster pace and still produce something that was of high quality, I have also learnt that constructing a product that is 2-3 minutes long will take a long time with these technologies no matter how quickly you can work on them as its all about exporting it to one main editing program (such as iMovie) and then tweaking it to make it a quality piece of work.
in this video i have added annotations throughout my whole opening sequence highlighting in the ways in which my film opening links to other similar films and use of music, and what i identified as my unique selling point of my imaginary film.
I definitely think that i approached my audience in a very unorthodox way as some things may not be clear to the audience such as main character or overall storyline, but i think that my main theme of mystery is addressed well to my audience and I think the whole eerie feel and darkened shots and use of candles will attract my chosen audience as they would be intrigued as to what my imaginary film would be about.
"Who would be the audience for your media product?"
The audience for my media product would be aimed at the age of 18 and above due to the plot of the film as it's more of a psychological thrill rather than it is a jumpy, blood and gore type horror. For example this would be the audience that I would aim my media product at:
A young male over the age of 18 would be my first audience. He would be interested in programmes such as CSI
and silent witness which would make this film perfect for his taste in media. This person would watch my film because he is into psychological thrillers and likes the historical aspect to it, he would warm to the opening sequence as it has an element of mystery, and the letters and photographs is something that he may be familiar with in terms of seeing it on other programmes in the past such as CSI or Silent Witness etc.
The reason why I aimed this product at males first is because I think that a majority of men are drawn to these types of films due to the psychological aspect of it, this doesn't mean that I am ignoring women as I do know that some women do go for psychological thrillers (like i do) but I think that women go for films that are more rom com than thrillers. On the other hand this could appeal to a woman as much as it could to a man as the opening sequence features womens hands so a woman might see this as a feminist approach.
I also need to consider who this media product might not be suitable for, for e.g. a young girl or boy under the age of 18:
The reason why this would not appeal to someone of this age group is because they firstly wouldn't understand the film as their knowledge of the outside world is limited due to their age and immaturity, also the thriller aspect may scare them (for e.g. in the opening sequence the sound effects of the hearbeat and the logo would not appeal to somebody of this age group - see link at bottom) which is why I've put such a high age on my audience as aiming it at this audience would be completely wrong and I would receive very bad feedback.
"what kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?"
Key features of my opening sequence
I'd say that the key features of my opening sequence were definitely the letters and photographs and also my titles as the titles were one of my main focuses as it took up a lot of time and there were more titles in comparison to actual footage in my opening sequence.
My logo was also a key feature as that was there to "set the scene" for my opening sequence and I decided to go for a more gothic approach to the logo to stress the fact that my film IS a scary film so it would be wrong to place a picture that wasn't relevant to my genre of film.
Looking at media institutions in the past such as warner bros, warp x and working title I had to think about what kind of media institution might distribute my media product and why.
First, I looked at Warner Bros which mainly specializes in family films - this doesn't mean that they don't distribute scary films, films such as the Harry Potter franchise were distributed by Warner Bros but in comparison to what my film is about, HP was more suitable for families whereas my film wouldn't be as I have already put an age boundary of 18+ , this is because I think that anybody under this age may not understand my film or they may find it too scary etc.
I then looked at warp X and working title which would be more likely candidates to distribute my media product, and this is because they are smaller and sometimes distribute films that may not be suitable for all, for e.g. warp X distributed a film called rubber johnny - this is the trailer :
as you can see, this is very bizarre and not something that would be suitable for all, Warp X tend to focus on distributing films that may be unsuitable for many but there is a place in the market for them as there are people out there who like a more quirky type of film such as this one.
After briefly looking at these companies and then re evaluating my opening sequence I can safely say that my film would not be something that would be distributed by a mainstream company due to the storyline, age range and the fact that it isn't very similar to other films that have been distributed on a high scale in the past.
Seeing as se7en has been my main inspiration for my opening sequence, I did some research into what company produced this film and found this interesting quote ;
"Fincher approached making Seven like a tiny genre movie" I think that this is a key quote as se7en was also seen as a film that would be produced by a smaller company due to the controversy that it may have caused if released on a bigger scale - I have personally not seen the film but I'm aware that it's not a film that would be appreciated by those under a certain age due to the content and storyline.
New Line Cinema was the company that distributed se7en and also distributed a film which is quite well known-Alien. So if i was to look at an institution that would distribute my product it may be a company such as NLC as they have distributed films like this in the past.
"In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?"
One of the media products that I focused on the most during the planning and creation of my opening sequence was the movie "Se7en" and its opening sequence.
I focused on the unconventional approach that it had in comparison to other opening sequences that we had studied within class and sequences that I had watched in my free time. This unconventional approach caught my eye as the opening sequence uses a series of documents and actions, but the only thing that is given away is the characters hands (this is what we assume) and it was mainly focused on titles, which is something that wasn't as prominent in other opening sequences. I decided to apply this to my opening sequence as I was working on my own therefore I didn't want to have to rely on other people to make my piece successful - so I decided to challenge myself and try and attempt something similar to that of Se7en's opening sequence. I first went onto www.artofthetitle.com and searched for Se7en and also for Alfred Hitchcocks film "Psycho" as it was an openings sequence that I felt could help me with my titles as the opening sequence is pure titles and cartoon figures - which is also similar to another sequence that I watched from "Catch Me If You Can". After watching these opening sequences (and also others that we had been given on a list by Mr Go) I made a list of things that I liked from each one that I watched and tried to apply this when planning and filming for my opening sequence. I did this not because I wanted mine to be the exact copy of the opening sequence that I favored (Se7en) but I wanted to use a similar style and apply the same attributes to my opening sequence to make it look as professional as possible but also as original and unique as I could make it.
The main convention that I decided to challenge as mentioned earlier, was the use of just photographs and letters (also my titles) instead of using people for the reasons that I mentioned earlier. In addition to this I wanted to mainly use these attributes to give my audience a feel for my film without having to use people as I think that is the usual media convention, and after a while this can become boring despite the amount of useful resources we have at the media department, I didn't feel that I would be able to create enough of an impact if I used people. In addition to this, my story line is something that has historical aspects to it, so I used the old photographs, letters and candles and the dim lighting to set the mood and scene - but without giving too much of the story line away, and I got my inspiration for this from Catch Me If You Can's opening sequence as you can tell from the opening sequence that there is some sort of chase going on due to the way the cartoon like characters are moving, but you don't see the faces of the characters and the story line isn't given away.
My media product also challenged the conventions of titles in some aspects as some of my titles weren't made on LiveType but were instead written by me and then filmed and put onto iMovie which is something that I didn't see that much on other titles apart from a few that we were showed by Mr Go in class which were done by other schools but nothing of a professional nature
Last Friday was our official deadline for our opening sequences and after editing everything together and doing the finishing touches for the last time I am satisfied with my opening sequence as i put a lot of hard work into making it how I wanted it to be. Now we are starting our evaluation which I'm looking forward to doing as I'm able to show all the work that I put into making my opening sequence.
I've almost finished all of my titles which is really good news as I'm happy with the final result, i might just tweak a few things such as font size depending on how it looks when i put it all together.
Hopefully tomorrow I will be doing some more filming so by wednesday's lesson / fridays lesson ill be able to put it all together and then the week after next I will be able to do final tweaking and making it look as best as possible.
I'm currently finishing up working on my titles. This has been a really long process as I was using the programme livetype, which is a programme that I've never used before so i had to learn how to use it from scratch and start working on my titles.
Here is an example of the stuff that I've achieved so far
altogether my titles make up about 30/40 seconds of my opening sequence but closer to the point where my opening sequence is finished I will tweak everything so all the timing is perfect. it's taken me 2 and a half hours to do the following 7 seconds as these were the first titles that I attempted. Enjoy.
In some of my previous blog posts you have probably seen that I have had some technical issues with my camera which will hopefully all be resolved by the end of this week as I need to start editing everything together.
During my time that I was filming I had some issues with saving the shots that I had filmed. I still don't know why the camera did this but I've come to the conclusion that it was just a glitch and I have some shots saved but I still feel like I need to capture some more shots to ensure that I'm getting the best quality possible for my opening sequence.
In addition to this, I had a problem with transferring the shots from the camera onto the Mac as there was apparently not enough memory on either the camera or the Mac so I will discuss this with my teacher and hopefully get the rest of my shots on the camera by friday and have them all transferred in fridays lesson, then I can start editing and putting it all together so I can hopefully upload some "teaser" clips on this blog.
As you can see, during the time that I have been filming I haven't updated my blog as much due to some technical issues with the camera which I will talk about later. Here are a couple of pictures that I took whilst filming to show you the process that I went through when filming. I used old pictures from one of my parents old photo albums and picked the oldest ones to use, I then kept the photo album in the shots as I use the photo album later on in my opening sequence. I stained the pieces of paper with writing on with coffee to make them look aged and printed off some more old photos so I had more of a variety of pictures.
For the letters I wrote random words to fill up the space as the audience won't see what is written on the letters at any point due to the fact that it would give away my whole storyline which is not what I want to achieve with my opening sequence.
On Friday I received my equipment which I will be using during the first half of the week to complete some filming. Later on tonight I'm going to do a few shots on my schedule then finish off the rest tomorrow and do extra bits here and there on Tuesday and Wednesday if needed. Then I will swap with Bianca and Olivia so get have the camera for the second half of the week.
In today's lesson we focused on looking at other candidates work from other schools in order to help us when we start filming. We looked at three examples
Ridin' On Luck
Voice From The Past
The Case
We were then given the criteria that we are marked on and we were asked to mark them on things such as titles, sounds, editing and if it was appropriate for the target audience. After we decided as a class what level we would give them and if it would be low or high.
The opening sequence that I graded the highest was VFTP as they spent a lot of time on their titles as they were professional-looking and were extremely creative. In addition to this their use of sound was very creative too.
The opening sequence that I graded the lowest was Ridin' on luck as they had very little titles and bad control of the camera, on the other hand they did have a good variety of shot distance.
This is the room where the filming of my opening sequence will take place, I will only be using the desk (where the laptop is) which i will change the look of and use my lamp to create the yellow-ish light that I am going for.
here is a short Prezi that I made outlining some of my main music influences which I will use to help create my soundtrack for my opening sequence.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
I've currently been working with LiveType for my plain titles that appear on screen. I've started to experiment with different effects that I think will be suitable. the title that I chose to start animating was my "A Film By: Claire Stapley" title as it's one of the first ones that will be seen.
I went through each effects category on LiveType and wrote down the effects that I liked and that worked well with my chosen text. They are as follows:
- Frigid
- Spring Loaded
- Static
- Martian
- Cat Eyes
- Transporter
- Type
I also downloaded a new font (Homemade Apple) which is my blog font as I really like it as it looks like handwriting and it works really well with the effects that I've chosen.
A few lessons ago we each did a pitch to our classmates on the synopsis of our film (as I spoke about a few posts before) and they decided on what target audience each film would be suitable for. My film was put in the 25+ category as everybody came to the conclusion that my story was complex and also wouldn't be suitable for a young age because of this.
So after that discussion it helped me to decide on how I would make my opening sequence suitable for this target audience. Things that I looked at were films that I thought were rated like this. For e.g. My main influence: Se7en. And other films such as Schindler's List and Monster.
BLANK BLACK SCREEN. PRODUCTION LOGO APPEARS ALONG WITH "CS MEDIA"
Another set of credits appear saying "A film by: Claire Stapley"
INT. DESK WITH A YELLOW LIGHT TINGE.
Birdseye shot of all letters and photographs.
-FLASH- (as if flash from a camera)
INT. DESK BUT DIFFERENT LIGHTING
Hand appears and hand writes the name of the film "signed, anonymous"
-FLASH-
Another hand appears and starts throwing down pictures quickly. Sound effect of a camera snapping.
EXT. Black screen. Credits Appear of some actors etc.
INT. DESK WITH A YELLOW LIGHT TINGE.
Hand folds over piece of paper with credit in capitals "MUSIC BY: ......"
-FLASH-
close up shot of picture being blacked out by a marker pen. over eyes.
EXT. Blank screen with a striped effect with credits saying "PRODUCED BY......"
INT. Mid shot of person sticking in and taking out photos from a book.
EXT. Black screen with more credits "Co starring"
INT. DESK WITH A YELLOW LIGHT TINGE.
Over the shoulder shot of hand closing up envelope with letter inside.
-FLASH-
birds eye shot of book with pictures of people in with their names underneath
-FLASH-
Shot of someone writing address of police station
EXT. Black Screen with credit : Directed by: Claire Stapley
-fade-
establishing shot of a landscape with the date written across the top.
So far I've been finishing up my final parts of my storyboard as you can see, and I've recently posted a more animated version of my storyboard along with timing so I can roughly see how long it's going to last. Currently the length is at 0:51. I first thought that this would be a problem as I don't want it to be too short, but after working out how long the shots could take me if I made them longer, I realised that my opening sequence would be over 1min30.
I'm currently working on finishing up little bits such as my screenplay which is only half way there and touching up on my logo when I have free time as I want that to look the most visually appealing as it's the first thing that is going to be seen by the viewer and the examiner. And lastly I'm working on the things that will appear in my film such as the letters and photographs, also pictures of my location will be updated on the blog soon!
Here is my storyboard, not everything is final but I've used my influences to create what I hope will be a successful opening sequence. I've tried to be as creative as possible and have a good balance between credits and images.
I'm currently finishing off my storyboard which will be uploaded very soon, all I need to do is finish off the last two parts then scan them in, i also plan to make an animation later on but at the moment I'm just working on the final parts of it!
The influence for my storyboard came from 3 different opening sequences that i watched, and i combined all aspects from them to help me create my storyboard. Influences were from:
I finished off my logo on photoshop today, it still needs a bit more work but im satisfied with the final product, all i need to do now is make the outline better, make some parts look a little smoother and then add in "CS Productions" underneath which I'm then going to animate in flash to give my logo a little bit more edge.
final product (still in progress )
as you can see the outline isn't as clean as I'd want it to be so I'm going to do some more editing on the different layers and then add in my text and animate it in flash!
The opening sequence that i decided to study in detail the most was the sequence from the film "Se7en". The reason why I decided to choose this sequence is because it was the opening sequence that i felt appealed to me the most in terms of the fonts used for the titles, the soundtrack and the overall visual experience as you don't see any characters faces, just their hands and pictures, which is something that I want to do with my opening sequence as having actors doesn't appeal to me due to the fact that I know that I wouldn't be able to produce something that is high quality.
Before making notes on the opening in a timeline (like in the picture above) i watched the opening sequence twice through and made general notes so i could add them in later if i missed them whilst making my detailed notes. The third time I made a detailed analysis by writing out a timeline and each time I saw a different shot or something that was particularly interesting I noted it down (more details in the picture above)
I also wrote down what credits appeared when, to give me some sort of an idea of when I would include mine, by doing this detailed analysis I now know how I'm going to structure my opening sequence and also how I'm going to write out my storyboard.
So far at the moment I'm half way through finishing my logo on photo shop and I'm going to be looking at two or more trailers in detail to help me with how I would like to structure my opening sequence. The two that I've definitely decided to look into is Se7ens sequence and Bonnie and Clyde's sequence as those were the two that helped me with my storyline and also with how I want my opening sequence to look like.
Plot: A series of unsolved family murders in a small suburb. 50 years later, mysterious letters and photographs appear at police station from an anonymous tip off.
My primary target audience will be females and males over 25 due to the mystery of the plot and also the historical aspect of my plot. Some of my influences for this story line come from the films Se7en and Bonnie + Clyde.
I personally would rate this film as an 18 as i think any age under this would find it hard to understand the storyline and historical aspects behind the main plot of the film. I would also say that this film is more aimed towards a male audience if it was 18-20 year olds.
I've recently started working on my first logo idea by starting to build it on photoshop. I may then choose to animate it in flash player depending on how long it's going to take me.
This is one of my ideas for my logo which will go before my opening sequence starts.
I've decided to simplify this design purely because i would like to make an animation of it on Flash Player where the snakes head does a full circle and when it meets with the tail there will be a small "flash" and the name of my company will come up in the second ring just before the star. If this isn't possible I'll scan the drawing in and trace over it and make it look more professional.*
* I'd only use this if i decided to do a horror/scary opening sequence as i don't think that it would be appropriate for any other genre.
I decided to do four different mood boards so I have a clear view of each section. The first mood board reflects light, pastel colors and outdoors, I decided to do this as I felt it related well to the opening sequence of Up In The Air which was one of the sequences that caught my eye due to the simplicity of it.
The second mood board is black and white with a lot of dark images, i chose these particular images as it reminded me of the opening sequence of Se7en and also Psycho. It is also a color scheme that I like in particular because If i decided to choose a darker story line i would choose aspects from this mood board.
The third mood board is based on Sepia images/weathered old photos. This can be related to the Bonnie and Clyde opening sequence which also caught my eye as it was just a sequence of pictures with writing, but looked very effective.
The last mood board is based on scribbles/sketches/drawings which was originally my favorite idea and something i definitely wanted to do after watching the Juno trailer.
The first title sequence that I looked at on my own was Juno's title sequence. The reason why I looked at this title sequence first is because I would prefer to do an animated title sequence as I think it will be easier to put together as i won't need to rely on actors at all. Another reason why I was drawn to an animated title sequence is because I really enjoyed watching Sweeney Todd's opening as I think that visually it was just as interesting as the opening to Trainspotting.
The second opening sequence that I looked at was the sequence from Up In The Air as it is a Title Sequence therefore we don't see any actors. The reason why I decided to look at this is because I want to have a second plan just in case the animation doesn't work or I just decide that it would look better as a title sequence. The things I like about this title sequence is the fact that it's so simple, and looks very classy which fits with the rest of the film as I've watched it. Also the simple movement of the text across the screen looks very effective and makes it interesting to watch.
Up In The Air: http://www.artofthetitle.com/?s=up+in+the+air
The third opening sequence that I looked at was the sequence from Forrest Gump. The reason why I decided to look at this is because It's one of my favorite films and I remember that the opening sequence was very simple and for a majority of it the camera was just filming a feather falling through the sky which I thought looked really nice along with the music played in the background. If I was to do something similar to this then I'd have to choose a really unique location as I really want to stick to having no actors/people in my opening sequence, unless I really have to then I'll consider using one person but I'd rather just have a title sequence with some sort of animation.
The fourth opening sequence that I looked at was the sequence from Catch Me If You Can, which is another one of my favourite films. I had no reason for searching for this, I was just interested in what the opening sequence would look like, and to my surprise it was an animation. I'd say that this was my favourite so far as its very clean-cut looking and I have some ideas of what I'd like to do with it.
catch me if you can: http://www.artofthetitle.com/2011/08/22/catch-me-if-you-can/
Other sequences that I looked at also included:
Se7en*
Bonnie and Clyde*
Super
Freaked
Psycho*
* My favourites which I would consider taking ideas from/using as my main influences.
In our first lesson we looked at three different opening sequences
Office Space
Sweeney Todd
Trainspotting
We watched the first 2 minutes of each film and wrote down what we felt that we got from each opening sequence.
Office Space: I thought this was a comedy due to the font used which was blue, bubbly letters which popped up all through the opening with names of people that are in the film.
Upbeat music is used (quite jazzy)
The film looks less modern due to the quality of the film, the clothes that are worn, the settings and the cars as the cars are very old fashioned. You can tell the film is set in America due to the number plates on the cars.
the first credits that came up were the main characters. Jennifer Aniston was a name that came on first which could also link back to the comment that I made about comedy, as she is well known for the television series "Friends" so as an audience they would associate her with comedy.
Sweeney Todd: Dark, Sinister, Dramatic music at the beginning sets the tone of the film and makes us assume that this is a horror movie.
Dark Setting
A lot of blood used throughout the whole opening sequence which supports the point that this is a horror film.
The opening sequence is a title sequence so we don't see any characters faces, just their names when the credits come up. (Big character names such as Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter are the first ones to come up)
Trainspotting: Bold, clear font for the credits
Really upbeat music which can excite the audience as everything is very fast paced
a lot of cuts which go straight into the action.
Voiceover whilst all the action is going on
Some comedic aspect due to the movement of some characters and facial expressions.
overall my favorite opening sequence would be Trainspotting as having seen the film I know how crucial the opening sequence is to set the scene for the rest of the film.
this was the first week where I searched for a picture on google then did my own template and started to fill it in on photoshop, this took me a VERY long time as I kept clicking on the wrong tools to use.
after 3 weeks this was my finished product which i was pleased with as it was the best that I could do as the logo wasn't my main focus and I only worked on it when I had an hour free or a few minutes free, just tweaking and adding in things that I wanted. I later on animated it on LiveType and put it at the beginning of my opening sequence.
As you can see iMovie isn't a program that appears to be complicated and it wasn't in the slightest.
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