Malevolent from Sophia campione on Vimeo.
Malevolent is a crime/drama television series about a girl living in New York City perceived as normal and unsuspicious, but she secretly has a dark side. What her friends and coworkers do not know is when the sun goes down, knives come out, and she is out for blood.
Inspired by the title sequence for the show “Dexter” and the aesthetics of “Pulp Fiction”, I aimed to create my title sequence be allusive to murder without actually showing it. With this in mind, I created a picture of this feminine woman in a normal, daily routine with interspersed clips of blood and knives to hint at what she actually is.
When the project was first assigned, I had a completely different idea; but because of the lack of resources to execute it, I shifted gears. Pictured above is my storyboard for “Malevolent”. As you can tell, the outcome for this title sequence is drastically different. I first filmed this project with my cousin in her tiny apartment on Ludlow. But because of the lack of space, I was unhappy with the shots as they were to repetitive and had poor angles. I then recruited my friend, Tori, who is really into acting and modeling so I know my second go around would turn out much better. We filmed in my apartment in Brooklyn which allowed for more space and different shots. Because Tori is also a creative, she was able to help create shots that I wouldn’t have previously thought of. When it was time to assemble the videos, I was stuck again. I felt it looked like a youtube video, or didn’t think I had enough footage, or it wasn’t matching up with the music. Luckily, feedback from classmates helped. After initially putting together a minute, I went back and switched footage to allow for similar footage to be used later on without it looking random and added more clips of the blood and knives for it to be more telling. To rid of the “youtube” feel I added video effects to make it have a more retro feel.
UNDERSTANDING COMICS CHP 4:
- Between frozen moments, our minds fill in intervening moments creating the illusion of time and motion
- Just as pictures and the intervals between the create the illusion of time through closure, words introduce time by representing that which can only exist in time
- Each figure is arranged from left to right in the sequence we will “read” them, each occupying a distinct time slot
- Motion is produced between panels by the mental process called closure
- Subjective motion: being an object should be more so involving than observing said object
