Project+Two_Long

=Project Two: Title sequence of the movie "Chicago"=

Ideas:

For project two, I really wanna to do a title sequence for a movie. After doing some researches, considering typography and movie content, I decide to choose some musical or dance themed movie for my project, so I can focus on the movements of typography, instead of considering whether the music fits the content or not. My brave idea is to design the title sequence for the movie "Chicago", which is one of the best musical movies. I like it so much so I hope I won't ruin it by myself.

The music I am going to choose is "all that jazz" (instrument version), posted by [|karaoke4U2sing2] on Youtube.com on February 18, 2010

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Plot Summery: (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299658/plotsummary) Fame hungry Roxie Hart dreams of a life on the Vaudville stage, and spends her nights jazzing it up in the bright lights of Chicago, continually hoping that she'll find her lucky break, and be shot into 1920's stardom, so able to flee her boring husband Amos. In awe of seductive club singer Velma Kelly (who is subsequantly arrested for the murder of her husband and sister - after discovering their affair), Roxie meets Fred Cassely a man who convinces her he can 'make her showbiz career take off'. However after Roxie has undergone the 'casting couch' treatment, and Fred has had his wicked way with her, he reveals that he has no more connections in showbusiness than she does. This is the final straw for Roxie, and her constant anger at rejection explodes. She shoots Fred Cassely and kills him. Upon discovering her infidelity, Roxie's husband Amos refuses to take the blame for the murder and Roxie is sent to jail, pending hanging. In jail she finally meets tabloid darling Velma Kelly, currently receiving huge media attention for the double murder she committed earlier in the tale. Sharing the clink with Velma, are a collection of other sly females, all awaiting trial for the murders of their own partners. Velma is aloof to Roxie, however the prison Warden Mrs Morton offers Roxie the opportunity of representation by slick Chicago lawyer Billy Flynn. Billy is more a showbiz P. R agent than a legal lawyer and minipulates the tabloids into thinking Roxie is no more than an innocent 'good time girl' who took the wrong path, than a scheming murderess. The tabloids go crazy for the new girl on the cell block, and Roxie finally becomes a star. However due to Roxie's new found fame, Velma is forgotten about. She is forced to approach Roxie with an offer of a part in her Vaudville act (filling the gap left by her murdered sister), but Roxie turns down her offer flat, thinking she needs no support in topping the bill. However, just as Velma's star fell, so does Roxie's, when Go-to-hell Kitty arrives at the jail on a multiple murder charge, the press forget Roxie and now she and Velma are in the same boat. With one more trick up her sleave Roxie manages to bring the media attention back onto her, and her day in court arrives. Billy is now ready to play the ultimate showman! //Written by [|Anonymous]//

Director: Rob Marshall

 * ==[|Bill Condon]== || == == || ==(screenplay)==

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 * ==[|Bob Fosse]== || == == || ==(book of musical play: Chicago)== ||
 * ==[|Fred Ebb]== || == == || ==(book of musical play: Chicago)== ||


 * [|Maurine Dallas Watkins] ||  || (play "Chicago") ||

(Cast overview, first billed only)

 * [[image:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTI3NTI5OTM5OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDYxNzQxMQ@@._V1._SY30_SX23_.jpg width="23" height="32" link="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004875/"]] || [|Taye Diggs] || ... || [|Bandleader] ||
 * [[image:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNzQzMDkxMzI1NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTY2NzQxMQ@@._V1._SY30_SX23_.jpg width="23" height="32" link="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000250/"]] || [|Renée Zellweger] || ... || [|Roxie Hart] ||
 * [[image:http://i.media-imdb.com/images/SF9113d6f5b7cb1533c35313ccd181a6b1/tn15/no_photo.png width="25" height="31" link="http://resume.imdb.com/"]] || [|Cliff Saunders] || ... || Stage Manager ||
 * [[image:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTg4Nzk2NTM0N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDM5NTYyMQ@@._V1._SY30_SX23_.jpg width="23" height="32" link="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/"]] || [|Catherine Zeta-Jones] || ... || [|Velma Kelly] ||
 * [[image:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTIxMzE4NzI0NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTgzMDcyMQ@@._V1._SY30_SX23_.jpg width="23" height="32" link="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000152/"]] || [|Richard Gere] || ... || [|Billy Flynn] ||
 * [[image:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTkwMzg3MTMxMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjU4MzgxMQ@@._V1._SY30_SX23_.jpg width="23" height="32" link="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001451/"]] || [|Queen Latifah] || ... || [|Matron Mama Morton] ||
 * [[image:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMzc5Mzc4NzM1MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTA4OTYyMQ@@._V1._SY30_SX23_.jpg width="23" height="32" link="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000604/"]] || [|John C. Reilly] || ... || [|Amos Hart] ||
 * [[image:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTM5NzgxNDExM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTg4MTUxMQ@@._V1._SY30_SX23_.jpg width="23" height="32" link="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922035/"]] || [|Dominic West] || ... || [|Fred Casely] ||
 * [[image:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTk4ODY0OTQ3Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDQyNjQxMQ@@._V1._SY30_SX23_.jpg width="23" height="32" link="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004724/"]] || [|Christine Baranski] || ... || [|Mary Sunshine] ||
 * [[image:http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTUwMjc4MjUwMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNTYyNTYy._V1._SY30_SX23_.jpg width="23" height="32" link="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247720/"]] || [|Jayne Eastwood] || ... || [|Mrs. Borusewicz] ||


 * =====[|Produced by]===== ||
 * [|Jennifer Berman] || .... || [|executive producer] ||
 * [|Don Carmody] || .... || [|co-producer] ||
 * [|Sam Crothers] || .... || [|executive producer] ||
 * [|John M. Eckert] || .... || [|line producer: additional photography] (as John Eckert) ||
 * [|Julie Goldstein] || .... || [|executive producer] ||
 * [|Neil Meron] || .... || [|executive producer] ||
 * [|Meryl Poster] || .... || [|executive producer] ||
 * [|Martin Richards] || .... || [|producer] ||
 * [|Bob Weinstein] || .... || [|executive producer] ||
 * [|Harvey Weinstein] || .... || [|executive producer] ||
 * [|Craig Zadan] || .... || [|executive producer] ||


 * =====[|Original Music by]===== ||
 * [|Danny Elfman] ||  ||   ||


 * =====[|Cinematography by]===== ||
 * [|Dion Beebe] ||  || (director of photography) ||


 * =====[|Film Editing by]===== ||
 * [|Martin Walsh] ||  ||   ||


 * =====[|Casting by]===== ||
 * [|Ali Farrell] ||  ||   ||
 * [|Laura Rosenthal] ||  ||   ||


 * =====[|Production Design by]===== ||
 * [|John Myhre] ||  ||   ||


 * =====[|Art Direction by]===== ||
 * [|Andrew M. Stearn] ||  || (as Andrew Stearn) ||


 * =====[|Set Decoration by]===== ||
 * [|Gordon Sim] ||  || (as Gord Sim) ||


 * =====[|Costume Design by]===== ||
 * [|Colleen Atwood] ||  ||   ||

Some examples presents the directions that I want to go

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http://www.artofthetitle.com/2009/03/09/the-number-23/