We are going to use a radio for when the character gets up and the radio will be on until he leaves the house. this will combine with the convention of social realist as it is natural.
These are the syringes that are going to be on the mans bedside table which he will suggest to the spectator that eh will take when he gets up. Again we wil see a reaction shot of his face after he has taken the drugs. To suggest that he has without showing he has.
We are going to use a bedside table for the props to go on which will be the syringes and drugs. The table will be next to the characters bed, so we can see this in each shot.
The center of town, where our main character will be walking on his way to super drug (to buy his girlfriend a pregnancy test). There will be a variety of shots of the character walking downt the street to get an insight of where he may be.
This is the place where the character will get the pregnancy test. he doesn't buy it though, he steals it. this will be suggested through a variety of shots, including close ups of his face to see his reaction after it is suggested that he has stolen the test.
We will be using the media studio as one of our locations and the center of town for the other half of the sequence. We will take pictures of the media studio when we begin to film and will be on here shortly. In the mean while, here are the other places we are going to film.
This is our animatic. We used a range of shot types and a variety of different diagetic sounds to emphasis the everyday sounds that people do not normally notice. The shots are quite long duration to try and show how we are going to drag out the shots. this was rather hard to show in the animatic as they are pictures and not clips. Although the shots are long duration, there will be many angles taht will be used. The sound we are going to use is going to be diagetic, everyday sounds such as people in the street, children playing and cars going past.
This is our real story board that we will follow when filming.
These are our practice story boards:
This is our storyboard and the images we will use for our animatic. There was a few more pictures that we added to our animatic that we haven't got on here. We did two storyboards and then combined them together to make one. We did this as we all had different ideas and if we put them all together it would combine everyones ideas. Some of the ideas were missed out as they did not fit in as ell with the rest of the sequence, however, many of the shots were used.
He wakes up, the camera pans to up above him to an aerial shot which shows the spectator what is around him.
We then see him pick up a syringe, we will not see him insert it as this is a suggestion shot, we just see a close up of his face as he is doing it to show the unease.
He gets dressed, this will be a long duration shot of different views of him.
After this, the sequence is cut to when the boy is out. Different angles of him walking down the street.
You see him walk into a shop and looking for something.
The camera cuts to a pregnancy test on the shelf, and a hand that grabs it.
We then see a close up of his face to show the suggestions of him stealing the test.
He turns up at a house and shouts through the letter box to what is thought to be his girlfriend.
In the lesson we presented our pitch to the rest of the group. This is our feedback:
"Good use of conventions of a realist drama. The way we have thought about lighting and sound in our sequence. We have thought about the problems that happen everyday and used them to produce an idea for a sequence"
"Good representation of social realism"
"Good research. We have thought clearly about where we are going to film and thought about having permission to film in a shop. "
Mis-en-scene: The Mise-en-scene for the title sequence is generally dark with the bright lights of the fair ground and its rides. It has a Tarot Puppet type machine, which would tell your future and points to the death card, this future telling relates to the film as in each Final Destination film the main character in it would have a premintion at the start of the film showing various other characters and how they should have died and which order, of course things dont go to plan and most of the characters get off the ride, also in this 3rd Final Destination film this fortune telling is also later on shown in the photos the main characters, giving hints as to how they would die. This is also shown in the titles as there are circus pictures relating to their deaths, ie. a girl with nails in her head & two women being electricuted. In the Opening Titles there is also switched to a pinball which dodges the holes Luck & Fate, Ending up in the hole death.
Sound: The sound in the sequence is an ery music, with Screams getting louder throughout the sequence, creating a tension.
Camerawork: There are many different uses of camerawork in this sequence; Long shots, low angles, Dollys, Tilts, Pans, Close ups, Extreme close-ups & an Extreme long shot. The use of the low angle on one of the rides made it seem scary and menacing, this angle is similar to the way which anyone standing below waiting for the ride would see anyway, and this builds fear before they would go on the ride, so also builds up this fear in the viewer.
Editing: Disolved/faded tiltles & transitions, mirrored spinning ride, reflected/flipped ride & the horses from the carosel in the mirror had been sped up to build fear.
This is our mood board. We used images from the internet to put our ideas together. We used images that are other film titles that are social realist. The other pictures are to represent the things that are going to be used in our sequence. They show props, locations and lighting. The mood board is to represent our genre which is social realism.
Analysis: Camerawork: This film has many ways of presenting the film, similar to ours which we will be using in our film opening. For example, the way natural lighting is used to show the effect of realism. This is how we are planning to film ours. Also this film is almost like a documentary and this style presents things as they happen each day, for example, marriage, classes, crowds etc. We will do ours fairly similar but not as much of a documentary as we will concentrate on the main character. The natural lighting consists of dark and light. They film at night and in the day, which is an easy way to film, as you don’t need all the extra lighting. The way this film is presented is in a way that represents Britain by showing people at war and the way community is brought together. The camera is hand held which proves this is a social realist as social realist films are low budget films so everything is done with less equipment. So the camera is handheld, this could be effective as it helps the spectator gain an insight and it draws the spectator in. There is a variety of shots used in this opening, which is effective as you get to see all the different angles and ways of viewing something.
Sound: The soundtrack included in this sequence is all diagetic sounds, this shows that the film is realist as you can only hear natural sounds. This is also what we will use in our film opening as we are using diagetic sounds but emphasizing them as people don’t normally notice these everyday sounds.
Mise-en-scene: This film opening is very similar to ours as we are going to have a boy get up in the morning and go out, this is what is included in this film opening, although there will be many changes, we just have a few ideas that are similar. In this opening, the little boy wakes and gets dressed then he leaves the house and goes to the shop. The way the sequence is set out, is in an old style. The film has the characteristics of a very old film. The setting is almost empty which could emphasize isolation.
Editing: There is not much visible editing in this sequence. The editing is continuous which makes it hardly noticeable to the spectator. The titles and credits are edited as they have transitions and the way they are placed on the screen. The shot duration is quite short in the titles, which makes each scene short and punchy to help the spectator view all of the scenes in a short amount of time.
In our film you will see a lower class man, who doesn't have a lot of money, get out of bed over a series of long shots. We are going to focus on diagetic sounds of the man getting ready. This emphasises the sounds that are normally there but people don't noticed. This is commonly a feature of social realism. After you see the man sit up on the edge of his bed you see him use heroin. The mans a heroin addict and depends on crime to survive. We see the males everyday life style which introduces him in depth. There is only one character introduced who is the main character. This gives us an incite into what people like him are like. We will use natural lighting and show him slowly getting dressed and getting ready to go out. Later on in the clip you will see him going into a shop and stealing a pregnancy test for a un-introduced character. This opening highlights the problems of drugs and teenage pregnancies which are common themes of social realism.
Today we have been preparing for our film pitch on the 26th of January. For the pitch we have to prepare a synopsis of what our film is going to contain and whats the storyline. We also have to prepare a mood board full of images that are related to our ideas of what our sequence could contain and also images of films that we have drawn inspiration from. Lastly we preparing two different analysis of two genre related films. We have made notes from watching two social realist film openings and noted down the main characteristics. We can use these in our own clip. After we have made our pitch we will add the feedback we receive.
I have chosen the title sequence from the film Hostage. I have chosen this film as the titles have the greatest effect on me. The use of visual effects and the soundtrack prepares the audience for what is coming. During the title sequence, the camera pans over the city as the names are written accross many objects relevant to the film. The camera passes over buildings that have a significant relevance to the film, and names such as the directors are written accross in bold writing. This is effective as it draws your attention, and gives you a sence of large scale. The soundtrack to the sequence also hightens the tension, there are deep bass bellows as the orchestral plays. The soundtrack also uses unusual noises to build tension, the listener feels uneasy as the sounds combined create a eery setting. During the title sequence there is an emotional scene as a young boy is shot, this also effects the viewer emotionaly and they bring this feeling as they watch the film. The title sequence prepares the viewer for the emotion displayed in the film. I think this sequence is so effective as it combines the visual and audio that has a greater impact on the viewer than other title sequences do.
Last lesson we decided on an ident for our film opening and this is what we came up with. We found it hard to come up with a name so we decided to find a background first and the link the title in with it. We saw this background and liked it, then we decided on many names and the best, we thought, was BlueLight. The sound was created by all of us which went well with the imagery of our ident.
For my title sequence analysis I chose the film ‘Panic Room’. In this title sequence you see an interesting use of typography. The titles appear on the buildings and the camera pans over them. This is effective as it doesn’t draw your attention the names straight away and makes you focus on the city setting. Also in this sequence the music used is deep and orchestral. This builds tension and encourages the viewers into the sequence. The music is quite low and not too much attention is drawn to it. This allows the actual titles to take most of the attention. The camera work used in the sequence draws most of the attention the buildings in the background which gives the viewer a sense of where the upcoming movie is going to be set (in a city). Also apart from the buildings there isn’t a lot of action in this title sequence this leaves the viewer wondering what is going to happen. This slow start contradicts with the title of the film, ‘Panic Room’ because from the title you would expect a exciting, fast opening but instead you have the opposite.
Very specific formula-narrative structure stereotypical representations. "Bad" character is often less conventionally attractive than others or different.
Conventions:
The setting is often a high school, a main character has just joined the school.
The main character may start off as unpopular then become accepted by others, usually followed by a make over.
There is a joc character who has muscles, likes football, maybe aggressive, is always popular and attractive.
A geek that is signified by glasses who likes education.
Resolution of narrative - the main characters fall in love and its always a happy ending.
The character is usually unpopular due to the way he/she looks
5th - 9th Jan: Opening sequence conventions discussion/ analysis and blogs. 12th - 16th Jan: Production company logo and pitch planning. 19th - 23rd Jan: Pitches and storyboards. 26th - 30th Jan: Animatics and planning/ shooting. 2nd - 6th Feb: Planning and shooting. 9th - 13th Feb: Shooting and editing to roughcut (ROUGHCUT DEADLINE END OF LAST LESSON). 16th - 20th Feb: HALF TERM 23rd - 27th Feb: Final edits/ Post-production. 2nd - 6th Mar: FINAL PRACTICAL DEADLINE END OF FIRST LESSON and feedback for evaluation. MONDAY 9th MARCH - 9am - EVALUATION DRAFT TO MOODLE. 9th - 13th Mar: Feedback on writing in lessons. MONDAY 16th MARCH - 9am - TO MOODLE - FINAL WRITING DEADLINE.
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Opening Sequence Elements
We read through what we need to do to make our sequence successful and we decided to post these on our blog so we can keep refering back to them.
-Details of cast and crew. -The film's title. -An introduction to character or character type. -Indication of place. -Indication of historical period. -Information regarding mood and tone. -Introduction to signature theme tune. -Information about genre. -Questions that the viewer finds intriguing. -Patterns and types of editing that will be echoed in the remainder of the film. -Mise en scene and cinematography that will be echoed or elaborated upon later in the film.
Our group will need to choose one of these summaries on the basis of our opening sequence:
1. A supernatural thriller with a strong female lead. 2. A British social realist drama. 3. An adventure story for younger audiences. 4. A teenage romantic comedy. 5. A crime caper with an ensemble cast.
We chose as a group a British Social Realist drama.
What information does this title sequence give us about the film to come?
This film is a comedy drama produced by Wes Anderson in 2001. The title sequence introduces each character in turn and in detail to give us an insight to what the characters are like and how the film to come has relevance to each individual character. The opening sequence then again introduces the characters to show how they are when they have grown up. This shows us the difference and growth of each character to show the significance of how they grew up to how they are in the film. The insight at the beginning shows us of the accomplishments they had when they were young to suggest their wealth and intelligence in the film. The narrate introduces each character as they appear to give this insight. Themes are introduced by showing us their intelligence and introducing the parents to show what influences a child. The children represent social class and wealth. This is done why the setting (a big house) and by the intelligence of them. It is also done by mise-en-scene and how they talk in an upper class voice. Overall this film opening gives us a good insight of what is to come in the film. This is shown through micro elements and macro elements. The narrator also sets a good view of the film and gives us a sense of what it contains.
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