These are the Three main shots, The first is the long shot of the City from a road leading into it, on the path is my main character dressed in a hood and jeans, animated leaves blow from underneath him into the main camera shot then swiftly blow out of shot again.
The second shot is an over the shoulder shot of the character with a bike lent up against a house, the character sees it then steals it .
The third shot is the character from the front stood in his room, he is wearing a Halloween mask.
These are 9 key frames which will appear in my Film Opening. The start is the same as my Time line beginning, a long shot of the City from a road leading into it, on the path is my main character dressed in a hood and jeans, animated leaves blow from underneath him into the main camera shot then swiftly blow out of shot again. The second shot is a close up of the characters legs and feet walking through a puddle after lifting his feet and walking of a monsters tentacle comes out of the water and attempts to catch the leg but misses. The third frame is a Mid shot of the city as the the boy is progressing on his journey, a giant monsters mouth raises its top jaw over the city and attempts to engulf it but then seems to vanish and retreat back behind the city. The fourth is a raised shot of the character from behind, in alley Frankensteins monster appears in a nearby alley, the shot then moves on to the fifth frame in which the main title appears, it is covered a sort of goo. The sixth frames is of the character stealing a bike, behind him is a monsters hand creeping out from a drain, the character then speeds off. The seventh frame is the character arriving home on his stolen bike, a group of bats are following him, as he walks into the house they fly in, but disappear. In the eighth frame it shows the character from the front he appears to be wearing a Halloween mask, I chose this frame to be one of the last as the frames before have been showing monsters so it is a surprise when you finally see the characters face, he then proceeds to take the mask of and look through an assortment of DVD, you can see he is tired and perhaps intoxicated. The last frame is the character in bed. I've decided that it will all be filmed with a camera then the monsters will be animated along with other aspects of the film such as the blowing leaves and droplets of water from the puddle etc.
This is my time line for my film opening. The starting shot is the long shot of the city and the boy walking. It ends with the Frankensteins Monster stood down an alley. I am planning on doing more shots but this is all I've come up with.
This is a mood board for my opening scene. The music I have used is Auntie's Lock/Infinitum by Flying Lotus, I would like to recreate the atmosphere this music makes in my final video. I have used many images that I photographed from the Graphic Novel 'Black Holes' I think it helps me to recreate images of American Suburbia and the metaphor for its delinquency and promiscuity. Other images come from different cult films, I have tried to incorporate a sense of loss and a search for self discovery. These are enhanced by pictures of monsters and other dimensions, these could be the monsters looking back at you, that life is never what you plan and things are never quite as they seem. I have also tried to give the weather an autumn feel.
Title - Minimalist or Logo style, placed relatively in the middle after the Distributor/Studio and Production Company breaking up Named Jobs and Actors etc.
Sound track and/or Sound Effects, these should create and atmosphere and be appropriate to the opening sequence. If you were to chose neither then it should be done well as to show you haven't just forgotten to put in the music.
A number of different shots and interesting and intriguing imagery.
Don't let it drag out.
Don't introduce too many characters and story, otherwise you leave no tension or suspense.
A taster of the rest of the film, encouraging imagination of what the rest of the film could entail.
Wednesday 21 January 2009
The next Opening Scene I will do is Sin City.
Frank Millers Sin City
Jessica Alba
Devon Aoki
Alexis Bledel
Powers Boothe
Rosario Dawson
Benicio Del Toro
Michael Clarke Duncan
Carla Gugino
Josh Hartnett
Rutger Hauer
Jaime King
Michael Madsen
Brittany Murphy
Clive Owen
Mickey Rourke
Nick Stahl
Bruce Willis
Elijah Wood
Based on the Sin City Graphic Novels by Frank Miller
Casting Director Mary Vernieu
Line Producer Bill Scott
Shot and Cut by Robert Rodriguez
Music by Robert Rodriguez John Debney Graeme Revell
Executive Producers Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein
Produced by Elizabeth Avellan
Special Guest Director Quentin Tarantino
Directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez
1.40 28 shots
The first opening I am going to use which fits the brief is A scanner darkly, even though it has already been used as an example I feel that it fits best with the eeriness that I want to produce for my opening scene.
Warner Bros
Warner Independent Pictures
Thousand Words
A Section eight Detour Filmproduction 3 Arts Entertainment Production
A Richard Linklater Film
Keanu Reeves
Robert Downey Jr.
Woody Harrelson
Winona Ryder
Rory Cochrane
A Scanner Darkly
Casting by Denise Chamian
Costume Designer Kari Perkins
Music by Graham Reynolds
Edited by Sandra Adair, A.C.E.
Production Designer Bruce Curtis
Director of Photography Shane F. Kelly
Lead Animators Sterling Allen Evan Cagle Nick Derington C.S. Jennings Lance Myers
Head of Animation Bob Sabiston
Head of Animation Jason Archer Paul Beck
Co-Producer Erin Ferguson
Executive Producers George Clooney & Steven Soderbergh
Executive Producers Jennifer Fox Ben Cosgrove John Sloss
Produced by Palmer West Jonah Smith
Produced by Erwin Stoff
Produced by Anne Walker-Mcbay Tommy Pallotta
Based on the novel by Philip K. Dick
Written for the screen and Directed by Richard Linklater
3.49 and 26 Shots
Tuesday 20 January 2009
This is a trailer for a zombie film. Made by a As Media Group. They seem to have worked and thought hard about how to make make the trailer as there have been many great zombie films and even more shoddy ones. I think it works well, they've shown the main characters for example the ones with the guns, the guy with cricket bat and and gas masked man. I especially like the ending where the hand comes out of the groud.
Sunday 18 January 2009
Film Brief 1 A mainstream action film that will appeal to 15-25yr old males the film should appear to be based on a "fictional" comic book
Superhero has had enough of saving people, looses the outfit and mask, gets a job in IT only to discover the his Boss has over plans.
Film Brief 2 A supernatural thriller that will appeal to female audiences the film should appear to be an international co-production
Girl wanders in wood as young child, discovers an object with a great power, shows childhood boyfriend who 5 years later goes missing.
Film Brief 3 An independent movie featuring a young protagonist the film should appear to be financed through regional funding
Young foreign boy returns home from party only to find his Family gone, with only the shirt on his back he tells of his story crossing oceans and lands to find his Family.
Film Brief 4 An animated feature to appeal to adult audiences the film should appear to be based on a "fictional" novel
Man awakens from a heavy night, only to find everything is not as it seems. Creatures in his cupboard and the end of the world. A Scanner Darkly meets Apocalypse Now.
Feedback:
Loz- Film Brief 1 Like the Incredibles but for an older audience.
Film brief 2 really good idea looks like ut has a good build up to a good horror flick.
Film brief 3 This idea opens up doors for loads of ideas and stuff that could happen on the way, very emotional film.
Film brief 4 Idea could work but have to have some kind of story and end of the film also. ciuld get boring after a while
The blog given to me didn't have a great deal of planning or research, there are a few images and videos and limited text. They have taken the opening sequence from a famous movie Seven and reviewed it. The blog could do with more posts including more videos and reviews, this would strengthen the research and give them more ideas to create a better end product.
The video reflected Sevens opening and I found it wasn't very original and created an amateur atmosphere. Other than that shots were clear and framed well. The soundtrack did its job creating an eerie feel which emphasises the Thriller genre.
55thrillerproject08.blogspot.com
Tuesday 13 January 2009
Newmarket Films is a privately owned independent production and distribution company. Newmarket looks to acquire, produce, and distribute diverse films. The company has produced such films as The Mexican, Cruel Intentions, and the Christopher Nolan films The Prestige and Memento. Newmarket has distributed, in North America, such films as The Passion of the Christ, Whale Rider, Monster, Donnie Darko, and God Grew Tired of Us. The company owns a library of over 300 films.
The Newmarket Films logo is very simple. Using only two colours, purple and orange. The T from Newmarket and F from Films blend into each other.
I chose the Donnie Darko introduction. This clip is very haunting due to the lack of speech or narration contrasted with the scenery, music and confusion to what is going on. The soundtrack encourages the eeriness of the situation, faint piano notes entwined with singing which then transforms into the killing moon by echo and the bunny men as Donnie is on his bike.
These are the Three main shots, The first is the long shot of the City from a road leading into it, on the path is my main character dressed in a hood and jeans, animated leaves blow from underneath him into the main camera shot then swiftly blow out of shot again.
