Month: December 2013

Opening Plot

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Part A of the narrative takes place in a barn. An unidentified man cuts up an apple, he picks up the slice and raises it to his nose. He sniffs and puts it in his mouth. He then sharpens the tool with a blade sharpener, then preceeds to place the blade, and a series of other weapons, on a bloodied desk. He then reaches for a photograph of a group of friends, they’re faces are all crossed off in red permanant marker except two. The guy crosses one of the girls out, and circles the remaining. He picks up the blade and leaves the camera.
Part B involves Person A walking down a corridor in a police station. A policeman greets him by shaking his hand. The policeman then walks to the camera and shakes the hand of the cameraman, showing the cameraman as an important part of the story. Person A and cameraman are both in suits as they walk, accompanied by a policeman down to the cell. The policeman says “Be careful sir, he’s dangerous” as Person A and the camera man walk into the cell. Person A says “Hello” as the person inside the cell turns around. Cut before we see his face.

group roles

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On 11.12.13 we decided who would undertake each role:

  • Draft Scripts – Jordan
  • Locations – Bradley
  • Costumes – Arran (re-decided at a later date to Kat)
  • Props – Arran
  • Lighting – Kat
  • Health & Safety – Bradley
  • Casting/Auditions – Jordan (later decided that  Arran would help)
  • Storyboard – Kat
  • Shot List – Kat
  • Sound – Kat
  • Titles/Fonts – Arran

Viewer Profile

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Age Group: 12   to 25

Gender: Both men and women

They are likely to watch TV shows such as: Doctor Who, Sherlock

They are likely to watch films such as: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Skyfall, The Hunger Games, Fast Five, The Dark Knight

In their spare time they will: visit YouTube, play games on Playstation, eat at McDonald’s

Clothing: Hollister, River Island

Media: iPhone or Android smart phone for texting and social networking, iPods to play games on and listen to music

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Shot LIst

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Establishing Shot

This shot will only be used at the very beginning of the opening scene, to set the scenes of both the barn and the police station – beginning the parallel editing between the two storylines.

Extreme Close Up

The opening scene will end on an ECU of the criminal in the cell’s eyes. This shot is being used as it will discomfort the audience, potentially increasing the tension of the scene and thus the audiences interest.

Close Up

This shot will only be used in the police station shots, as we want to conceal the antagonists identity, and present the protagonists situation more clearly through the use of facial expressions.

Mid Shot

This type of shot will largely be used during the shots involving the antagonist, as they allow for us to conceal his face whilst still allowing the audience to see his reactions and get an impression of what he’s like through his body movements.

Long Shot

A long shot is to be used to present the scale of the sets in comparison to the characters.

P.O.V Shot

This shot will be used largely in the protagonists assistant’s point of view

Tracking Shot

A tracking shot is to be used, when crab shots aren’t, to follow the characters movements within their environments. The use of this shot in the police station is largely used in conjunction with the P.O.V shots in the view of the assistant.

Panning Shot

A quick pan is to be used to present some of the antagonists possessions, giving a brief look into his current situation.

Arc Shot

This movement will be used to reveal more of both the protagonist’s and the antagonist’s appearances to the audience at the beginning of the opening scene.

Crab Shot

The camera movement is going to be used in multiple shots to present the environment of the characters to the audience.

Crane Shot

This shot will be used to emphasise some of the information already presented to the audience, and present some new ideas to them.

Tilted Shot

The most significant of all the tilted shots in the opening scene is the one of the protagonist standing in the cell doorway at the end of the opening scene, with the camera tilted up at him from almost a W.E.V (worms eye view); combined with a strong backlight, this shot will display the power of the protagonist, and present the idea that he is good through the halo like effect of the backlight.

General Conventions – Opening + Titles Of A Film

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  • Credits
  • Setting
  • Music
  • Characters
  • The Title
  • Directors name always last
  1. Institution- production company/logo/music. Distribution company usually appears straight after the production company
  2. Establishing Shot- Shows setting/location/time etc.
  3. The name of main stars (recognizable top billing- star theory) will often appear in bold (sometimes larger font) before the title + when the actor is on screen
  4. The title usually appears on the climax of the sound track usually appears at the end of the title sequence or sometimes at the end of the opening scene
  5. Could include names of other main characters
  6. The music between the opening sequence and the main film
    – Sound Motif- Harry Potter, Star Wars etc.
    – Relates to the atmosphere/storyline
    – Helps audience to connect with the main characters feelings
  7. Usually at the end of both title and opening sequence appears the director/s name (could have appeared at the beginning)
  8. Narrative needs to be interesting- hook the viewer in- might end on a cliff hanger or encourage the audience to ask unsolved questions- enigma code
  9. Other roles: Producer
    Screenplay
    Composer- Song Title