opening credit research

Traffic Warden - Donald Rice




The opening credits for 'Traffic Warden' are creative and unconventional. Although it's not a thriller the laid back style would be appropriate to apply to our dream sequence.



Se7en - Credits Director: Kyle Cooper





Iconic thriller credits. Scratchy, ghosty feel. It could be applied to our sequence and fit in quite well as the daughter is dead. It would add to the feel that something is not right with the images of her playing.


Leon - Luc Besson





The actual credits are basic. I chose this example for the first footage of leon and a gang leader. All shots are close-ups. This gives a claustrophobic feel and the sense the this conversation is very private. The most interesting part is the use of emphasised diagetic sound. We aim to use a similar effect using a series of short close-ups with the diagetic sound of each action the father is doing emphasised.

This is the font we will be using for our thriller opening sequence. We found it on www.dafont.com called senza cuore, we tested it against our thriller title to see if it worked.

Props

Examples of the props that we will be using for the opening sequence.

Newspaper used in the morning scene when he is at the breakfast table.




Not the exact car, however this is an example of the situation which would be replicated with the car. When the character is going to work.


Keys which will be shown in the opening, as he unlocks and locks his house door.


A tie rack with an assortment of ties, this will show the repetition his days.


Cup of tea/coffee which is used in the morning scene with the paper.

One of the very significant props. Which lots of enthuses will be placed on it. It is the daughters main prop.

Costumes

Our daughter character will not wear this exact costume, the picture below represents an average young girls clothes.



This is the kind of clothing that our main character will be wear, abviously again not the exact costume as below but something similar.

Story Board & Shot list

Pictures of the story board and shot list







































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Test Footage

SONIC MOODBOARD

Improvements From My Children's Film Opening Sequence

From my children's film opening sequence i have learnt a lot of new techiques to attract the audience as the opening seuqence to any film is one of the most important parts, as it draws the audience into the film and making them want to see and know more. If i was to re do the opening sequence I would use a varity of different techniques such as:

• Use more of a varity of shots to help create a mood and a better understanding of whats going on and how the character is feeling. For example close ups of important characters or props.

• I think that our children's film would have also achieved more if we used charatcers voice for a better understanding. Which would also draw the younger audience in.

• Also I think that the animation could have been smoother with the use of more frames to create smoother movements of the characters and props, and to stick the charatcers down so unnessuary shadow wouldn't be a distraction.

Locations of Filming

(it is a house now)

These are the two locations where we will be filming our opening sequence. The first part of the opening sequence will be shot in the park where the daughter character will be playing (dream sequence). The over half will be filmed at Rachel's house where the focus point is on the father character.

Planning the Shooting Stage

Before the Filming Day

• Choose relevant location and plan route around the setting.
• Check for permission if needed around the setting.
• Do a run through without camera to see if the setting is relevant to the story and how it would work with the filming.
• Make a date for filming.
• Choose and tell the actors went the date for filming.
• Choose costumes relevant to the opening sequence.
• Get props ready for the shooting date.
• Check weather report and if it could be a issues.

The Filming Day

• Check props and costumes are ready and available.
• Check we have the camera, tripod and other equipment if needed.
• Go to location and set up.
• Ask permission if anyone is at the location to warn that you will be filming.

Three areas we could inprove for my childrens film project.

edit test for our intro.

Here is just a simple effect for the thriller intro. Which includes our logo (however the font is wrong) and would be played before the opening sequence. This was made using 3 pictures and edited in Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10.

Character Analysis (Father)

The father character within our thriller 'Broken Silence' the father is suffering from the loss of his daughter (grieving) His grieve consists of him wanting things to be repaired and go back to normal as quickly as possible with a routine to keep him and his mind busy with no time to think/grieve causing him pain and anger. We show this within our thriller opening sequence by repeating this morning routine to show how he copes with life after the death of his daughter.

Character Analysis (Daughter)

The character of the daughter role within our thriller 'Broken Silence' has autism which is a spectrum disorder. This disorder consists of a broad range of symptoms such a difficulty with social communication this includes eye contact, conversations and taking another's perspective. It also effects the understanding and relating to other people and taking part in everyday family and social life. This disorder also makes it hard for suffers to make sense of places, events and people this can cause them considerable anxiety.


The daughter character suffers from autism and her way of understanding the world around her is to take photographs of everything she see's to relate back to the pictures.

Broken Silence: Script

Scene 1 Memory Dream (shrooms)

EXT

A girl is playing in a play park, picks up her camera and takes photos of random things. She runs towards us, stops and looks sad, then walks away. We hear a voice telling here to come back.

(We establish the significance of the camera and the importance of the relationship between the daughter and the man.)

Scene 2 A day in the life 


EXT & INT

A man wakes up in bed, has breakfast, goes to work, then comes back home. Next day he picks out a different tie, has breakfast, goes to work, then comes back home. He has the same routine everyday.
Its dinner and he breaks down. Supported by his arms on the table he cries, his wife tries to comfort him.

(Establishes that he is getting on with his life, despite the huge loss but there is still something missing)

Scene 3 Photographs 


INT


He his sitting in a darkly lit room at a desk. The desk is scattered with photographs and there are boxes on the floor. He is looking through the photographs which are photos which his daughter took. He specifically takes some photos and puts them in to an album.

Scene 4 


INT

Flash back. Inside an unknown room, it is dark and dreary. We see the girl walking around with her camera on her own in this room. She hears hurried male voices coming from the next room, she peeks around the door frame and takes a photo. The people inside are quiet as they suspect someone is there.

Why "thrillers" thrive

People go to the cinema to see there own life reflected on the screen. They want to experience thing in the cinema life which they are no able to do in real life. Things such as emotional disturbances. We are not able to experience these things becasue of what our civilization has done to keep everyone safe sheltered from the "shake ups" that we must have. So we are unable to get them first hand leaving the only possible way to get these "shake ups" in the cinema.

In a well made thriller or any movie, we are not just spectators, we participate in the film.
There is no harm in doing this becasue the spectator will always have a subconscious assurance of absolute safety.

Horror films are totally different to the thriller. They are extreme and use very wrong concepts to give the view a desired emotional jolt.
Horrors are bound to fail, becasue the majority of the public is, as a rule, healthy minded. And do not like these such things.

"A"thriller" must be wholehearted, the more exciting the better. And that is why the authentic "thriller" will live and thrive, and the "horror" film will die. "

Amar's talk (Good points)

Taking pictures of the location, so we can see the area of our filming. (digital storyboard)

Using google maps to show a Birdseye view of the location or the street view to show a surround with out going to the location.

Location recce

Planning times of shoots, To know when everyone is free and able to get there. 

Travel arrangements to get to the location. Times of the locations being open. etc.. 

Test shoots; get used to props, locations and shot types.