Wednesday, 28 September 2011
2.20
This particular short film interested me because it contains a lot of action and has a unusual storyline.
The man who was just sitting down about to eat his food was given 'old' glasses from a woman who had come over to him with a trolley. As soon as she put the glasses down on the table, she walked away which shows a lack of communication indicating that it was quite a serious moment. When he puts the glasses on, a whole bunch of numbers start appearing whenever a human being is visible. You then realize that this is actually showing a date of when something is going to happen. He carried on walking and then seen his reflection in a car window and it said 'WARNING' and showed he only had a few seconds left till whatever was going to happen. He then turns around and sees the woman again across the road who is looking straight back at him with a serious look. As the camera zooms into her eye, you see the man just about to get hit by a bus in the reflection of her eye.
I think that this is a good film because even though it is only two minutes and twenty seconds long, it shows a lot of different emotions. There is a lot of confusion throughout most of the film but as the end starts nearing, it all starts to make sense. The film gets you thinking about whether or not the man may have survived if the woman did not give him the glasses as he would not be walking around but eating instead. However, could she have been representing someone and therefore he would have died anyway?
There are certain parts of this film which my group may consider putting into our opening sequence for example the reflection in her eye showing the death rather than actually showing someone dying because this has more effect. Also, showing a random woman coming up to someone in the street and giving them something creates an uncomfortable atmosphere attracting the viewer even more because they would want to know what would happen as the film goes on.
Initial Treatment
The opening sequence is going to start off the storyline about a dead woman who has come back to haunt the man who killed her just so his wife and children wouldn't find out.
It will start off by showing the family living their daily life and then change to the woman's point of view. There will also be shots where one of the children can actually see the dead woman but no-one will believe him. We will then show flashbacks of when the man and woman were having the affair to explain the story in a short amount of time.There will be a clear difference made between the wife and the dead woman to show the significance of the story line.
As the opening sequence starts, nice, calm music will be played to set a happy atmosphere. When showing the flashbacks, we will use sound effects instead to show more emotion like fear and regret. The flashbacks will also be in black and white or sepia to show that it was in the past.
The scenes will all be set in the house except for some of the flashbacks which will be shown outside, of the man and woman walking, holding hands etc. The family shots will most likely be downstairs whereas the dead woman shots will be upstairs to show the different levels and to show that the woman is 'looking down on them'.
There will be many different shots for example, point of view shots when showing the dead woman's perspective, over the shoulder shots when showing the family in their daily routine, zooming in and out as we are showing the flashbacks.
As the film would carry on, scenes would be shown where the dead woman leaves hints around the house which the wife starts noticing and realizes that there is something wrong in the house. The child who can see the woman will try telling the parents but they take no notice of him. The husband starts to worry as the description fits his lovers. Burnt pictures will be left around the house and then random videos will start playing on the TV and computer showing her husband and the dead woman having the affair. The film will end by the husband being tortured to death just like the dead woman was and the whole family having to watch him as he dies.
It will start off by showing the family living their daily life and then change to the woman's point of view. There will also be shots where one of the children can actually see the dead woman but no-one will believe him. We will then show flashbacks of when the man and woman were having the affair to explain the story in a short amount of time.There will be a clear difference made between the wife and the dead woman to show the significance of the story line.
As the opening sequence starts, nice, calm music will be played to set a happy atmosphere. When showing the flashbacks, we will use sound effects instead to show more emotion like fear and regret. The flashbacks will also be in black and white or sepia to show that it was in the past.
The scenes will all be set in the house except for some of the flashbacks which will be shown outside, of the man and woman walking, holding hands etc. The family shots will most likely be downstairs whereas the dead woman shots will be upstairs to show the different levels and to show that the woman is 'looking down on them'.
There will be many different shots for example, point of view shots when showing the dead woman's perspective, over the shoulder shots when showing the family in their daily routine, zooming in and out as we are showing the flashbacks.
As the film would carry on, scenes would be shown where the dead woman leaves hints around the house which the wife starts noticing and realizes that there is something wrong in the house. The child who can see the woman will try telling the parents but they take no notice of him. The husband starts to worry as the description fits his lovers. Burnt pictures will be left around the house and then random videos will start playing on the TV and computer showing her husband and the dead woman having the affair. The film will end by the husband being tortured to death just like the dead woman was and the whole family having to watch him as he dies.
Synopsis
If our opening sequence was to be a full length feature film then it would have to include a full plot, including an opening, middle, and ending. After much discussion, my group and I have decided that our film would have been about a teenage girl named Andrea, aged 15, who had been abducted whilst she was walking home from school, alone.
The story would follow on to show how she was then taken to her kidnappers house in a busy street in coventry. The house looked very average, but was in fact sound insulated and used a torture dungeon. He took Andrea there to be tortured and raped, whilst she had no clue as to where she was or why. The anonymous man would frequently brand Andrea with red hot metal, burn her with acidic substances, and also cut locks of her hair off and store them in jars *The face of the man is never to be shown, so that the audience can feel the same uncomfortable and terrifying uneasiness that the girl would*
After many failed attempts, she finally grasps a chance to escape, with the culprit who had been putting her through so much turmoil, hot on her heels. He finds her, but grabbing anything in her sight, she reaches for something lethal; a sharp rock, and ends up killing the man. In shock, she turns his body over so she doesn't have to see his face, and her eyes well up with tears as she ceases to see locks of her hair falling out of his pockets.
Help arrives, and after several trials, she is not charged with the mans murder, however, due to all of the trauma, Andrea ends up in a mental asylum, not ever being able to come to terms with what had happened to her. The film would end portraying the girl as a paranoid adult, living an uneasy, unhappy life, concluding in her finally giving up and brutally killing herself in the same way as she believed her killer would have. First cutting her hair off completely, then branding herself with her killers initials, before finally walking into a blazing fire, where the film will end as the audience watch her literally walk into her own death.
The film would be more of a psychological thriller rather than a horror, as the plot is less about the kidnapper himself, but more about the effect he has on his victim and how it oozes into every inch of her nature, driving her to her own death.
The story would follow on to show how she was then taken to her kidnappers house in a busy street in coventry. The house looked very average, but was in fact sound insulated and used a torture dungeon. He took Andrea there to be tortured and raped, whilst she had no clue as to where she was or why. The anonymous man would frequently brand Andrea with red hot metal, burn her with acidic substances, and also cut locks of her hair off and store them in jars *The face of the man is never to be shown, so that the audience can feel the same uncomfortable and terrifying uneasiness that the girl would*
After many failed attempts, she finally grasps a chance to escape, with the culprit who had been putting her through so much turmoil, hot on her heels. He finds her, but grabbing anything in her sight, she reaches for something lethal; a sharp rock, and ends up killing the man. In shock, she turns his body over so she doesn't have to see his face, and her eyes well up with tears as she ceases to see locks of her hair falling out of his pockets.
Help arrives, and after several trials, she is not charged with the mans murder, however, due to all of the trauma, Andrea ends up in a mental asylum, not ever being able to come to terms with what had happened to her. The film would end portraying the girl as a paranoid adult, living an uneasy, unhappy life, concluding in her finally giving up and brutally killing herself in the same way as she believed her killer would have. First cutting her hair off completely, then branding herself with her killers initials, before finally walking into a blazing fire, where the film will end as the audience watch her literally walk into her own death.
The film would be more of a psychological thriller rather than a horror, as the plot is less about the kidnapper himself, but more about the effect he has on his victim and how it oozes into every inch of her nature, driving her to her own death.
Friday, 23 September 2011
Meeting 1
The group got together and started to decide which genre our opening sequence was going to be and what the storyline could be like. We decided not to do an opening sequence to a drama or a comedy so needed to decide between horror or thriller. We chose horror because we found it was easier to create with the equipment we have.
We talked about the different camera angles and effects we could include to fit in with the genre and decided to do a Point of View shot to make the opening sequence look a lot more realistic. We are going to use black and white effects in some of the flashbacks to show that it is 'old'. We will also use zoom, mirror effects and many sound effects to give a creepier sequence.
We start the opening sequence with one person from our group holding the camera shakily and walking down a long hallway towards a door, having many flashbacks. This goes from their childhood all the way up to that present moment and then when the person opens the door, the sequence finishes. We decided to do this so that the viewer feels attracted in a way and wants to know more so would carry on watching the film.
We talked about the different camera angles and effects we could include to fit in with the genre and decided to do a Point of View shot to make the opening sequence look a lot more realistic. We are going to use black and white effects in some of the flashbacks to show that it is 'old'. We will also use zoom, mirror effects and many sound effects to give a creepier sequence.
We start the opening sequence with one person from our group holding the camera shakily and walking down a long hallway towards a door, having many flashbacks. This goes from their childhood all the way up to that present moment and then when the person opens the door, the sequence finishes. We decided to do this so that the viewer feels attracted in a way and wants to know more so would carry on watching the film.
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Dawn of the Dead
This film is about a random plague which has managed to affect the world's population by attacking human beings. Instead of dying like they normally would, they turn into zombies which carry on to eat the flesh and blood of the remaining beings. A group of survivors learn to protect themselves and make use of any available resource to ensure they stay alive and human.
The opening sequence automatically makes the viewer seem uncomfortable as when the first title is shown, it turns into what looks like, a stream of blood. After this, there are screen shots of people's faces which are covered in blood and clips of people running away in the streets from something they're not quite sure of. This looks quite sick and makes the viewer feel nervous as to what is going to show next however, keeps them intrigued. The colours used in the opening sequence are quite unsaturated which creates a dull atmosphere.
There is a backing track which just starts of with a beat and then leads on to a 'happy' genre even though the scenes are horrifying. This makes the viewer feel on edge as there seems to be two different moods which creates confusion. I think this was done on purpose to engage the viewer and attract them to watch more. Also, the sound effects makes the scene a lot more horrifying because you can hear people screaming and 'being killed'. There are also people talking in the background asking questions about what seems to be happening and then receiving replies of uncertainty. This will draw the viewer's attention as they will start to wonder as to what happens in the film and want to watch it to find out more.
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