Developing the chosen logline
A task set in class, was to create three log lines that we could possibly develop into our opening sequence. My personal favourite is the last one I scripted - 'A 22 year old man from the suburbs of London who was threatened for dear life now has to choose between an innocent victim or his family.'
I believe that this log line would be a good basis for an opening sequence as it shows an enigma that could interest the audience to watch on. Loglines are meant to give the reader a basic outline of what the film will be based about and to create an enigma.
Initially I was thinking that the opening sequence would set the atmosphere to the rest of the film. The genre that this film would represent would be a thriller which will create a tense atmosphere to grip the audience. Within the opening sequence, I initially thought that the 22 year old man would be leaving his workplace, get on the local bus taking him close to home and then walking down a dark alley to get to the main street when suddenly he is aggressively approached by two middle aged men with only one thing on both of their minds. They give him the task which is to murder someone within the next 48 hours otherwise he will have to sacrifice his own family. At first he doesn't comply and tries to scamper but the two convicts get him against the wall with a knife to his throat threatening that they will kill him instead if he doesn't do as they ask. This would be the end of the opening sequence. The titles will be included while the young man is on his way home from leaving the workplace to entering the dark alley. They will be in bold capital format to convey that the film is serious.
The audience will wonder why these men want him to kill this man, whether he will do it in time and what will be the outcome in the end. Will he kill an innocent human being? Will he manage to escape the evil challenge or will he sacrifice himself?
Within the opening sequence there will be both diegetic and non diegetic sound. Diegetic from the dialogue of when the man is ruthlessly approached plus the surrounding sounds of the streets and non diegetic being the music being edited in afterwards setting an atmosphere, most likely representing the genre and mood of the film ahead.
The audience will wonder why these men want him to kill this man, whether he will do it in time and what will be the outcome in the end. Will he kill an innocent human being? Will he manage to escape the evil challenge or will he sacrifice himself?
Within the opening sequence there will be both diegetic and non diegetic sound. Diegetic from the dialogue of when the man is ruthlessly approached plus the surrounding sounds of the streets and non diegetic being the music being edited in afterwards setting an atmosphere, most likely representing the genre and mood of the film ahead.
