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.
See below for the posts that needed to have been completed by the end of the Christmas holidays. There is a lot to be done. The posts with * next to are the most important.
ReplyDeleteNotes for improvement -
1. For prelim task - in post discuss what went well and what you could improve on (this is critical to show you understand how you can continually develop as a film maker - you will be graded on this)
2. Evaluate your prelim as per old school blog on school website - posts 10-12 - see me if unsure)
3. Continuity diting - ideally use more visuals
4. You are missing textual analysis of 3 opening sequences (do 2 on thriller). This involves analysing the mise en scene, camera, sound and editing for each sequence.
P20-22 Textual analysis of 3 opening sequences
P23 Analyse type faces-colour, positioning, movement, relate to genre
P24 Layering of sound - Record sound onto phone and narrative over - put on Soundcloud and embed on post
P25 Re-creating a Thriller opening sequence
P26 Continuity Editing - students have taken own photos
P27 Timelines of credits in opening sequences
P28 prelim task - film
P29 Storyboard
P30 (post 11) Targets
P31 (Post 11) Independent work towards targets
P33 Loglines - ideas for your idea
P34 Treatment
*P35 BFI Study Day - Pete's media blog, x2 PPTs
*P36 Levels of opening sequences
P37 Kyle Cooper- embed film and write about
*P38 Analysis of opening sequences as discussed at BFI
P39 Guest speakers at event
*P40 Credits - length of, number of, placement of, own cards for top billing actors
P41 Foley
*P42 Research into Production Co idents
*P43 My own Prod Co ident
*P44 Create my own fnal log line and put on website for feedback
*P44 Make alterations to logline according to feedback
P45 Film tests with 700D for your own Opening sequence idea
P46 Record different sound and put on i-cloud and discuss to help with layering of sound for your o.sequence
*P47 Pre-prod for o.sequence - storyboard, animatic, shot list, costume, props, equip, recce, risk assess - create a post for each of these. State who created what in your group.
*P48 Rough cut of opening sequence
*P48 Feedback to o.sequences
*P49 Alterations to rough cut
*P50 Final o.Sequence
*P51 How does your o.sequence fit with Pete's 5 important aspects - genre, narrative, character, atmosphere and settings?
*P52 How has all the research you have done helped inform your final o.Sequence?