Shot list and production schedule

Shot list and production schedule

Location 1

The first location we are going to film at is outside Stacey’s house. It is a short sequence of her coming out of the house and then walking down the street and calling her friend.

-Close up

-Zoom in

-Over the shoulder

-180 degrees around her as she is on the phone

Location 2

The second location is the killer’s house in the basement and him coming out of his house.

-Extreme close up

-Over the shoulder

-180 degrees when in the basement

Location 3

The third location at the train station will be filmed last as it needs to be dark. Some of the shots we are going to use are:

-Over the shoulder

-Angle reverse angle

-Close up

-Low angle domineering shots

In some of the locations we are going to use the same film running but in different angles so many of the shots will be filmed at least three times but from different perspectives as well as angles.

Casting appropriate actors

Casting Appropriate Actors

Set and Props photo evidence

Photo Evidence for Set and Props

Slideshow presentation of ideas

Presentation of Ideas

Locations

 This is the location of Stacey's house. In the sequence it will see Stacey leaving her home.

 This is the house where the basement scenes will be filmed.

This is Aldwych underground station which is a possible location to film in.

The script

There is not a lot of dialogue in the title opening sequence. There is more action and music used. Here is the dialogue that will be used in the sequence:

The phone rings as Stacey is walking down the street after leaving the house. It is a quiet but an embarrassing ring tone. She answers the phone;

Stacey: “Hello, It’s me, I am on my way to the train station I won’t be long.”

She hangs up and then continues to walk down the street.

The perfect older viewer

This is Damien with his wife and son. He is the perfect example of an older viewer that would enjoy this film with his family. They enjoy catching up for dinner and a movie and admit this film would be great.

A perfect viewer

This is Stacey, she is eighteen years old and this is her idea of a great film to watch at the cinema with her friends or on a night in with her boyfriend. She is looking forward to watching the film.

Storyboard

The plot

The plot to our opening title sequence is about a psychotic man who stalks his victims at an underground train station and then takes them back to a basement to torture them. However his next victim is different as there are many people looking for him and they will not rest until they find him.

A group meeting 2

In another group meeting we decided that the rating of our film will be 18 and over and targeted at both men and women.
The production company for our film will be Stillking as they are big producers of thriller and action films.
Some of the smaller details that will be included in our opening sequence are:
Music by Freeplay
Costume director Anna Beynon
Edited by Shane Harris
Production design Reece Dalley
Director of Photography James Con
Starring: Peter Soar
             Stacey Fahy
             Jon Law
Presented by Torpedo pirates
An Olivia entertainment production
In association with Tire Harmony
Created by Bob Jones

A group meeting

In one of our group meetings we decided the storyline for our film of our opening title sequence. The film is about a psychotic man who stalks his victims at an underground subway station and takes them to a basement at the school where he works as a caretaker. When he is stalking this particular victim he is with his friend who makes it his mission to find his friend as memoires of the kidnapping haunt him. The question is will this friend find him in time before the killer can finish his work?

We also decided the title of our film which is Fifth Avenue as it fits well with the storyline and leaves open many possibilities.

The location of the underground station scenes will be filmed late at night at Fifth Avenue underground. The exterior shots of where the basement is will be filmed at Greenwich college round where there is a dark exterior hallway with a door that looks like it goes down to a basement. The basement scenes will actually be filmed at a house that has a basement.

Costume that they will be wearing will be smart/casual clothing as the characters are out in the evening returning home after a party. The killer will be wearing work clothes e.g. overalls and the make-up will be very pale make up to make him look creepy and ill.

The lighting in the sequence will be quite dark as it is in the evening and filming in dark places with shadows. This follows conventions of a thriller film, having “shadowy” rooms.

Presentation of ideas

Presentation 1 Ideas Spider

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Analysis of Vertigo Opening Title Sequence

Se7en opening title sequence analysis

Analysing Se7en Opening Sequence

Grease opening sequence

Grease’s opening sequence is animated however it still follows many codes and conventions of its genre.
The first camera movement that is used is a slow tilt up to follow the character’s movement. The camera often uses a track pan to follow the character as if scrolling across. Also some medium fast zoom inn’s are used as transitions in the introduction of the next character. The overall pace of the editing is very quick. It has a quick pace to match the quick upbeat happy music.
There are a lot of props used in this sequence such as in some of the scenes the characters are getting ready to go to school in their bedrooms and have a stereotypical untidy bedroom. Props are used such as clothes on the floor, posters on the wall and a mirror on the desk.
The music is upbeat with a quick pace and the character’s action matches the music. Instruments that are used in the soundtrack are a trumpet and drums etc.
The type in the opening sequence for grease is inconsistent. The title “Grease” is squirted on to the screen in grease gel which is brown. Most of the other text is in different colours but are all in the same sort of type which is block capitals.

Texas chainsaw massacre opening sequence

The opening title sequence for the film Texas chainsaw massacre follows many codes and convention for a thriller film. Such as it is similar to the film se7en as it has pictures in that hint clues to the storyline to create suspense.

The editing in this film is slow to build up suspense along with the music. Although it has a slow pace there is quite a lot of fast editing between shots and black screens to also create suspense. There are many close ups in the sequence to show action of the characters but the audience do not see the character’s face as it builds suspense and mystery.
A Steadicam is used however the camera does not actually stay still, it is constantly moving but only slightly as if it is scrolling across. The slowness of this movement creates tension for the audience about what will happen next.

The music is instrumental. It is slow and builds up a pace. This creates suspense for the audience and keeps them gripped to what is happening.

The type looks handwritten in a scrawl on a chalk board to make it look archaic. This makes it stand out as different.

All of this builds tension and suspense for the audience so much so it is like they do not want to go on watching the film but know they can not walk away.

Creep opening title sequence

The opening title sequence uses many codes and conventions of a thriller genre film such as intense music, a quick pace and flashes of bright light.

The music in the opening title sequence is a high pitched instrumental sound which creates tension for the audience. This is non-diagetic sound. There is also some diagetic sound in the sequence of a character screaming and her heavy bleeding and the sound of the blood dropping. This sound hints the genre to the audience. It gets their adrenaline pumping and starts to make them feel nervous. This grips them to watching the rest of the film.

The editing and camera movement has a quick pace which is in time with the music. There is a zoom in used to get a close up of the blood dripping off the knife on to the floor. The music matches this action. The prop of the knife is another big clue to the audience of the genre of the film which is a thriller film.

The type in the sequence is yellow and looked etched on with a sharp implement also to hint genre and create horror just by words on the screen. The type had yellow nail marks through it to show that this is not a science fiction film it is a horror with humans in. Through some of the type was bright flashing lights to hint the setting of the film. It would be dark and light would be needed. It also creates tension.

All of these things create tension and fear for the audience which is what keeps them gripped throughout the film.