Firstly in the production of this opening sequence, I contributed to the making of the music with Roopie. To begin with i first found a base tune to base round the music round, i went for quite a neutral tune with could be easily adapted and added to. I added to the base tune by finding accompaniment tracks for example a piano tune then drum beats towards the end to be in time with the opening title ‘Don’t Look Back’. I tried to gain tension through out the sequence yet dull the areas with the flashbacks so there is a contrast in the music as well as the filming.
I also did the camera work and props for all the opening sequence,first starting with the filming for the wedding and restaurant sequence in the clip. As i work at Francesco’s in Windsor, i was able to use this location in our production. I first supplied the dresses that both Ariadne and Ashlie wore, the flowers they were carrying and the rings placed on the fingers. I thought the wedding ceremony would look better filmed on the balcony however i found some difficulty filming this section without some camera shake as the camera was placed on the tripod and was fairly stiff. This restricted me from following Ariadne and Ashlie fluently. Working through this i then filmed the close up of putting the rings on, this was much easier to film as i had the tripod however we were going to include some sound of the couple saying ‘I Do’ consecutively however the sound did pick up on the filming so i decided to cover it with the music. The rest of the filming in the restaurant was fairly simple as it involved same level shots of the couple either at dinner or kissing or simply talking to family or friends. If i were to film Ariadne and Connor at dinner again i would use two separate shots instead of the same continuous shot as I believe this would add more to the sequence also conveying different expressions. The next section of filming took place on the stage at school where we closed the curtains so it was pitch black then used torches on our phones to create eerie, cellar-like lighting displaying how she is now trapped and highlighting her expressions and inability to move as the light is solely on Ariadne. To create different angled shots in this part of the sequence I decided to place the camera in awkward places for example on a tripod on top of a take to get a high angle shot which shows how weak Ariadne is now portrayed and how helpless she now is. I also done a extreme low shot of when Connor walks down the stairs as i was literally laying on the floor to get the camera as low as possible. This portrayed how the man now had dominance and was the superior and stronger out of the two characters. Finally, equally with Roopie, we both contributed to the editing of the production. One of the main difficulties we found was combing the music with the opening sequence as the music was far too long, after a considerable amount of editing to the music we combined the two and fit them together. Another difficulty i uncovered was matching the title of the opening sequence to the film as there was a specific beat in which each word was meant to appear. Our Story Board
Each image represents a different section in the opening sequence. The first and second pictures convey how Victoria is gathering her necessities and running out of the house while her husband is watching. The third and fourth photographs portray how she believes to have found a safe hiding place however he recaptures her and takes her back to the house. Finally the fifth and sixth images demonstrate the several flashback which occur and conclude with her being beaten by her husband again. We adapted the storyboard by changing the sections in the forest and in the house as the sequences would be too long, we started from when she was having flashbacks and then added in a man walking down the stairs into the basement. - Goes to the cinema twice a month - Uses social networking sites -Likes shopping - Aged 16+ - Loves going to parties - More likely to be teen who watch - Likes magazines sources for newsagents or shops - Listens to music Using our research we found that teenagers are more likely to understand the plot and become more involved within the film therefore are target audience is the ages between 16-19. In addition to this we also found that most horror films are certificated either a 15 or 18 which earlier links with our discovery of older teenagers being able to understand and maybe even relate to some scenes within these genres of films.
1. Establishing shot of the house. 2. Close up of girl grabbing bag and putting food into it. 3. Tracking shot of girl running out of house and toward the forest. 4. Medium close up of man watching through the window. 5. Wide shot of girl running throughout the forest. 6. Extreme close up of girl running. 7. Wide shot to show she has found a place to rest in the forest. 8. High shot to show her vulnerability in that place. 9. Close up to see the man grabbing her from behind (see expressions). 10. Wide shot to display how the man is dragging her through the forest back to the basement. 11. Medium Shot of man throwing her in basement and tying hand to make her stay. 12. Close up of her retrieving pictures from her pocket and looking through them. 13. Flashbacks when looking at different images. 14. Zoom out shot from flashback bringing her back into reality. 15. Close up of him grabbing her and torturing her again. Throughout actually filming, we had to change the shot list. We firstly did this by taking out the beginning scene of running through the house then through the forest. We did this because we decided that the sequence looked much better when you go straight into the flashbacks. I then came up with the idea of filming silhouettes at the beginning of the sequence which gains tension for the audience and makes them thinking about whats going on before the film has even started. Are aim really in the opening film was to just give a hint away when the actual film started the audience would be shocked and overwhelmed by the outcome. We finally added much more shots into the scenes, for example the silhouette scene, which was a close up of the two shadowed figures. The step scenes which are various scenes within the sequence with display an extreme close up of trainers walking down the stairs. Then finally we the following shot of Ariadne walking up the stairs in the restaurant to get married.
Our Final Production Plan is based on an abusive marriage where the husband tortures his wife, physically and mentally, locking her in a basement. Our opening sequence begins with Victoria (the wife) quickly gathering necessities and then hastily running from the house into a forest. However, she did not escape very far due to the capture of her by her husband. We then switch to the basement where she is forced to stay. The audience then see her reminiscing via old photographs whilst having frequent flashbacks of memories before marriage. Interrupting the last flashback, we find the husband ready to abuse his wife again.
Good Aspects: - We have a clear storyline for the opening sequence that is effective because it is easy to follow and understand. - This scene also give the also a clear understanding of what the film will contain however also giving it potential to have a good or bad outcome. - The music is intense and full of tension so the audience knows clearly that the genre of this film is Thriller-Horror. -Not expensive as we have all the props and costumes we are going to use. Bad Aspects: - The sequence will be quite time consuming as we need to film it in many separate locations and we each have other commitments. - Editing may not be like the way we imagined as there are many flashbacks which can be hard to edit in. - We rushed the planning, changing the storyline several times as we ran out of time and needed to start filming therefore we believe we could have made the plot more simplistic and polished. |
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