Friday, 19 November 2010
We felt that our animatic task went better than expected, as our chosen genre of 'Musicals' was one we were very stuck with, although we did choose it ourselves. I don't feel that our actual idea was great but I felt we helped ourselves with the mise-en-scene side of things as we thought about costumes and surroundings. Also our story board was quite detailed even though we were lost for ideas. The storyline we came up with was quite silly but Musicals are generally silly. We got our ideas from High School Musical and South Park and tried to merge the two, with silly and cheesy. If I were to do the task again I would definately choose a different genre as this was too hard for us to think of as we haven't seen any Musicals ourselves (well many). We feel we could achieve a better idea with the genre of Action/Thriller/Comedy or Horror.
2 Film Openings.
Se7en.
It starts off with a close up of an open book with the page being turned. It then blacks out to the titles. While this is all going on there is sinister music in the background playing which flows with the editing and cuts of the opening. It then fades into a drawing/picture of some hands in an awkward position. It then goes into some weird gears or cog type things turning making weird noises sort of electrecuting like. We then see an extreme close up of a mystery mans hands with a blade scraping the tips of his fingers off. The title of the movie then comes up in capitals with a black background 'SE7EN'. The mystery man now has plasters on all fingertips and is taking a book out but we can only see the book and the finger prints to keep the man exclusive and a mystery. We then see someone writing which then fades to red with a picture of Brad Pitt I think in it. It is then shown an extreme close up of the man cutting film reels and pictures. While this is all going on the music in the background is playing. The music is quite psychadelic which adds to the effect of the red representing evil. The music is a fast paced beat which works well with the opening. The titles are in scribbled writing suggesting as if the maniac killer has written them with his scraped fingertips. A great shot of a book page being slowly turned with a lamp light shining through it is used as we can see in the shadow a syringe which he uses. It then closes up on the book as he is highlighting in black words. For one shot it is half red and half white which could suggest there are 2 sides to the story. During the whole scene we don't exactly know what's going on which gives the viewer a sense of mystery. He is now sewing random stuff. The director has given little information during the opening to grip us into the story and the mystery of the killer. From the narrative side I can't really tell what this opening is portraying apart from the fact is it dark and sinister, the rest is a mystery.
It starts off with a close up of an open book with the page being turned. It then blacks out to the titles. While this is all going on there is sinister music in the background playing which flows with the editing and cuts of the opening. It then fades into a drawing/picture of some hands in an awkward position. It then goes into some weird gears or cog type things turning making weird noises sort of electrecuting like. We then see an extreme close up of a mystery mans hands with a blade scraping the tips of his fingers off. The title of the movie then comes up in capitals with a black background 'SE7EN'. The mystery man now has plasters on all fingertips and is taking a book out but we can only see the book and the finger prints to keep the man exclusive and a mystery. We then see someone writing which then fades to red with a picture of Brad Pitt I think in it. It is then shown an extreme close up of the man cutting film reels and pictures. While this is all going on the music in the background is playing. The music is quite psychadelic which adds to the effect of the red representing evil. The music is a fast paced beat which works well with the opening. The titles are in scribbled writing suggesting as if the maniac killer has written them with his scraped fingertips. A great shot of a book page being slowly turned with a lamp light shining through it is used as we can see in the shadow a syringe which he uses. It then closes up on the book as he is highlighting in black words. For one shot it is half red and half white which could suggest there are 2 sides to the story. During the whole scene we don't exactly know what's going on which gives the viewer a sense of mystery. He is now sewing random stuff. The director has given little information during the opening to grip us into the story and the mystery of the killer. From the narrative side I can't really tell what this opening is portraying apart from the fact is it dark and sinister, the rest is a mystery.
2 Film Openings.
Silence of the Lambs.
The opening starts with a longshot view of the forest and trees, and it slowly pans down to the ground which Jodie Foster is running into(seemingly as if she's running away from someone/thing). The director then uses a low angled shot which Jodie Foster is getting closer and closer to the screen. By now it looks as if she's going on a jog! While this is all going on the titles are on in big black bold lettering. We then see a tracking shot of her running from the side avoiding all obstacles. We then see her running from the back of her. She then climbs up an obstacle while the camera is panning around her. Someone from the FBI then turns up and gives Foster some information that somebody wants to see her, she goes and the camera then zooms into the FBI officers face, which could suggest he is not as good as he seems. Then the shot changes and pans down from the top of the trees to the bottom where these signs of 'hurt' 'agony' 'pain' and 'love it' are on the tree which Jodie Foster then runs past. We then see an establishing shot of what seems to be some sort of military camp slowly zooming into it. While this is all going on the music in the background is slow and builds tension which makes us believe that she is being chased but infact she isn't. When Foster reachers the room she is standing there alone and the camera zooms into her face and as soon as this happens the slow tension building music then plays and changes to some images of brutal killings and rippings. The mise-en-scene of the opening is quite a dull forest in which there are some army obstacles which Foster is going through. she's wearing a sweatshirt with sweat around her neck to suggest she's trying to obtain her fitness in order to stay fit for her military commands.
The opening starts with a longshot view of the forest and trees, and it slowly pans down to the ground which Jodie Foster is running into(seemingly as if she's running away from someone/thing). The director then uses a low angled shot which Jodie Foster is getting closer and closer to the screen. By now it looks as if she's going on a jog! While this is all going on the titles are on in big black bold lettering. We then see a tracking shot of her running from the side avoiding all obstacles. We then see her running from the back of her. She then climbs up an obstacle while the camera is panning around her. Someone from the FBI then turns up and gives Foster some information that somebody wants to see her, she goes and the camera then zooms into the FBI officers face, which could suggest he is not as good as he seems. Then the shot changes and pans down from the top of the trees to the bottom where these signs of 'hurt' 'agony' 'pain' and 'love it' are on the tree which Jodie Foster then runs past. We then see an establishing shot of what seems to be some sort of military camp slowly zooming into it. While this is all going on the music in the background is slow and builds tension which makes us believe that she is being chased but infact she isn't. When Foster reachers the room she is standing there alone and the camera zooms into her face and as soon as this happens the slow tension building music then plays and changes to some images of brutal killings and rippings. The mise-en-scene of the opening is quite a dull forest in which there are some army obstacles which Foster is going through. she's wearing a sweatshirt with sweat around her neck to suggest she's trying to obtain her fitness in order to stay fit for her military commands.
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Thriller Opening Pitch on Prezi
Although this had helped for research, this task was only an exercise and this wasn't the chosen pitch for the final product. This task also was the first I had created on prezi.com and found it very useful.
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