Deadlines

G321 Course Outline Dec 2009 to March 2010

AS Coursework Checklist

1. Juno opening titles swede
2. Analysis of film opening from Youtube
3. Analysis of student opening
4. Prelim task and evaluation
5. Four 25 word pitches
6. Make a company logo and Ident
7. Nine frames moodboard sheet
8. Titles timeline from art of the Title
9. Storyboard and animatic
10. Recce shots and photos on the shoot
11. Screengrabs throughout editing
12. Rough cut for feedback

Past Work

We looked at this video because it was given an A Grade.

The things we liked about it was the effects on the eye at the beginning. We also liked the titles of the people's name because it fitted along with the theme of horror and also had the same effects as what they eye had.

We have decided that we are gonig to create a horror/thriller start of an opening. We would like to use effects the same as these or close to them because they draw the audience in. It sets a very weary atmosphere.

Genres

This film poster inspires us as it symbolises the unknown. We can't see the face of the person, giving it an air of mystery as we want to know who they are.

The words 'fear moves in' could also hint that the character looking into the window will be that fear.

Themes

We have already established that we are going to create a film opening for our coursework. We haven't actually been given the specification yet but we have been thinking about some ideas.

• A Horror theme - Night time, mysterious characters, dark colours (eg, red, black, grey etc)
• A Romantic theme - Candle lit dinners, Romantic Setting (Countryside), nice and relaxing colours
• A Thriller theme - Cliffhanger, very mysterious, maybe makes the audience jump.
• A Mystery theme - Nothing to be exposed, scary to some extent.

Musical Inspiration

This music inspired me alot. For our film opening we want a suspence opening and we thought that some music like this would create the type of atmosphere that we want. The only thing with this music, is that we don't want it to be cheesy and with this it could be percieved that way. We also wouldn't be able to use this exact song because it would be copyrighted. We could though, get some music which resembles this.

Research

We have decided that for our coursework we will create a 2 minute film opening.

Here are some that inspire us;



These are the opening titles to Spiderman 2. This inspired us because we liked the fact it was very close to reality but was a cartoon. We thought that the colours were very effective and we liked the fact that the background was spider man's costume. It was done like a spider's web which creates realism. Although this is a really good opening, it would be too hard for us to create, but we are hoping to have colours which stand out just like this does.



This is the opening credits to Casino Royale, which is one of the newest James Bond films. This one inspired me because i felt that the idea of James Bond's openings work very well. They are the same for every film. They have about 5 minute action, or talking and then they have a small cliff hanger and then they have a song which is the theme song for that film, and then have credits. I like the credits to this film because they have clearly been recorded as normal action, and then changed into cartoon. You can tell this by the black figure playing James Bond, because it is very alike to the actor who plays James Bond. This is Daniel Craig.

This is an optical illusion. This inspires us because we both like the idea of something being different to what it first seems. For example, in this we see two old people, but when you look closer we see two people sitting on a path playing instruments. We are not sure how we would put something like this into a film opening but we could at least think about different elements which we could include.

This inspires us because of the colour in the poster because of the colour. For example the dark background and the contrast between the two people. We also really like the colour used in the film which you can see on this trailer;