when me, hugo, max and john joined to become a group, the first thing we did was sit down and discuss what genre we wanted our film to be. we quickly came to a decision that we wanted our film be a action thriller based film featuring a MI6 agent being hunted down and on the run. the next thing we discussed was the plot of the film. we all agreed with some points and all equally made decisions.
After the genre and a basic plot of the film were established for our film, we then started to break down the plot further. Many idea's came up but we had to stick to our chosen genre which was 'thriller', we come up with many idea's that did not relate to the genre so we had to make it suit the specific genre chosen. We started plotting the film by giving a few idea's each of what we thought would be a good idea to suit us and our genre. Some of the idea's that were said by our group members were un-realistic so we had to stick to a certain standard of film that did not involve any special effect such as explosives, ghosts or effects that would be used by film professionals. We wrote the plot of the film down on the computer and saved our work, we come up with the cast of the film, where the film was going to be based and what the film was going to be based on. A member in our group named John thought that it would be a great idea to base the film on a MI6 agent, all of our members in our group agreed with John and the plot started from there. We then got idea's from other thriller based films and got a idea of what was going to be needed to complete our film. We stuck to a simple structure then noted down where the films was going to be based, what would be needed for our film and the story line for our film.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
MAIN Post 3a: Further look at opening sequences
As a group we decided to look at a few opening scenes from famous films. we decided that we was going to look at more action/thriller based scenes as that is what we think at this time we want to do. Here is the link to some of the results we got. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=opening+scene&aq=f&gl=US&hl=uk
This is the first scene we watched: casino royal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJubOZLpp4A&feature=fvst
We chose to watch this film’s opening scene because it is the same genre as our chosen genre. There are two different opening scenes to this film depending on which way you look at it. The first one is a very heavily animated one with all the titles and directs etc... There is a custom sound trick that is made for the film which plays in the background. The sound track is perfectly in time with the animation, it is not very fast but at a steady pace.
The second opening scene is actual film footage of a Parkour Chase. This scene is very different to the first opening scene. It is a lot faster passed with a lot of different camera angles and shots. The average shot length in this scene is about 2-5 seconds further increasing the pace of the scene. The scene begins with an establishing high angle shot which sets the scene. There is a lot of fighting and breath taking moments which leave you in suspense as the chase continues.
we also looked at forest gump's opening scene. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7voy1vit6Y
We chose to look at this opening scene because it is completely different to the casino royal opening scene. It does not rely on explosions or rock music, it uses a more gentle and subtle approach. The scene is very slow passed and has a relaxing feel to it that represents what is yet to come in the rest of the film. it is a very simple idea but works very well. as the feather fly’s through the sky, the rest of the shot is made of establishing shots of the different view points of the city which is unusual in opening scenes as there is no introduction to any of the main characters or story line but in a film like this, the element of surprise is way more effective in this case. While all these different shots are playing in the background, the titles are playing over top; varying in which corner they are positioned. They are in a white text which makes them stand out but not to much as to were they become a announce. Overall, this is one of my favorite opening scenes, it may not be a thriller genre film, but there is still a lot that can be learned from this scene, mainly in the use of the titles in which they are perfectly positioned while not distracting from the rest of the film.
This is the first scene we watched: casino royal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJubOZLpp4A&feature=fvst
We chose to watch this film’s opening scene because it is the same genre as our chosen genre. There are two different opening scenes to this film depending on which way you look at it. The first one is a very heavily animated one with all the titles and directs etc... There is a custom sound trick that is made for the film which plays in the background. The sound track is perfectly in time with the animation, it is not very fast but at a steady pace.
The second opening scene is actual film footage of a Parkour Chase. This scene is very different to the first opening scene. It is a lot faster passed with a lot of different camera angles and shots. The average shot length in this scene is about 2-5 seconds further increasing the pace of the scene. The scene begins with an establishing high angle shot which sets the scene. There is a lot of fighting and breath taking moments which leave you in suspense as the chase continues.
we also looked at forest gump's opening scene. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7voy1vit6Y
We chose to look at this opening scene because it is completely different to the casino royal opening scene. It does not rely on explosions or rock music, it uses a more gentle and subtle approach. The scene is very slow passed and has a relaxing feel to it that represents what is yet to come in the rest of the film. it is a very simple idea but works very well. as the feather fly’s through the sky, the rest of the shot is made of establishing shots of the different view points of the city which is unusual in opening scenes as there is no introduction to any of the main characters or story line but in a film like this, the element of surprise is way more effective in this case. While all these different shots are playing in the background, the titles are playing over top; varying in which corner they are positioned. They are in a white text which makes them stand out but not to much as to were they become a announce. Overall, this is one of my favorite opening scenes, it may not be a thriller genre film, but there is still a lot that can be learned from this scene, mainly in the use of the titles in which they are perfectly positioned while not distracting from the rest of the film.
MAIN Post 3: Research into Opening Sequence Designs
As a group we watched two interviews and took some notes on it, this helped us come up with some ideas for our opening sequence.
After watching the whole interview, I learned a few interesting techniques that I already knew and some that were new to me. The main objective of an opening sequence is to attract the viewers into the film and make them want to carry on watching the rest of the film. Effective ways of doing this are cliff hangers and suspense, it is important to get the opening sequence right as it can set expectations for the rest of the film. We decided that we wanted our introduction into the film to be griping and leave you in suspense. The whole opening sequence needs to be set at a fast tempo to keep the interest of the rest of the film. In the interview, Kyle Cooper said that sometimes it is not best to use computer generated images because you can use more simple ways to get the same effect.
Now that we have watched both the interviews and seen Kyle Cooper’s ideas, we can base some of our ideas on what he said. An example of this is to make sure that intro to our film is gripping so the viewers want to keep watching. We also learned that we have to make our intro easy to follow as there is a lot of jumps between the two groups of people (thugs and business man). If we make everything flow together then our introduction will be really good
MAIN Post 2: Choosing your genre
After a bit of online research, I found this pie chart that shows the popularity of film genres of 2008. This information is a bit out of date being from 2008, a lot of aspects may have changed like what different popularities of films. But this does give you a good idea on what types of films are popular.
http://ddunlop.com/2008/12/recapping-2008-most-popular-movie-genre/
Basing on this you can see that comedy and action are the most popular genres of films which results in there being a lot of films that fall into this category. As a group we have decided that we will take a risk and make something new. Are film will be a action thriller as a good amount of people liked this genre. By us making a hybrid of the two will make for an interesting idea.
We asked 10 people the questions below
Basing on this you can see that comedy and action are the most popular genres of films which results in there being a lot of films that fall into this category. As a group we have decided that we will take a risk and make something new. Are film will be a action thriller as a good amount of people liked this genre. By us making a hybrid of the two will make for an interesting idea.
We asked 10 people the questions below
1. What is your favourite genre of film? IE: action horror comedy…
Comedy 7
Thriller 2
Documentary 1
Comedy is the most popular genre by a mile, interestingly; this is the same as the 2008 data. Thriller is about the same as the 2008 data and documentary has a very minor increase. I’m sure if we published this questionnaire on a bigger scale; we would see some of the other genres that are included in the 2008 data in our results.
2. What would you rather watch, a thriller film or a traditional action/adventure film?
Action adventure 7
Thriller 3
Action adventure are sometimes seen as two different genres, like you can see from the 2008 data. We decided to combine them as one genre as they are similar. From the results, we can see action adventure is the most popular result. This is the same as the 2008 data. thriller was the other result popular genre, this was also similar to the 2008 data.
3. What would you like to see in an opening sequence of a film?
Suspense 2
Action 2
Sex 1
Introduction to Characters 4
Creativity 1
These results were a bit varied. Most people like and introduction to the characters of the film while others wanted the film to start with a bang and get straight into the action of the film.
4. When do you go to the cinema and who with?
Once every 6 months 2
Once every 3 months 1
When have money 1
Once a month 3
Fridays and weekends 3
Again, the results are a bit varied but the general answer is once a month on a weekend or a Friday. This makes sense due to there being a lot of big film releases combined with new 3D technology being introduced into a lot of films nowadays.
5. What genre would like to see more of?
Thriller 2
Horror 1
Blockbusters 1
Comedy 3
Action 2
Drama 1
The general consensus from this question is that comedy is a big part of films; another common result was action and thriller. This supports the results from questions 1 and 2.
There is a lot we can take away from these results. Firstly, there needs to be some sort of comedy and humour aspect to our film. As we are only making an introduction, this may not be as important as an introduction to the characters which was another common result to have in the introduction to the film. Action, adventure and thrillers were all common results for types of genres that people watch or that people would like to see more of. Using all this information, we have decided that our film will be a thriller, adventure film with an indirect use of comedy, there may not be a lot of comedy within the introduction but if we were to make the whole film, there would be a good amount of humour to the film.
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