Main Post 4 - Group Meeting

We had a meeting and we decided the film should be a Thriller as this would be quite simple to create, the film will be a Mystery/Thriller, the plot of the title sequence start with a pov shot of a person in a car watching as the gates empty from school and the person will watch them as they walk down the road and will get out the car and start to follow, this is just the foundations of the plot, we will add more to it as we continue to decide what to do.

Lauren: From looking at the research we conducted, Rom-Coms, Dramas and mysteries come out on top.
Charley: I think we should do a drama with a twist of mystery, as I think comedies will be too difficault for the timing we have, and are also hard to appeal to a large audience as humours vary.
Ben: I agree, I think it would be a good idea...a to shot a mystery drama with a variety of clever shot sizes.
George: Yeah these are all good ideas, I think we should consider basing the plot around a kidnapping of some sort in order to match our genre.
Lauren: Yes, that’s a good idea George. We should try and film something that will not only grip viewers through interest, but also to teach people the importance of staying safe while outside of home.

Main Post 3 - Research into Opening Sequence Designs

That a title sequence goes straight into the film


Sets a great expectation for the film


Make the typography involved with the film


Audio is very important to the title sequence




After looking at all of this information i have realised our title sequence as it will be a mystery type sequence, music could be very essential towards it and definitely the text, it must all seem as if it could run straight into the film after the title sequence.

Main Post 2 - Choosing the Genre

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Main Post 1 Conventions of An Opening Scene

Conventions of An Opening Scene

- Title of the film
- Credits i.e. Introducing the main cast/crew
- Editing Jump Cuts, etc
- Places that may be in the film, like a town or house etc
- Gives an idea of what some characters are like, it depends on the genre, for example if an action it could have a character packing a gun or something similar, making us think he is a bad character


Casino Royale:






















At first in the title sequence it shows straight away what genre it is, maybe because it is a well known series of film, but still shows that, then it goes onto the Title of the film, obviously telling us the name, there is quite a rocky soundtrack playing behind, the title sequence shows multiple fight scenes, again showing the genre, also has a shot of a gun, so it gives us ideas of what is to come, mostly everything in the title sequence has something to do with gambling, for example the roulette table, the cards, even the gun shots, so this gives us the impression there may be gambling, also the title suggests this, it finishes with the trademark 007 codename for James Bond.


Catch Me If You Can:





















The first thing that draws to my attention in this title sequence is the music, it is a very mysterious track, that keeps changing when you listen, this gives the viewer a reason of not knowing what to expect.
Also there are various amounts of planes throughout the sequence, this gives the impression it could be about a plane, the title sequence is a story in itself, it shows a man running away from what is supposedly a police officer or a person of a higher authority, this makes us want to see what the story unfolds to be, this is why this title sequence is so effective because it gives elements of Mystery and Action. Also what is again mysterious that everything is brightly coloured, this is odd as we have an idea(when watching) what the genre is, so this gives even more mystery of what could happen.