LOCATIONS

Here are some pictures of the locations which we plan to film our opening scene to the film with the corridors and tunnel which the mental patient will run down.

Here is where we plan the opening scene where we plan to slowly zoom out through the hall
This is the mental asylums corridor
Here is another corridor which looks very creepy and can be used as a setting to the asylum

ART OF THE TITLE

In further research into film opening i have been looking at the "Art of the title" website which shows film openings and analysis' them. This one here is James Bond Quantum of Solace and it shows screen shots of title sequences which appear during the opening, We can take inspiration from this with credits at the beginning of ours.

Quantum of solace's opening shows an animated scene of James Bond. It shows Daniel Craig walking towards the camera looking very typical in a suit and holding a gun.

FILM PLANNING

This is our planning written down and scanned in, we have story boarded our original ideas and written what we plan to do in the near future including our voiceover and opening shot.

Also showing our drawings of the characters shot we plan to do with the close up of the face and then the slow zoom down the corridor and it will eventually show our story line.

On another piece we have written down our drafts for our voiceover at the very start of the film, with the white background.

TREATMENT

After 2 weeks of planning our film opening we have devised a story board and plot. Our first idea is having an opening shot of a white background with a voiceover and then cut to a shot of the eyes of a man staring straight down the camera in a crouching position. then we will do a slow zoom out to reveal the whole of the man with a shot down the corridor.

We will then add a shot of security guards asleep not paying attention then cut to another shot of the mental patient then to a door unlocking slowly to give the impression of him being released as we then show the mental patient slowly walk out and away.

While it slowly zooms out we will add titles to show while zooming out. Tomorrow on Thursday 27th January we hope to achieve the voiceover, white background shot and filming of the eyes and the slow zooming out. Then we hope to add titles on imovie afterwards.

Before on the 19th January we had discussed possible locations and went to go and check them out it was encouraging to see good locations and i was exited to get filming at them.

THRILLER FILMS

We also watched The Godfather, where the opening scene shows dialogue straight away between a desperate man and Don Corleone. You do not see Don Corleone face and it creates a mysterious and powerful figure of the man. It is also in a dark room creating a greater sense of enigma. This scene is an interesting start to the film and sets up what is going to happen throughout and makes you want to watch on which i feel is most important for an opening scene to a film, making it such a good film to watch.

We have been researching other thriller film openings for inspiration for our own opening. One film we have been looking at is 'Clockwork Orange' where it starts with a man looking up with a scary look on his face and eye make up. It then slowly zooms out to see he is in a strange room with others and drinking a glass of milk. This is a very good mysterious opener and we may take ideas of the slow zooming out shot and the eyes. This was particularly unsettling because of the striking eyes making a weird image to scare you.

127 HOURS

I recently went to see Danny Boyle's new film '127 Hours' It was a good film with lots of creative camera angles and shots. Also it had a great story line with the fact it was true making it more entertaining and realistic. At the start i liked the shots with the 3 different shots in one by splitting the screen into thirds. This was an innovative shot shows lots of things all at once. Sometimes the shots would then merge into one very creatively.

Danny Boyle did very well in the film to keep it exiting and on edge and creating a mood of time passing by and how lonely the man gets having to resort to cutting his own arm off. A very clever shot is of one inside the drinking tube showing water rising up through it into the mouth of the man, another was inside the arm of the man after he had stabbed himself showing the bone and muscle creating a good image of the pain he was in.

In all it was an enjoyable film with a good main role from the actor and good camera shots by the director, however what i feel makes the film unique is how it is all a true story making it different to most films and therefore more exiting and enjoyable.

THE KING'S SPEECH

We have recently been looking at Colin Firth's achievements since his Golden Globe the other night here is mine and Joe's poster on his winning performance in 'The King's Speech'.

FILM EMBLEM 2

Here is our second attempt at the film production emblem for our opening where it is more sophisticated and simplistic yet effective and works well.

FILM EMBLEM 1

This is our first attempt at a production emblem for our opening of our film, we just experimented for now and hope to work on from this idea soon.

ANALYSIS OF 'ZEN'

Zen is a crime thriller Tv series on BBC it is set in Italy, here is shows it is set in Italy clearly as it has the iconic cars all lined up on the street a very clever show it also has the Italian flag colours going across the scree red white and green.

Here in the opening sequence you cans see an eye which is bordered around by black lines blocking up the image, this is an interesting effect. The eye can represent DNA or test the crime detectives may use to find the culprit within the show.

In the opening here is shows a gun with other guns in red in the background showing also who wrote it. This is a clever way to immediately show that the show is to do with crime as represented b the gun and also the red can be representing blood.

THRILLER RESEARCH

Thriller is a genre of film and television that uses suspense, tension, and excitement as the main elements. Sub genres include mystery, crime. Key elements include fear, mystery and evil. It aims to entertain the audience by creating a great sense of suspense.

Common elements in psychological thrillers are mind games, psychological themes, stalking, confinement/deathtraps, horror-of-personality, and obsession. Elements such as conspiracy theories, false accusations, paranoia, and sometimes action are common in paranoid thrillers.

WORDLE

This is my wordle of thriller film genre research. It is made from the website where you type the words in to make it like it is below. More important words such in the genre such as "mystery" and "Enigma" appear larger than other words in order for people to know there importance within a thriller type film.