shot-by-shot for opening sequence idea 2

 Shot-by-shot narrative action list for opening sequence idea 2 

. Establishing mid shot of a brick wall with posters on it, hold shot for 5 seconds.

. Camera zooms closer to one pacific poster.

. Camera holds shot for 5 seconds of that one poster, poster says missing girl with picture and information of girl.

. Hand grabs poster and crushes it up, camera zooms out to mid shot of wall and the hand throws the paper in the bin next to the wall. 

. Camera cuts to a tracking shot of women talking down graveyard, music begins low and sad tune.

. Mid shot of women joining a group of others at a funeral in the graveyard. 

. close up of guests at funeral looking sad.

. Another mid shot and close ups.

. Wide shot of guests walking away from the funeral in different directions. 

. Camera follows the girl from before as she walks off alone down a path in graveyard. 

. Camera facing the girl tracking her as she walks. 

. Camera cuts to behind the girl, still following her as she walks but now she from behind.

. A diegetic ping sound is heard and the girls phone brightly lights up in her hand.

. Girl and camera come to a hold and stop moving (Camera still behind the girl).

. Girl moves her hand with the phone in it higher up nearer her face.

. Camera zooms into the phone. 

. Music automatically changes to a creepy sound. 

. A message notification is on the bright iPhone scene. 

. Camera cuts to a mid of the phone screen, and the name of the "dead" friend appears with the message saying "I know what you did". 

.Opening sequence ends and screen goes black 

Opening sequence idea 3

 Opening sequence idea 3

Action - middle eastern spy action movie. 

In this movie, the main character would be a spy working for the Mossad. The film will follow the character completing a mission in the middle east. 

The opening sequence would start off with the main character who is an agent from the Mossad. The agent would be following his victim around a museum in the UK without him knowing. The reason he is following him is because the spy is aware that his victim is about to complete a terrorist attack. 

Opening Sequence idea 2

 Opening Sequence idea 2 

The genre for this opening sequence idea would be horror. 

The plot of the movie is about a girl who goes missing and two years later is presumes dead but isn't.

The opening sequence would start with a mid shot of a brick wall. The brick wall would be covered in many posters about jobs, missing dogs etc, however one poster would be standing out more than others. This poster would say missing girl. The camera then zooms slowly in closer to the poster. A hand then grabs the poster off the wall and the camera follows the hand as it throws the poster away. There would be no music during these few shots but instead a diegetic sound of rain and wind. The camera then cuts to a 20 year old girl walking down a graveyard. The camera follows the girl as she joins a bigger group at the graveyard. The group are all at a funeral for the girl who went missing and was presumed dead. The music is a sad low beat sound and the camera focuses on the funeral for a few shots. The camera moves to close ups of the family and friends crying however the main focus is on the 20year old who is also crying. As the funeral comes to a end the camera moves to a wide angle shot of the family and friends leaving the funeral. The camera then cuts to the girl walking down a path in the graveyard alone. The girl is still crying and looks extremely sad. The camera then moves behind her and follows her from behind for a few steps. A ping diegetic sound is heard and the girls phone lights up. The camera then zooms in closer to the phone and focuses on a message that has just been sent. The message is from her "dead" best friends phone number and the message says "I know what you did". The music then automatically chances from a sad and low beat sound to creepy one. The opening titles then ends.

Opening sequence idea 1

 Opening sequence idea one 

For my first opening sequence idea, I want the genre to be a coming of age movie. The plot would be following a girl through her teenage years at a college in the uk in the 80s. 

The opening sequence would be following her morning routine until she gets to School.

The opening sequence would start off with a diegetic sound of the girls alarm going off. The camera would be a mid shot of her girl lying in her bed. The next few shots would be of the girl getting ready for school in her 80s room. For example her doing her make up and getting dressed.There would be non diegetic of music playing in the back ground. The music would be an upbeat fun 80s song, something like "don't go breaking my heart" by Elton John. The next shot after the girl getting ready would be a wide angle shot of her house which is a small cottage in the country side. The next shot would be of her walking out of her front door. The camera would then follow her to school. She may be walking or riding a bike down the country lanes to get to School. Once she arrives at School the opening sequence would end with the diegetic sound of the school bell. 

For this opening sequence I think the set design and costumes will be what makes it. The year would need to be established by what the girl is wearing and the objects she uses, eg like no iPhones. 

Kyle Cooper

 Kyle Cooper 

Kyle Cooper is an American designer, best known for creating title sequences for motion pictures. Cooper has directed and produced more than 150 film titles and VFX sequences as well as creating logos and advertising Games and Adverts. He has been nominated for five Emmy Awards nominations and successfully won two, along side a MFA and BFA. 

Kyle Copper was born on the 13 of July 1962 in Salem, Massachusetts, maybe this is why he works on such glory and dark films !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k8koLuGnXw&t=181s - Demo Reel of Kyle Coppers work

The Demo Reel of Kyle Coppers work is extremely interesting as it shows an overall view of his work. From this video I picked up on how all the words used are never still. The words or sentences are always moving, growing or shrinking and disappearing off the screen in a unique way. For example a TNT logo

disappears off the screen by disintegrating and the small particles floating away across the screen. Another common thing I noticed was the way the screen is always busy with many thing happening, unless words are being shown in which case the screen may be empty. He uses solid colours as well as 

overlapping and fading his images. I think Kyle Copper work is hugely engaging to a audience.

The Lodger

 The Lodger 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYNWniPA8yo

The opening title sequence "The Lodger" is about a small family living an extremely normal life in a small cottage. The plot twist of this opening sequence is suggested that the mother is a murder/ psychopath. 

The opening sequence starts with a pleonastic sound of carrots being cut by the mother, with the background noise of the children playing a board game. In this opening sequence there is no music being played or non diegetic sound, this creates the theme of tension and realism. We hear pleonastic sound of the mother loud footsteps as she walks over to the fridge. This diegetic sound adds a creepy and mysterious tone to this opening scene. The opening sequence opens with a point view wide shot of the cottage and quickly cuts to an outside shot letting the audience look into the house from the outside of the widow. The camera cuts inside the house to a close up of the mother cutting a carrot and then swiftly moves to a close up of the mothers face. The camera moves again to a wide shot allowing the audience to get a view of the whole family and the kitchen. The camera then focuses on the fridge while the boy is out of focus. When looking closely at the fridge the audience can just about see a bloody hand at the back of the fridge, giving the idea that the mother is hiding something or there is something not right with this family. As the opening sequence progresses the camera cuts to a shot of the mother standing the up and the father sitting down. The camera is acting as if its the fathers eyes creating an eye line view. This shot shows the mothers power and that she knows more than the father. The camera then cuts to eye line match view of the mother looking down at the father. The camera then cuts to the father doing a shot reverse shot of the mother and father looking at each other. 

Creating ideas

BBC opening title sequence idea 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59297187- link 

For my BBC opening title sequence idea, I will be using the article "My hunt for the worlds most wanted hackers". This news article is about a cyber reporter called Joe Tidy going on the hunt for the worlds most wanted hackers, which are mainly based in Russia. 

My opening sequence idea will start off with a man sitting in a small isolated room surrounded with many computers. The room would be dark with the only light coming from the numerous computers around. The man would be tall, skinny and typing away on the computers. After a few moments of non diegetic low suspense music there would be a gigantic bang. This bang would be the diegetic sound of the door being kicked down. As the door gets kicked down a squat teams quickly and suddenly rush into the room grabbing the man and arresting him. This would happen very quickly and the original sound would pick up become fast and loud suspense music. The camera would cut out of the room and begin following the man getting put into the police car in a montage editing way. The sound would change to a Russian song with a fast beat. The lighting would become overwhelming, with blue, white and red flooding into the montage. As this is happening the title of the movie would appear across the scene for a few moments. The scene would then fade out into a black screen and the words one month earlier would appear. The black screen would then cut to a busy office in London where Joe Tidy would be working on trying to find the most wanted hackers. The camera would then follow Joe into a clear glass room overlooking London. A posh important man would walk into the office and take a seat. A shot reverse shot technique would be used here as we watch and hear the two man have a conversation. The conversation would consist of Joe telling the man he has a very strong lead on one of the most wanted hackers in Russia. The man urges Joe to go to Russia as soon as possible and follow the lead. The opening sequence would end with the two men deciding the Joe will be leaving to Russia. 

Documentaries opening title sequence idea

For this opening title idea, I created the idea based off the documentary " American murder: the family next door". The reason behind this opening sequence is to show a stenotype middle class happy family, however the movie does not end like that. This opening sequence would trick the viewer and make them not suspect what is going to happen.

My opening sequence idea will start off with an establishing shot of a house in an American suburb. The camera would then cut to a mum and her two young daughters coming out of the car which is parked in the drive way. The camera follows the mum as she takes the groceries into her house with the two girls following. This tracking shot continues to follow the mum and daughters as they enter the house and walk into the kitchen. The sound over this shot would be up beat happy non diegetic music and no dialogue would be spoken. There would be diegetic sound of the car engine, keys, footsteps, the shopping bags and the door closing. Once the camera has followed the girls and the mum into the kitchen and stopped moving, the mum says the dialogue “ come on girls, lets get dinner ready for when dad gets back”. The camera then cuts to the next scene. The camera is looking out of the widow as another car pulls into the driveway. The front door opens and the dad comes walking in. The girls run and jump onto him and the mum goes to kiss him on the cheek. The scene then cuts to the family at a round table having a big home cooked meal. The families conversation is basic family chat, like “how was your day”. The music is still happy and up beat. The camera moves away from the table changing from a mid shot to a medium long shot, as this happens the title “ American Murder: the family next door appears in big black writing.