Group meeting 20th of Jan

 Today my group and I went through our individual shot-by-shot ideas. We all said our honest opinions on what we like and don't like about each others shot-by-shot ideas. We are all staying open minded and happily taking criticism until we make a final decision. 

Adam came around and heard our step-by-step ideas. He gave us feed back on how successful each idea could turn out and how we could achieve each idea.

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.