Group step by step

 My idea 

 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 

Caitlin idea 

Girl 1 - extreme religous parents

Girl 2 - extreme conservative parents

1. Establishing wide shot of two girls backs to the camera in the centre of the screen with a shed or hut of some sort in front of them. No music just a few seconds of silence maybe a few birds chirping.
2. Zoom in on their hands and focus on their fingers touching for a few seconds - music starts to play - possibly a nirvana song or under the milky way by the church.
3. Cut to close up of girl 1 face red and tear streaked then see her head turn towards the door
4. Cross cut to the same girls eyes in the exact same composition but in the woods now and she smiles then pan down to her lips and smile then zoom out slightly so we see both girls looking at each other smiling. 
5. Cross cut back to girl 1 room and in doorway we see three figures back lit to look ominous - her parents and a priest.
6. POV shot of them walking towards her 
7. Quick cut back to them in the woods laughing 
8. Eyeline match from previous shot? from parents POV and we see her backing into her bed
9. Close up (back in woods) of hand brushing hair behind ears and girl 2 close up of eyes 
10. When she blinks cut to mid shot? of her parents hands grabbing her wrists to restrain her
11. Cross cut to them holding hands and one girls tracing circles on the back of the other girls hand 
12. Cross cut to mid shot (priests pov) of parent giving a nod to the priest 
13. Eyeline match to see priest nod back
14. Close up of him preparing the holy water
15. Cut to close up of girl 2 crying
16. Wide shot to show her struggling 
17. Then birds eye view mid shot to see her struggle but then give up because it is useless
18. Close up of priest picking up a large cross 
19. Wide shot with priests back to us on the left side so we can see the face of girl 2 he lifts the cross over her body
20. Close up of priests lips moving slowly in small mumbled prayer 
21. Then zoom out to close up of his face and follow as he turns his head up and shouts prayers at the top of his lungs and this effort is visible despite the sound being muted.
22. Another close up of her sobbing but her body doesn't move like a typical exorcism because there isn't actually any evil in her and the parents are just being deluded
23. 
    
    Close up of mothers face looking away and a tear streaking down her face
24. Close up of fathers face staring at her looking stern 
25. Birds eye view of priest shaking her shoulders 
26. Then mid shot from the side to see priest shouting in her face as she tries to look away
27. Sudden cut to her face looking numbly at the ceiling red and puffy from crying then slowly zoom out into a birds eye to see her lying spread out on her bed alone in a dark room we hear a sigh that fades over the top of the soundtrack
28. Then very fast editing of loads of different shots of them that were taking in the forest and part of the exorcism all going very fast sort of like a flip book
29. Sudden stop and cut to close up of their faces in the woods we see both of their faces in the shot looking at each other and one of them says i love you in a breathy voice and the music stops before this shot so it is silent with just the breathy i love you and then a moment where they still look at each other and then the screen goes to black and the title appears

Otto idea 

• The first shot is a close up shot of the hands of our main character. Sitting atop a hill/grassy area. The hands would be in wrappings and would appear to have blood on them. They would figet with their hands and slowly unwrap them.
• Then cut to their face, their face would be sweating and they would be visibly exhausted.
• Cut back to their hands, now unwrapped, we see the dried up blood.
• A zoomed out shot of the them where we see their whole body, they fidget with their hands and caress their scars. They sigh and get up.
• A follow shot of them walking inside a house, in a normal pace.
• Another follow shot, with zoom following them towards the gym. Keep the focus on them as they walk, their parents are in the blurred out background appear to be trying to speak to him but their voices are drowned out.
• A close up of their face, looking down as they enter the gym.
• Zoom out as they shut the door behind them.
• A still shot of them standing in front of the door and looking at a punching bag.
• Close up shot of their shoes as they drop their gym bag.
• High angle shot from the position of the gym bag as they get nearer to the punching bag.
• Close up shot of the punching bag as they hit it.
• Title.

Beas idea 

• Wide shot of person sat in centre of frame in jacket (establishing)
• Close up of light flickering 
• Wide shot of person sat 
• Close up of jacket
• Zooms out to a wide shot 
• Mid shot from the left (fast paced)
• Mid shot from above (fast paced)
• Mid shot from right (fast paced)
• Mid shot from below (fast paced)
• Camera pans up to a wide shot (doctor enters)
• Close up on patient for a reaction 
• Close up on doctors’ jacket with a badge stating ‘mental asylum’ 
• Close up of doctors notes, scribbled ‘hopeless’ 
• Wide shot, see patient not looking at doctor 
• Zooms in to patient, to close up 
• Cuts between patient face, lights and their feet twitching 
• Close up of patients eye, opens very wide 

End.

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.