Initial Ideas for Opening Sequence.

Firstly, we thought about the sub genres and which we believed we could benefit most from. We thought about producing a supernatural thriller but agreed that this was a bit too obvious. We discussed bringing religion in to the main plot and after sharing some ideas we have decided to make a religious/crime thriller. I think the reason that we both like this particular theme is becasue its differen't and not any of the A level pieces we have seen yet have concerened religion. We thought that this would give us more angles from which to approach without tredding on the cliche themes we have seen so far.

We then talked about setting the opening sequence in or around a church. This could give us a classic gothic feel and some really scenic and suspensful shots. However, filming around a church will further limit our options and what narrative the sequence contains. There are aso troubles around wether we will be able to obtain permission to film in or around the church and how long for. This also limits our ability to put togther a decent reel of footage in the target amount of time. All of these points have cast doubts over our plot ideas and we are still debating wethere or not to go ahead with the religious theme and/or film around a church.

 

-C.W-

Call sheets-- From 1st Dec. to 7 Dec.

These are our call sheet from all of  filming scedules. We have used this to remind ourselves of the days that we have filmed.

This helps us to see how much time we needed to film. It has also helped us attend the location that we were filming in as we have to schedule in order to film inside.This was a struggle as we've started filming at a very busy period which was at the start of December.As Christmas was coming up the time scheduling was key to us.

We have scheduled and booked the times at which we were able to film.Our set time is from the 1st of December till the 7th of December which gives us  a week to do all the filming of the church inside out.We have planned every time that we went out to film in order to use this time efficiently.

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M.B - C.W

Ideas for our thriller sequence...

After looking at different ideas and opening sequences , we have changed our idea as we discovered something which inspired us more and gave as a wider range of ideas. It also will save us time as we have decided to film closer from our
We have decided to go for a religious/theme e.g. using the church as the main setting. Here are some locations of different churches:





ST Mary's -South Ealing

This church would be great for our opening sequence as it is big and beautiful.I think it is very close to our perfect match of a  church we had in mind.The only let down and possible a problem that we would have to face is the location.The location turns out to be quite far which is a disadvantage as it would waste time to get there. This would mean that we would be wasting time getting to the church rather than filming.

This church is close to our school which would not waste us time to reach the location. It is too small and does not match the church that we had in mind...we wanted something bigger.-----

ST Mary's church-Ealing Rd, Northolt UB5 6AA


--The lighting is set already at the scene which is very useful if we would have to film in the dark.




 ST Mary's Church --Hanwell
 This is the inside of the church which looks beautiful and big. This is also a very good option to film ouropening sequence. However once again the location might be a problem.

 This is the outside of ST Mary's-- Hanwell which is very tall and big. I think this church could be use dfor our opening sequence.We need to make sure that we get the pormission to film inside and outside of the church.              ----------                                                             



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                                    M.B

Our trip to BFI..

We've visited the British Film Institute. There were students in year 12 from different schools who study media.Pete Fraser who has been in the film industry for a long time gave some really useful tips on how to achieve the best grade when making our film opening sequence. There were lots of different examples of openings which we had to analyse and give a grade. We all have enjoyed the experience in meeting Simon Frame who is an editor. Simon Frame has shared his experienced of working with different people and all about film editing. He gave some advise on how to get into the film industry ,there was a straight forward: 'You need to make films'

WE have picked up important tips which need to be considered when planning and making our opening sequence.

• Always blog your research ,planning and ideas as it is evidence which gives you marks.
• Sound is very important and needs to be well used in our opening sequence.
• Tittles are very important we need to make sure we have enough tittles as otherwise it does not look as professional.
• The location is also important and the use of the location to produce a good variety of shots.
• Actors and costumes are also very important ,the director is responsible for giving correct directions and instructions.
• The flow of the story will affect the understanding of the event and would make it look professional.

I think that the most important thing that we should be aiming for is to produce a professional looking opening in order to get the best marks for this part of the course work.This will only work if we plan carefully and in detail.

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                                                                     M.B

                       

Final Production Logo

                                                                              
                                

 This is the final production logo for our opening sequence.We have used Adobe premier 10 to puts and edit it together. We've matched a piece of music to go with the clip which we have extracted from the movie.

                                                        
                                                                              -C.W-M.B-

Production logo

For the production logo we thought about using clips from several different films including 'The day after tomorrow', 'Inception' and 'Avatar'. In the end we decided to only use Danny Boyle's epic sci-fi flick 'Sunshine' and searched through the film to find a clip which we thought would be appropriate. In the end we found a clip which lasted around 1min10sec. Here it is before it had been chopped down and edited in to the final production logo-

Sunshine - Mercury transits the Sun.

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                                                                        -C.W-

                              

Production Logo (INITIAL IDEAS)

Ideas for Production Logo

For our final production logo we have both thought hard about what we could use to create an effective logo. As the logo will be the first thing shown in our opening sequence we have decided that it is vital to use something eye-catching and aesthetically pleasing. We thought that the best way around this was to cut a clip from a movie (most likely something high budget) and chop it up to form a brief and abstract piece of film. We'd then add affects to personalise our production logo further (sound would also be removed and replaced).

By doing this we believe we can improve the overall quality of our sequence - as they say; its the first and last seconds that really count. Here are some of the general ideas for clips that we came up with:

-Pacific Rim(2013)
This would be good because the special effects used in the movie are extremely impressive and there are a wide variety of shots and scenes that could work for logo.

-Watchmen(2009)
Watchmen is a visually striking film with a lot of iconic content. It is also a classic superhero comic for adults with that same unmistakable style used throughout the film. We thought that this might be appropriate because it symbolised innovation in the sense that it brought about a new era for Superhero movies.

-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(2007)
The Harry Potter franchise is a well absorbed story with a lot of support behind it. It is extremely well known and there are certain scenes with the film (I believe especially this one) that are really awe striking and would belong well in the form of a short clip. However, we would be obliged to edit parts with the characters out as it may seem like a bit of a 'rip-off'.

-Sunshine(2007)
This is my favourite idea because although Sunshine is an epically visual film with high potential for a sci-fi film it is surprisingly unheard of. This would allow us to create a logo which the vast majority of the audience will not recognise.

-Inception(2010)
Although Inception is a more than worthy contender for our final choice - with lots and lots of scenes that could be manipulated in to something visually pleasing we both felt that it was a bit cliché.

 

~C.W~