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UNEARTHED

UNEARTHED
Opening sequence

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Story Line for our thriller

The opening sequence will consist of a man walking his dog through a a forest area around a lake, as he's walking the dog we will shoot it froom all different angles and have natural sounds as well as a music track to make it tense. Towards the end the dog walker discovers part of a body and the music gets really intense and the dog starts barking and the chases after someone / something and then the title of the film appears through the trees.

Checklist

Camera
Tripod
Lunch
Costumes
Props
Dog

Names for titles

Leon Opening sequence

Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade.

Genre: Crime, Action thriller

Conventions : in opening sequence there was mostly ominous atmospheric music.

Most of opening sequence was view of city with names placed over the top. (establishing shots)
once the establishing shots were finished close ups were used along side with the music to create tension which set the tone of the movie and drew the audience into the film.

Three main characters.

Taxi Driver

To view taxi driver open sequence copy and paste into url bar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWTv8toR3Ug

To view our montage copy and paste this one into the url bar.

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The opening sequence that is for Taxi driver which is directed by Martin Scorsese and made in 1976. The opening sequence was very ambiguous as you don't see much just a mans eyes and it looks like he is watching people from his car. The opening sequence of the film brings you into the thriller genre quite well because it looks very ambiguous which makes you want to know is going to happen further on in the film.

sound recording

• footsteps
• bird noises
• leafs crunching
• sticks snapping
• dialogue
• gate closing 
• dog noises (barking, panting)

Deadlines

Monday 7th March
9am - Filming Deadline

Wednesday 9th March
12:20pm - Rough Cut Deadline

Thursday 10th March
Watching each others rough cuts - offering each other advice

Wednesday 16th  March
12:20pm - Final Cut Deadline

Monday 21st March
9am - Draft Evaluation Due in via Email

evaluation of the filming day

• started off on dan's camera and filmed pans and tracking shots
• dan's camera ran out of charge so we used tom's 'camera'
• filmed closeups and shots that appear later in the sequence
• then we filmed establishing shots once it had got slightly darker 

Weather forecast for halfterm

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We need to take the weather into account for when we are to film and must make arrangements to prepare for the conditons:
Waterproof clothing
bags to keep equiptment dry
cloth to clean camera lens
                           

Plan for the day of filming

10:00-prompt arrival at location ( Roswell Pits) with props and equiptment
10:00-10:30-Get equiptment set up and make the fake blood
10:30-12:00- Morning session of filming (dog walking sequence)
12:00-13:00- Lunch (remember to charge camera)
13:00-17:00- Afternoon session of filming
17:00-17:15- Pack up equiptment and tidy up the mess
17:15- Go home satisfied after a productive day filming

Our title choice

We used an online thesaurus for inspiration in order to find our title, we wanted a word that was a synonym of discovery as this was an aspect of the narrative that is the focus of our opening sequence. We decided as a group on 'Unearthed' because it gave the feeling of discovery and also suggested an outdoor location as the word contains earth. It also fit the genre as we found that a lot of thriller titles are vague in order to create the mystery that viewers of the genre enjoy e.g 7.

Mood Board

Our main influence for our thriller opening sequence was from the film 'Se7en' which has a mysterious and creepy feel to it by the way in which it uses lots of close ups of a persons hands doing disturbing things such as shaving the skin off his fingers and sticking bits of paper which other disturbing images on as well as text which we can't really read. This indicates that this person is not your average day person. We also chose to base our sequence on this due to how it  reveals this psychologically disturbed person but without giving away his identity. We like the way in which the titles are shown as its a bit less unconventional in way it flashes and jumps about on the screen.

Photo's to come....

Fake Blood

Movie blood (inedible)

Unlike the non-toxic, edible blood, this one won't be sticky. When dribbled from about five feet, this blood will create nice "splatter" patterns, like real blood does. On skin it will flow easily and smear like the real deal. But, be careful how you use it. It can easily get everywhere.

1. 1
   Pour about three quarters as much alcohol-free, water-soluble hair gel as the amount of blood you want.
2. 2
   Add water-soluble motor or radiator lubricant, any brand. This should be semi-opaque and slightly thicker than water. Start off with a very small amount and mix with the gel until it turns watery.
3. 3
   Mix in about half as much red food coloring as there is liquid. Preferably, buy a "super strength" type at a bulk foods store to save money, and skip the cheap, 1 oz (29.5ml) bottles; they look too pink.
4. 4
   Add small amounts of chocolate syrup to make the blood browner, and improve the thickness. It shouldn't be too much like water, but still very dribbly.
5. 5
   Add small amounts of hand sanitizer if you're having trouble with a nice, drippy consistency. Be warned, this easily weakens the mixture.
6. 6
   
   
   Check the mix. The final mix should be a little bit thicker than water, deep brownish-red, and about the opacity of milk.

Check list

script/dialogue  
storyboard
location recce
casting scripts run through
Costumes 
Props 
make up
shooting schedule
lighting other
equipment
titles and graphics
sound effects
music
test footage

story board ideas

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Here we have brainstormed some shots that we could potentially use in the opening of our thriller sequence. whilst brainstorming these ideas we have taken into account the styles in which professional thriller films use.

 job titles in order from opening sequence of seven 

1. production company 
2. main actors 
3. peripheral actors 
4. casting 
5. music  
6. costume designers 
7. editors 
8. production designers 
9. director of photography 
10. co-producers 
11. co- executive producers 
12. executive producers 
13. writers  
14. director  

Location

Wider shot, showing Railway

Zoomed Location 

Zoomed Location 

Roswell Pits at Dusk (Preferred color scheme for our thriller)

Blue Flame productions

Production Logo

Paramount

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)

Will Graham is a gangster who has left the life of crime and is living in the countryside. He comes out of hiding to investigate the death of his brother when he learns that he committed suicide. Charlotte Rampling is his old girlfriend who owns a restaurant. Boad is the villain responsible for the bad things that happened to Will's brother.

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003) establishes a link with the thriller genre straight away, with eery music from a piano and dark shadowed titles. Also the footage is de-saturated creating and emphasizing the thriller genre.

Conventions of a typical thriller movie are followed in the opening sequence, as there are dark titles, and de-saturated footage. The sound is of a random nature, an unpredictable tune of a piano, much like the unpredictable cuts in the the opening sequence. The viewer may become lost in the cuts, being taken from inside a car, then into a blood filled bath. The unpredictable nature of this film, heightens the thriller genre.

I don't like the titles very much, they are all very similar and although they are consistent, I became bored of seeing black and white titles for at least two minutes.

Taxi Driver

To view taxi driver open sequence copy and paste into url bar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWTv8toR3Ug

To view our montage copy and paste this one into the url bar.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54811266@N05/5354647704/

The opening sequence that is for Taxi driver which is directed by Martin Scorsese and made in 1976. The opening sequence was very ambiguous as you don't see much just a mans eyes and it looks like he is watching people from his car. The opening sequence of the film brings you into the thriller genre quite well because it looks very ambiguous which makes you want to know is going to happen further on in the film.

Number 23 opening sequence + analysis

Analysis of Number 23 Opening Sequence

The opening sequence to this film uses a sparse color palette; sepia tones, black and red.
The sepia tones connote the film to be eery and dark. The red graphical blood splats which occur throughout,imply that the film will contain horrific incidents and a possible serial killer. The opening sequence focuses mainly on the number 23. The titles are surrounded by the number 23. Historical facts are also included within the sequence which are relevant to the number 23; 'The Mayans believed the end of the world would occur on December 23rd of the year 2012' for example. And '2012' would also be relevant to the number 23. (20+1+2). I feel that the simplistic color palette coupled with facts to do with the Number 23 are effective and work nicely, not giving too much away from the story but giving enough to establish a genre and tone.

Preliminary task thriller

Our preliminary task film followed continuity in terms of shot reverse shot and match on action. Although we didn't manage to follow the 180 degree rule; as the character in the black coat initially sitting on the bench was filmed on the wrong side. 

Continuity editing is the predominant style of editing in narrative cinema and television. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots.

The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.

A match on action, a technique used in film editing, is a cut that connects two different views of the same action at the same moment in the movement. By carefully matching the movement across the two shots, filmmakers make it seem that the motion continues uninterrupted. For a real match on action, the action should begin in the first shot and end in the second shot.

Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

Thriller is a genre of literature, film, and television that uses suspense, tension, and excitement as the main elements. The primary subgenres are mystery, crime, and psychological thrillers.