Rough Edit of Shots that Worked Well

Although many of our shots weren't successful all of the ones featured in this clip show a very good shots that we can now considering redoing and improving.

Test Shoot

We have done our test shoot and also have done the editing for what we have, these were some of our issues:

- Acting

- We forgot some props eg. glasses for therapist

- The lights in the flat took a while to switch on

- Therapist wasn't wearing shoes in some shots

- Swearing isn't allowed, have to change a shot

- A few shots were too dark [indoors]
 
Looking at our final edited test shoot we have decided that maybe we shouldn't use the therapist idea but still base our opening around rape. So we are now at the stage of thinking of new ideas separately and then discussing them in our group before our real shoot.

Target Audience

The theme of our movie is 'Psycological Thriller'.
For this theme i decided the target audiences would be

•  University students - they often watch movies in groups when they are bored so they will look for exciting movies that aren't similar to all the others out there or other recent movies and ours offers this
• Females- as the lead is a female it attracts females more than males. Also they can imagine themselves in the situation more and get more absorbed into the film
• People who enjoy psycological thrillers- our film follows this film but is different to other ones out there, so people will be curious to see how the 'rape' is carried off

Final Idea

Victim had an abusive stepfather when she was younger – due to this, she’s been going to therapy since a young age. She went ‘off the rails’ as a teenager and is a good time girl who parties and wears suggestive clothing. After a night out, she gets raped on the way home after being forced into her house by the rapist. She’s reliving the events that happened that night with her therapist who over time, has drummed into her head that due to her rowdy behaviour, she had this coming. However, although we will not show this during the opening sequence, eventually it’ll become clear in the film that the therapist was in fact, THE rapist.

My Ideas

I decided to focus on the themes horror and thriller, and using that theme i came up with three film opening ideas

My first idea was a very short idea but i thought if it was decided in our group we could then progress it further. I got the idea from this still in the trailer of univited. My idea was to use mystery and suspense, so i would have my character walking down a corridor towards a door, and it would be from their point of view. There would be digetic sound of footsteps and heavy breathing and also the use of shaky cam to show she is stepping carefully and the character is scared. When she reaches the door she looks into the keyhole of the door and she sees nothing for about 2seconds. Then the opening finishes with an eye coming up to the keyhole.  

COURSEWORK

MY COURSEWORK PROJECT STARTS HERE! -
there's a link in the links list to our group blog

Opening Sequences

What forms can opening sequences take?
Each opening sequence is different and normally have characteristics that relate to the genre of the film
The conventional features of opening sequences are Setting, Plot, Characters, Lighting

What narrative functions of opening sequences can you identify?Opening sequences are there to attract the audience so that they want to watch the rest of the film They introduce the main character, show the setting and period of the movie
Openings also give a vague idea of the story line that might follow

What do audiences gain from watching opening sequences?
They are able to decide if they are going to carry on watching the film and if they will enjoy it
Also if the film wants them to they can guess the storyline or plot of the film

What do film-makers gain from making an opening sequence?
In the opening sequence they are able to set the scene, set the period, help show the genre of the film and also introduce characters
In the opening sequence they can also be artistic and use more interesting camera techniques and lighting