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wallander - Opening Sequence

Film title:

The film title is different because it isn’t shown straight away As this is a series programme. Yet the titles are still very effective. They use the colours black and yellow these colours represent danger as they are often used for warning signs. The fact they used these colours to show danger instead of the normal red colour which shows there could be some kind of twist to the film.

Setting /location:

The setting is like a country side we see a big ocean and loads of grass. So the audince will think they are just in the middle of now where. So being so far away from maybe the city or people if something happens no one will no that startes to get you thinking what has happened in this unknown location.

Why is memento a good thriller

i found the opening sequence of memento to really fit the genre of thriller well, The first thing to suggest it is a thriller is the opening credits and the titles. the dark blue writing and black background is a very cliche thing which you see at the start of many thrillers. It also uses extreme close ups and close ups which are used in thrillers, the fact close ups was used increases suspense at make the audience more engrossed in the film.

Memento Opening Sequence

Film Title:

The title and credits of this film come up in a cold dark blue colour which tells you it is going to be a very chilly thriller, the writing is on a plain black background so it is giving us no clue of what this film is going to be about. The writing actually starts of more light blue but as it fades away the text becomes a really dark blue to give it a nice effect and make the audience wonder why the writing is doing this.

Setting:

The setting is given to us by a sort of narrator voice which we assume is the voice of the main character explaining he is in a empty hotel room, but there is also another location which we are not to sure about because the shots showing the location are close up shots. These shots are used to keep the audience in suspense close up shots are used often n thriller films as they don’t give away to many clues.

Camera work and editing:

We begin the clip with a lot a long close up shot of a hand shaking the picture the picture isn’t very clear but we can kind of see blood splattered in the picture. As the hand shakes the picture it seems to become blurry. This will confused the audience at this point and make them ask questions such as “why is the picture disappearing, and why is there a picture of blood splattered all over the wall” there is then a close up shot of blood and we relies that everything is happening in reverse which explains why the picture was becoming blurry. Everything going in reverse would come under editing as it would have been done after the shots was done this is really clever editing and they used to close up to keep suspense and confusing to the audience.

How the story opens:

The story opens up with a close up of the photo and showing a man being shpt in the head but they show it in reverse, the way the story opens up it makes the audience ask a lot of questions. Like “why did the man shot him and why did he take a picture of it after he did it”. The audience will also want to know how they got to this place and what is the motive behind the shooting of the man.

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location

This is the bus stop where Emily and Darrren bump into eachother and have the awkward moments this bring the comedy into the opening sequence and show the genre rom-com.

Story Board

This is the story board me and my group created for our film. The reason we made a storyboard is to help us with organization because the story board tells as the type of shots, the location and how long the shots should last.This was one of the most important parts of planning. With out this are filming would take longer because we would be trying to remember shots from memory instead of having a guide to look at.

Sound

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this is the sound for the alarm clock which is going to be used to wake up the actor / actress. This is a non-diagetic sound because we are going to put it in as a voice over when we come to editing.

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Because we want to show contrast between the two characters we have chose to use different sounds for the alarm clock.

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Song Title: Tea and Crumpets
Artist: Nick Leach

We choose this song as it is upbeat and fun. the genre is brit-rock as we wanted to relate the song back to the country.

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This alarm clock sound is going to be used for the woman's alarm clock which signatures the beginning of the opening sequence.

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This is an alarm clock sound which is going to be used for Darren's alarm clock at the beginning which is a corporate sounding alarm clock.

Casting

Darren: we chose Darren because he is a keen actor and looks the eldest out of our group, so fits the role of the character which means we keep the suspension of belief. Also he felt more comfortable playing the role as there are some awkward shots and he knows the other actress, which will make the opening sequence more believable.

Emily: We chose Emily as the actor because she best suited the female role. She was the oldest looking in the group and she has done acting in the class before. She also knows Darren so the awkward scenes within the film will not be as hard to film.

Title Fonts

we have used these fonts to represent a sort of persons handwriting because it will fit in with our story well as the film is based around a diary.

Props for opening sequance

Props:
Two separate alarm clocks. The mans one will be an alarm on the phone which will show his high-tech possessions and show he has a lot of money. The womans alarm clock will be a simpler one to represent her care free personality. The alarms going off will indicate the start of the film and the start of the day for the two characters.
The coffee cup is important as it will be part of the comedy when it gets spilled on the woman when the two characters bump into each other.
The address book is the most important prop as it is what the

film synopsis and open sequance

Darren and Emily come from different backgrounds and have completely different personalities; Darren has a top job and owns his own company and thinks very highly of himself whereas Emily is easy going and isn't tied down to any particular job. They are two people who wouldn't meet but destiny got the better of them and their lives clashed when they knocked into each other on they're way to work. After an embarrassing recovery of their knock Darren takes a shine to Emily but he is to 'upper class' for her liking and she dismisses him and they both set off on they're ways but Darren realises she forgot her address book and before he can call her back to give it to her she's gone. The film shows Darren searching through some unusual contacts of Emily's found in her address book, throughout his search he learns a lot about Emily and decides he is going to win her over. Will he find her? Will they get together?


For the opening sequence we will show Emily and Darren's journey to work with the title's, this footage of them will show their personalities and how different they both are. We will then show about 30 seconds of them bumping into each other and the comical side to it, we hope this will get the audience wanting to watch the rest and asking questions like; will they end up together? and, how will they meet again?

initial ideas

Me and my group discussed and decided to do a different genre to most of the class. Alot of the groups was doing thriller but we decide to do romantic comedy. We thought about rom-com's we have seen and thought about props that are used and what kind of locations are used in these type of films. The location we decided on was bedrooms as they would be getting ready and show the contrast of the two characters with out using dialogue.

conventions of a romantic comedy

two people(boy and girl)

A romance

A problem or challenge

usually a happy ending

bridget jones diary opening sequence

Titles and Title fonts: The titles are white and written in a curly font this represents the sort of handwriting girls use. This handwriting links with the title because its being writing like a diary. The main title however is in a bold long font which is like the title of the diary or an opening page of a book, which makes the audience wonder what could be in the dairy and make them watch the rest of the film.

Set: the setting is an apartment which is quite messy and small. This tells the audience that Bridget isn’t really a clean or organised person and the room also that she lives on her own. This shows she doesn’t have much compony round so there is no need for her to make the apartment look presentable.

Costume: Bridget is wearing a long pair of pyjamas. The fact that she is wearing long flannel pyjamas gives the impression that she does not like the look of her body and feels to cover it. She doesn't appear to be going anywhere over the course of the opening. This tells the audience she doesn’t go out and she has no plans. The film will show her becoming important. The audience may see her as vulnerable at the start because she is so lonely.



Characters: we are introduced to Bridget who is alone in her apartment singing to herself. . We can see she is not a very glamorous girl and the fact sh eis singing alone shows us some comedy this automatically tells us that this is not a romance but a Rom-Com . This allows the audience to ask howis she going to meet a man and why would he fancy her or fall in love. The fact that she is over exaggeratedly singing to the song in the background makes the audience she is lonely and depressed and has to entertain herself. We also have to ask why she is so unhappy with her own life and how is it going to change.



Props: The answering machine is used in this opening sequences to show how lonely Bridget is. A cut away shot of it is used saying that she has no messages. They have used the answering machine to show us she has had no messages so we can see no one has tried to contact her.

Story: The story line is that this is a character Bridget jones is depressed and lonely, this shows she isn’t really enjoying life at the moment and wants it to change. As we know this is a rom com we get the idea that her life will turn around but at this point we don’t know how. Also we know that a lot of comical situations will occur to add the comedy into the story.


Genre: The genre of the film is a romantic comedy. We can tell from the opening that this is not just a romance as she acts overly exaggerated and comically to let us know that there are elements of humour in the film. Another clue that shows this is a romantic comedy is that no love interest is shown straight away and so the quest for love is not straight forward as in a romance but is subjectable to be changed for humorous effect.



Music: The song playing in the background is "All by Myself" by Celine Dion. This makes the opening make more sense of her loneliness as Bridget sings along with the lines "all by myself, don't want to be all by myself" showing she is lonely but does not want to be. It also gives us a clear understanding of what the movie will be about as she will try to find love over the course of the film. It also answers quite a lot of questions as it clearly gives a description of Bridgets life at the moment that the song is playing, it leaves the audience not having to question the situation