Friday, 14 November 2014

Planning: Logistics



There are many logistics to be taken into consideration when it comes to making our opening scene. The first logistic will be the fact that the most part of our opening sequence takes place outside. At this time of year, it’s dark out by 4:00, which means were going to have to be sure we can get all of our filming completed before this time. We worked around this by looking at what times each of us are free, and we have all found out we can filmfrom 1:00 onwards on both Wednesdays and Thursdays.

The next logistic will be the actors reliability. The best way we have of dealing with this is to get people to act who we think will be reliable. Originally, we were thinking of getting our friends to ast, but when we were looking into it, we arent positive they will be fully reliable. After discussing in our group, we agreed to get people we might not talk to, but are positive are reliable to act for our opening.

Another logistic will be the weather. The weather will be a majour influence to the continuity of the opening. The problem is that if we film no one day, and the weather is clear, but if we are required to go back and refilm a certain scene another day for whatever reason, we will need to be sure the weater is the same or similar to give a more conventionally professional feel to the opening. A way we thought we could deal with this is by making sure there was a wide range of days we were all able to film on, so if we have to refilm, we have a range of dates to choose from.


Similar to the weather, there is also a possible continuity problem whe it comes to the costume/ makeup too. The way we spoke about dealing with this was to take a photo of each of the actors before the first day of filming. These could then be used as reference for if a second day of filming is required,as the photos can be used as a guide to assure that the continuity of the opening is a s smooth as possible.

The Big Pitch


Initial storyline idea

The main storyline of the openings we are planning consists of two characters, one being male and one being female. To fit the main codes and conventions of films openings in the horror genre, the male will be represented as the antagonist, while the female is represented as innocence. This will be represented to the audience through the use iconography with the characters costumes, e.g. the male will be wearing dark, dirty clothes, while contrasting will be the female in a bright coloured costume. The opening will feature a chase scene between the male and female, which will result in a white scree, which follows with what seems like the female waking up, the location will remain unknown to both the audience, and the female character herself, representing disorientation, to help fit the sub-genre, being psychological thriller.

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