Thursday, 31 December 2009
Memento's opening sequence
Its opening sequence is a good thriller opening as it has many close ups. It has a scream/ shout and has a bit of violence. It doesnt give the story straight, it is shown in small parts, which many thriller opening sequences use. It also makes you jump.
Conventions of a title sequence
-Possible history of the characters. (Background)
-Insight into the film
-Has the titles in it (prologue)
-Start or before the main story of the film
-Insight into the film
-Has the titles in it (prologue)
-Start or before the main story of the film
Shooting Schedule
A shooting schedule is something where you can clearly see what is going to be filmed on certain days with certain props/ costumes and the timings of each shooting. I have made one so that my group knows what to do on each day and what costumes to wear and props to bring.
Titles for our opening sequence
Timeline Presents...
A .... Production...
A film by ...
Paul Knight
Tyler Chambers
Jacob Roots
Music directed by Jacob Roots
Written by ...
BEHIND IT ALL
A .... Production...
A film by ...
Paul Knight
Tyler Chambers
Jacob Roots
Music directed by Jacob Roots
Written by ...
BEHIND IT ALL
Informmation in the title sequence.
.... presents
A ...... production
A film by ......
(Then a few names of the characters)
Music directed by
Written by
(Film name)
A ...... production
A film by ......
(Then a few names of the characters)
Music directed by
Written by
(Film name)
Location Research
I chose this place for when we walk up the road (one of the back roads) to school. The path and the road are the right size and so will be good for our filming. This would be used when Brandon and Norman walk, and all three walk together.
I chose this place as it is where 2 of the characters walk up to try to find the other one as they walk to school. This could be where Norman and Brandon walk, and all of the characters walk together.
I chose this place because it shows a good area for a body of one of the characters to be found. It is at the corner of a park, near a ditch for water. This could be where Scott will be found.
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Our new updated shot list
1) Pitch black
2) Flashback Mid shot 3 friends walking (one behind)
3) Start of credits
4) Flashback - Scott in room (sad/depressed)
5) Credits
6) Flashback - Norman (happy)
7) Credits
8) Flashback of Brandon (happy)
9) Credits
10) Flashback of 3 friends, Scott in dirty clothes
11) Longshot of street
12) Close up/mid of Norman with credits up top
13) Close up/mid of Brandon with credits up top
14) Close up/mid of Scott - credits down the bottom
15) Mid shot of all 3 then camera moves up and over, now facing other way, showing sky which turns to night, then next day at same time but with Norman and Brandon walking only and no Scott
16) Low angle shot of Norman and Brandon beginning to phone Scott
19) Over the shoulder shot of Brandon saying "phone him again..."
20) Over the shoulder shot of Norman phoning again
21) Close up of phone vibrating in pocket
22) Close up of hands twitching
23) Close up (slow motion) of phone falling out of pocket on floor
24) Extreme close up of screen showing caller going into title of film
25) Mid shot of phone, we hear caller and see head of boy (Scott), lying down on floor
2) Flashback Mid shot 3 friends walking (one behind)
3) Start of credits
4) Flashback - Scott in room (sad/depressed)
5) Credits
6) Flashback - Norman (happy)
7) Credits
8) Flashback of Brandon (happy)
9) Credits
10) Flashback of 3 friends, Scott in dirty clothes
11) Longshot of street
12) Close up/mid of Norman with credits up top
13) Close up/mid of Brandon with credits up top
14) Close up/mid of Scott - credits down the bottom
15) Mid shot of all 3 then camera moves up and over, now facing other way, showing sky which turns to night, then next day at same time but with Norman and Brandon walking only and no Scott
16) Low angle shot of Norman and Brandon beginning to phone Scott
19) Over the shoulder shot of Brandon saying "phone him again..."
20) Over the shoulder shot of Norman phoning again
21) Close up of phone vibrating in pocket
22) Close up of hands twitching
23) Close up (slow motion) of phone falling out of pocket on floor
24) Extreme close up of screen showing caller going into title of film
25) Mid shot of phone, we hear caller and see head of boy (Scott), lying down on floor
Casting
There's only three members of us within our small group so we decided that there will only be three characters in our opening sequence to our Thriller movie. We planned the story-line and then wrote our the character descriptions, from there we decided who would play who. From the start I said that i didn't want a big role in the actual acting and i'd rather shoot the movie so i agreed to be the character who you don't see a lot of and is found dead (Scott). Now it was left down to Paul and Jacob to decide who played the other two characters and considering there both very similar characters and nothing separates them from each other in the opening sequence apart from their sense of humor. Paul took Norman, the slightly more serious guy who is the leader of the three pals. This left Jacob with Brandon; they guy who was the same as Norman just had a little bit more of a laugh and thought with his families wealth he'd be able to stroll through life.
So with people now given their characters and their roles etc. We individually started to plan costumes, props and whatever else our character would need.
So with people now given their characters and their roles etc. We individually started to plan costumes, props and whatever else our character would need.
Music
For the different sounds or music, I will first of all, keep the sounds from most or all of the dialogue in it and the digetic sound from what we see in the clip. I will also compose all the music on cubase with eerie music at very start, trying to keep the music appropriate to what is going on in the clip and appropriate to the thriller genre.
When a mobile phone is seen with someone trying to contact the owner, the sound from that will be played. (The digetic sound).
When a mobile phone is seen with someone trying to contact the owner, the sound from that will be played. (The digetic sound).
Initial ideas
My initial ideas were to make an opening sequence to an action film. The rest of my group wanted to make an opening to a Thriller film so I went along with that. The location we chose was Sutton Common Park and a couple of the backroads near there. We chose this as it looks normal and that would be a big contrast to the things that will happen in our Thriller. Our ideas were to have a person dead with a phone ringing. We then came up with adding 2 other friends into it.
Plot Synopsis of Memento (Background research)
-(Black and white scenes are told in chronological order while colour scenes are told in reverse)
-Leonard Shelby gets an unknown caller calling who says that a Sammy Jenkins claims to suffer from short-term memory loss as he wakes up wondering why he is in a motel room
- Leonard was seeing if Jenkin's condition can be and should be covered by his insurance. But his claim was denied. Sammy's wife died due to an overdose of insulin injections by Sammy. He couldn't remember her death
- Leonard remembers how his wife died ( 2 men raped and murdered her in her house). Leonard shot one but the other pushed Leonard into a mirror, causing him to have amnesia. His last memory was of his wife dying on the floor. Lenny wants revenge and looks for the second person so that he can kill him
- Lenny makes notes of important facts on his body, taking polaroid photos and other notes. Avenging his wife's death, he focuses on whenever he wakes up the next day. He has "remember Sammy Jenkins" on his hand to remind himself of his condition and clues to 2nd man's identity "drug dealer", "male", "white", name is "John/James G............"
- Later we know the unknown caller is Teddy, (Joe Pantoliano) who tells Lenny that the 2nd person deals in drugs and is at an abandoned warehouse. Lenny goes there and kills Jimmy G (Larry Holden)
- Teddy comes to the building and says that Lenny's wife died from an insulin injection by Leonard. (Leonard was tricked and killed an innocent man)
- Teddy says that Sammy Jenkins wasn't even married and that he is a police officer called John Gammel. He says he helped Lenny to kill the real John G over a year ago. Teddy thought that to bring back Lenny's memory, killing the 2nd man would do it, but he forgot the killing and searched for John G again. Then Teddy says that he manipulated Lenny to kill Jimmy for the $200,000 in the car of the drug dealer. He had set Jimmy up to bring the money by claiming to have drugs (false)
- Lenny then sets himself up to kill Teddy. He notes Teddy's license plate number as John G's one and reminds himself to get a tattoo of the number : SG13 7IU. Lenny drives to get tattoo. He throws out the keys then finds a note from Jimmy's girlfriend
- He forgets that he is wearing Jimmy's clothes and thinks the note is for him and gets to the bar where Jimmy's girlfriend works. He tells her about his condition. She offers to help him but tricks him into killing "Dodd" who has been trying to get money from Jimmy's drug deals. Lenny forces Dodd to leave town.
- Jim's girlfriend traces John G's license plate and gives Lenny a copy of John Edward Gammets driving license, which photo matches Teddy. He concludes that Teddy is John G and is the one who raped and killed his wife. The other John/Jones Gs that Lenny has killed is forgotten. He takes Teddy to the warehouse where Jimmy G was killed and shots him in the head.
-Leonard Shelby gets an unknown caller calling who says that a Sammy Jenkins claims to suffer from short-term memory loss as he wakes up wondering why he is in a motel room
- Leonard was seeing if Jenkin's condition can be and should be covered by his insurance. But his claim was denied. Sammy's wife died due to an overdose of insulin injections by Sammy. He couldn't remember her death
- Leonard remembers how his wife died ( 2 men raped and murdered her in her house). Leonard shot one but the other pushed Leonard into a mirror, causing him to have amnesia. His last memory was of his wife dying on the floor. Lenny wants revenge and looks for the second person so that he can kill him
- Lenny makes notes of important facts on his body, taking polaroid photos and other notes. Avenging his wife's death, he focuses on whenever he wakes up the next day. He has "remember Sammy Jenkins" on his hand to remind himself of his condition and clues to 2nd man's identity "drug dealer", "male", "white", name is "John/James G............"
- Later we know the unknown caller is Teddy, (Joe Pantoliano) who tells Lenny that the 2nd person deals in drugs and is at an abandoned warehouse. Lenny goes there and kills Jimmy G (Larry Holden)
- Teddy comes to the building and says that Lenny's wife died from an insulin injection by Leonard. (Leonard was tricked and killed an innocent man)
- Teddy says that Sammy Jenkins wasn't even married and that he is a police officer called John Gammel. He says he helped Lenny to kill the real John G over a year ago. Teddy thought that to bring back Lenny's memory, killing the 2nd man would do it, but he forgot the killing and searched for John G again. Then Teddy says that he manipulated Lenny to kill Jimmy for the $200,000 in the car of the drug dealer. He had set Jimmy up to bring the money by claiming to have drugs (false)
- Lenny then sets himself up to kill Teddy. He notes Teddy's license plate number as John G's one and reminds himself to get a tattoo of the number : SG13 7IU. Lenny drives to get tattoo. He throws out the keys then finds a note from Jimmy's girlfriend
- He forgets that he is wearing Jimmy's clothes and thinks the note is for him and gets to the bar where Jimmy's girlfriend works. He tells her about his condition. She offers to help him but tricks him into killing "Dodd" who has been trying to get money from Jimmy's drug deals. Lenny forces Dodd to leave town.
- Jim's girlfriend traces John G's license plate and gives Lenny a copy of John Edward Gammets driving license, which photo matches Teddy. He concludes that Teddy is John G and is the one who raped and killed his wife. The other John/Jones Gs that Lenny has killed is forgotten. He takes Teddy to the warehouse where Jimmy G was killed and shots him in the head.
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Conventions of thriller and opening sequence
SOUND
- Eerie music - uncomfortable - something about to happen. Makes us feel uncomfortable knowing that something is about to happen.
- Wind heard, setting scene (cold place) of beginning. Sound gradually gets louder
- From outside it goes into music from inside a van.
- Hypherbolic breathing of girls - might have just killed man. Close up of screen saying TAXA
MISE-EN-SCENE
- Eyes moving - attached recently
- See girl dropping bloody knife (close up) hear noise of knife
- Black screen showing uncertainty/unease (possible death). Until we can see what is going on we feel uneasy
- There is a car on a dirt pathway and has dye in hair - this shows rebellion
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Long shot of sea going to land. Something bad (death) might happen near there.
- Zooms in closer to a large car with 2 people walking away from it (camera tracks)
- Close ups in van, not showing all that is going on, showing black on window. One girl is in focus with a mean face (main character?). One girl behind, out of focus.
- Close up of man against steering wheel. Dead? Violence?
EDITING
- Slowly fades in to a scene of open water and land
- Who are the two girls?
- Why are they walking down a pathway near the coast?
- Murder? as there is blood in the van and close up of possible dead man. Possible connection with horror film - place is isolated.
SOUND
- Eerie music - uncomfortable - something about to happen. Makes us feel uncomfortable knowing that something is about to happen.
- Wind heard, setting scene (cold place) of beginning. Sound gradually gets louder
- From outside it goes into music from inside a van.
- Hypherbolic breathing of girls - might have just killed man. Close up of screen saying TAXA
MISE-EN-SCENE
- Eyes moving - attached recently
- See girl dropping bloody knife (close up) hear noise of knife
- Black screen showing uncertainty/unease (possible death). Until we can see what is going on we feel uneasy
- There is a car on a dirt pathway and has dye in hair - this shows rebellion
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Long shot of sea going to land. Something bad (death) might happen near there.
- Zooms in closer to a large car with 2 people walking away from it (camera tracks)
- Close ups in van, not showing all that is going on, showing black on window. One girl is in focus with a mean face (main character?). One girl behind, out of focus.
- Close up of man against steering wheel. Dead? Violence?
EDITING
- Slowly fades in to a scene of open water and land
- Who are the two girls?
- Why are they walking down a pathway near the coast?
- Murder? as there is blood in the van and close up of possible dead man. Possible connection with horror film - place is isolated.
Questionnaire
How old are you?
5-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 older?
4 1 1 3 1
What gender are you?
Male female
4 6
What nationality are you?
10 British
How long ago (in months) was the last time you saw a thriller film?
1m 2m 3m 4m 5m 6m longer ago?
3 1 3 1 2
What is your favourite thriller film? Type of shots Camera angles
11-20 years : The 6th sense Close ups Low & straight
Alien Close ups Low
Transformers Close , medium and above Low
The 6th sense close and far away Not sure
21-30 years Don't know not sure (long/Short) Down/medium?
41-50 years Ghengis Khan Close ups Medium
51-60 years Dial M for murder Close ups Medium
Maltese Falcon close and tense Low looking up
Dial M for murder shadows and close ups Low & straight
61-70 years Body in the Library All Medium
5-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 older?
4 1 1 3 1
What gender are you?
Male female
4 6
What nationality are you?
10 British
How long ago (in months) was the last time you saw a thriller film?
1m 2m 3m 4m 5m 6m longer ago?
3 1 3 1 2
What is your favourite thriller film? Type of shots Camera angles
11-20 years : The 6th sense Close ups Low & straight
Alien Close ups Low
Transformers Close , medium and above Low
The 6th sense close and far away Not sure
21-30 years Don't know not sure (long/Short) Down/medium?
41-50 years Ghengis Khan Close ups Medium
51-60 years Dial M for murder Close ups Medium
Maltese Falcon close and tense Low looking up
Dial M for murder shadows and close ups Low & straight
61-70 years Body in the Library All Medium
Conventions of the thriller genre
- Lots of action ? , nighttime, tension, shock, suspense, eerie music, scream sound effects, dark, mist/fog, possible fight/chase scenes, violence, complicated storyline/twist, unexpected, makes you jump, crime, police, sophisticated characters,
Difference between horror and thriller.
- Thrillers make audience work harder
- Thrillers make you think about what is happening
- More sophisticated thrillers are aimed at a higher age group
Difference between horror and thriller.
- Thrillers make audience work harder
- Thrillers make you think about what is happening
- More sophisticated thrillers are aimed at a higher age group
Analysis of Memento 1
Why it is clear from the opening sequence of Memento that it is a thriller.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Close up of picture fading away
- Close up of camera
- Close up of man's face with blood. It goes to shot of blood then shell, then glasses of man
- Mid shot looking up at person with gun then firing (close up).
Close ups - what is hidden
- Close ups of faces of different people
EDITING
- The opening is played in reverse order (playing backwards)
- Given scene in little pieces
- Flashbacks
- Keeps going back to the black and white scenes that are in chronological order
MISE-EN-SCENE
- There is a picture of a dead man fading away with hand (pic on right)
- It is very dull and dark
- Dull bedroom, almost black and white
- Tattoos on body so he doesn't forget important things that happened lately
- Always dark when he is remembering bad things and at the start of every day
SOUND
- Eerie music to start off (picture taken)
- Sound of picture waving about
- Gunshot heard just before man shouting
- Dialogue
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Close up of picture fading away
- Close up of camera
- Close up of man's face with blood. It goes to shot of blood then shell, then glasses of man
- Mid shot looking up at person with gun then firing (close up).
Close ups - what is hidden
- Close ups of faces of different people
EDITING
- The opening is played in reverse order (playing backwards)
- Given scene in little pieces
- Flashbacks
- Keeps going back to the black and white scenes that are in chronological order
MISE-EN-SCENE
- There is a picture of a dead man fading away with hand (pic on right)
- It is very dull and dark
- Dull bedroom, almost black and white
- Tattoos on body so he doesn't forget important things that happened lately
- Always dark when he is remembering bad things and at the start of every day
SOUND
- Eerie music to start off (picture taken)
- Sound of picture waving about
- Gunshot heard just before man shouting
- Dialogue
Monday, 28 December 2009
Brief
We have been set the task of making an opening sequence to a film. Our group chose a thriller. Iwill be working with Tyler Chambers and Paul knight.
Friday, 18 December 2009
Opening Credits (in order)
- Timeline Presents
- A _______ Production
- A film by ________
- Paul Knight
- Tyler Chambers
- Jacob Roots
- Music Directed by_______
- Written by_______
- Behind it all
Costume and Props
Costumes:
Norman (Paul): Jeans, polo/ cardigan, trainers, good mobile, i-pod?
Brandon (Jacob): Jeans, black coat, shoes, phone, PSP.
Props:
(Personal):
Laptop
XBOX 360
Game-boy Advance
TV
2 Clean rooms
1 Messy room
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(Recording):
Camera
Tripod
(location):
Daisy
Back roads of Sutton Common
opening sequence script
Shot 10:
Norman: Hey, you alright?
Scott: Yeah.
Brandon: Come on, lets go, man.
Shot 11:
Norman: Did you watch the Man. United game last night?
Shot 12:
Brandon: Yeah, can't believe it finished 3-2!
Shot 13:
Norman: Innit!
Shot 14:
Scott: Rooney's goal was good!
Shot 15:
Norman & Brandon: What?
Brandon: I don't think so, mate! You stupid?
Scott: I bet you're gonna do this tomorrow! (Putting me down all the time).
Shot 15.2 (partly same shot):
Norman: Ok, today, he's late again!
Brandon: Probably looking for his breakfast!
Shot 16:
Norman & Brandon: (laughing to themselves).
Shot 19:
Brandon: Phone him again, man.
Norman: Yeah.
Shot 25:
Norman: (On other end of phone) Yo, pick up the phone!
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