Research

Initial Ideas

The brief asks for only the titles and opening of a non-fiction film, which will last no more than 2 minutes. Due to the short amount of time, I need to ensure that I introduce the film and still think about what could happen next. Many modern films begin with a main character being introduced and any key features that are important are shown. I started with a few ideas for my main task, however I then looked at each idea and analysed how well they would work. I then had two main ideas, which were:

My first idea is the opening of a thriller/horror film. I have thought about creating the opening to my preliminary task. The film would start with the main characters dream/nightmare. The main character is a 25-year-old female who works as a sales executive for a local medium sized company. The film starts by showing the house outside from the outside with the titles displayed at a constant pace. I am also going to include a shot which will last about 10 seconds which shows the moon and the sky getting darker into the evening. I am going to include this because the moon reflects fear and darkness as well as night time, which automatically create suspense. After the house has been introduced, the main character will be introduced whilst she is having a nightmare. The film will show the characters nightmare of her running along the street where she sees strange figures. She will then wake up and the camera will show her in her room frightened.

The titles will be in the style of No country for old men. I think that this would be a suitable font for my titles because the black background and white reflects the dark and gloomy genre of my film.

My second idea is the opening of a romantic comedy. The first shot would be of the main female characters feet walking in town. I would use high heel shoes to represent the female character and reflect her importance and glamour. The female character works as a business sales woman and she is walking to get some lunch on her break. However, the first shot will only show her feet to keep her identity hidden and to make the audience want to see more. The second shot will be of the main males characters feet as he is walking in a different place on his lunch break. Similarly, he works as a businessman as a managing director. The male character is wearing a black suit to reflect his masculinity; his formal shoes would be shiny black to show he is wealthy and able to afford luxury items such as his shoes. I would use a number of cutaways, which would cut back and forth to the two characters situations. Slowly, more of each character would be revealed whilst cutaways are taking place. The idea behind the film is the difference between a male and females life. However, although there are two main characters one being female and one male, the audience is fooled into thinking that these two specific characters fall in love. However, the two main characters do not know each other and both characters both fall in love with people that they meet and the film aims to clone how differently males and females feel about their partners and what they think about during the day.