Our Film Idea
The key points throughout our opening sequence...
Storyline:
- Institutional Logo
- Begins with the main character turning up slightly late to her family birthday party
- Enters the kitchen and the family shout 'Happy Birthday!'
- Some action of the girl talking to her family like a typical birthday meal
- Then a push wipe into the family singing happy birthday with the cake entering to show time has passed (make it more concise)
- Mum says 'Make a wish!'
- Close up of the girl closing her eyes and blowing out the candles
- Then there is a black out
- Enters a subtle heartbeat in the background on top of our chosen music called 'hush'
- The montage begins including blurred and unfocused scenes of the murder scene and the birthday party
- The editing of this is going to include flickering clips whilst some also in slow motion (especially the knife cutting into the cake) and this can show the disorientation and distortion of the characters mind
- Overtime the heartbeat and music increases in pace and volume
- Then the music and sound effects suddenly stop and a party visitor who is the last to leave turns round to the main character and goes 'So what did you wish for' and the main charcter Ophelia replies 'thats for me to know and you to find out' in a slight sarcastic tone and closes the door
- Blackout
- The title two-faced appears and after a few seconds a set of eyes appear at the bottom of the screen and blink.
Institutional logo:
- We decided our logo would be 'Distortion Pictures'
- This has a direct relevance to our film idea and would fit in perfectly with the whole opening.
- This is just a draft so when we get to editing it may change depending on how well it fits in with our filming.
We feel this fits in well as the curvy font fits with the distorted effect. Secondly, the shadow behind the font is also is a convention of the horror genre which therefore is why we used it. lastly, we used a red colour as the font because it shows the psychotic side to Ophelia's character whereas the white background represents her hidden purity within.
Title:
This is our rough draft for our title which we made in lesson and i feel this is perfect as the letters are distorted and broken to represent the horror genre. Similarly, the title is also blunt and bold which stands out on the black background. We nay swap the style and font of the intuitional logo and the title depending on what best fits our editing when we get round to it. However, we like both of them and are going to keep them this way round for now.
Props:
- Knife
- Red velvet cake
- Fake blood
- Shattered glass
- Candles
- Wine Glasses
- Party Banners/ Balloons
Key Camera Shots:
- POV shot of the body at the murder scene
- Canted Angles to show the distorted mind
- Extreme Close ups for impact
- Close ups
- Low Shots to show the power of authority this character believes they have and also to see the perspective of the body on the floor
- Medium Shots
- Establishing shot of the house at the beginning
- Tight frames
- Long shot
- Shot-reverse-shot to show our knowledge of the 180 degree rule
Mis-en-scene:
- Everyday Clothing with an element of white for Ophelia (the main character) to show her hidden evil is being covered by a sense of purity which the other characters (her family) thinks she has
- Family should wear a normal formal outfit with light colours
Lighting:
- Low-Key lighting at the murder scene to add the geographical context of the time of day (night time) whilst also creating a sombre mood.
- High-Key Lighting at the party scenes to create a vast contrast
- Dimmed lighting when the cake enters- typical party lighting
Sounds:
- Loyalty free music- 'Hush' because it has a great build up and has a creepy industrial tone about it
- Heartbeat- adds suspense to the piece whilst also getting faster and faster and therefore fitting perfectly with the music.
- Typical party sounds- such as laughing and the clinking of glasses and some in slow motion.
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