We have chosen to merge two of our initial film ideas in order to create a more complex opening sequence we have chosen that we could have a female who has been orphaned due to the murder of her parents. She is trying to track down her parents killers. Use the idea of lipstick being applied to show her femininity but also symbolizing the death of her parents but also her quest to find new hope of peace of mind, that her parents have finally been revenged but also merge in the idea of using makeup tools to match with the cross-cutting.
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We could have a female who has been orphaned due to the murder of her parents. She is trying to track down her parents killers. Use the idea of lipstick being applied to show her femininity but also symbolizing the death of her parents but also her quest to find new hope of peace of mind, that her parents have finally been revenged.
Death of a female. Sounds of police sirens and guns being shot. Several cuts to murder weapons and blood. crime scene with dead female with writing in lipstick on her body saying the films title. Female gangster film. Graphic matches between eyelash curlers and murder instruments. Sexualisation of women, tight clothes, blood and lipstick colour motif. Graphic matches between the body of a dead woman and the body of a sleeping wife. This implies they are both tied by the same force, the murderer and the husband; the same person. The opening sequence to the film "Guardians Of The Galaxy" challenges the spectators first impression of the genre of the film as it begins in a hospital with a boy listening to a cassette player, Then we see him enter a hospital ward where his mother is dying of cancer. We then see the boy run out of the hospital then immediately get abducted by aliens in a UFO. This use of deception in the opening sequence is very peculiar to a film of this magnitude as it doesn't conform to the typical norms of a marvel film where the genre is clearly apparent within the first seconds of the film. This also gives the opening sequence more mystery as we as the spectator begin who already ask questions towards who this boy is and who will he become. We the see a masked figure on a desolate planet looking for something... The genre of sci-fi has now been fully established. We are then shown this man walking into a destroyed building on this planet and we then make the connection that this man is the boy we have just seen witness his mother die in a hospital as he takes off his mask. This not only reveals the character but it also shows the sub-genre as we can connect the two images we have seen as assemble a understanding that this film "Guardians Of The Galaxy" will also be a film that follows one characters story and growth throughout the film. we can tell by this that it will be similar to the 3 act structure as we see the character at the beginning a naive and weakly knowledgeable character and then at the end we see them again but with new knowledge and people in their life.
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"Tune for Two" uses a 3-Act structure called the syd field paradigm within the narrative. The beginning set up is the heart beat sound that starts the short film. The first plot point in the film is the shot we first through the POV of the main character being dragged by the second character. The mid point of the short film is the close up on the gun pointed to the main characters head. The Second plot point is the singing of a muppets song when the man is just about to be executed. The climax of the film the the man being shot. The short film "Tune for Two" also uses Mise-en-scene, cinematography,sound and editing to convey the genre towards the audience. The use of Mise-en-scene sets the genre of action very clearly. For example the snow in the scene connotes isolation as a snowy place often is seen to be to a disorientation place as everything looks the same due to a blanketing of snow. Another connotation of snow is that it is related to very cold places and connotes the sheer cold heartedness of the action the executioner is just about to perform on the other man. The use of cinematography also establishes the genre, for example, the use of shots to cut of the identify of the executioner this communicates to the audience the feeling of anxiety and mystery as both the audience and the man do not know who he is. This also establishes the genre of the short film as the whole aspect of keeping someones identity secretive until the right moment is a typical norm for a film of the action or thriller genre. These shots also bringing the importance of the weapon towards the audience. A theory that would support this is Chekovs Gun in which states that if a weapon or object is presented in a film, it will be used in the end. http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/i-robot/
The opening sequence in I,Robot begins with several images of being underwater with a very futuristic metallic feel in the color of water. This connotes the genre of the film being a science fiction as it shows the metallic robot motif with is conveyed throughout the film. The next shots to follow show a car going into the water with two characters inside this connotes one of the potential themes that may be created though the narrative and story. My AS MEDIA section A coursework focuses on creating a opening sequence to a film. through this blog i will show my preparations and attempts in making a opening sequence, I will also upload everything I deem to be useful in the creation of the opening sequence.
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