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We decided that our film should be a thriller/horror film about a boy obsessed with chemistry who wants to create a new drug capable of preserving life and making the user live forever. The film follows the school-aged boy, as he finds his secret place of work - a laboratory underneath his school, and show his lifestyle and what he encounters during his mission. In the film opening, the audience are introduced to the character, the setting and also given an insight into the narrative through the constant portrayal of chemicals and preserved animals.
The opening shows the audience where the character is situated- suggesting that this will be a main scene in the film, and the chemicals and scientific equipment in the room show its purpose and reveal a theme in the film. Another thing shown in the opening is the idea that the character operates secretively, with the night vision effect on the shots suggesting that he works through the night to avoid being noticed by his peers. Further,ore, the warning sign shown on the bottle suggests that what he is doing is highly dangerous- and that he is an evil character.
The titles link to the film idea as the font highlights the genre of the film, and suggests that there is a scientific aspect- with the font style similar to that of the labels on chemical bottles, and used on secret files. Furthermore, the plain white text against the coloured background enables the shots to remain the focus of the opening sequence,and reflect the secretive aspect of the film.
By the end of the sequence, i hope that our audience will be enthralled and excited by the concept of a schoolboy alchemist, and therefore be able to see themselves within the story, suspending disbelief and become engage in order to follow the character on his journey, whilst being scared and unsure of his shady character. Our opening is quite clear as to the theme of the film, however there is an eerie sense of not knowing what the boy is trying to achieve through his twisted chemistry, causing discomfort.
Within our opening we included an establishing shot in order to set the scene of our film, and suggest that it shall entail an underground, dangerous series of events for the character and the audience who follow him. Also, we used titles in order to keep to the structure of every successful film, introducing the director,producer, actor and finally ended with the film title - alluding to the main story-line A third feature was the montage of the science-related objects, and dead animals, in order to set the mood of the film and to highlight the twisted aspect of the film, with all shots of the same dark, dirty effect not dissimilar to the tasks that the character shall be carrying out in the film.
Overall, i believe that our project is an effective opening to a certain extent, as it highlights the key features of the film - eg. the genre, basic story line characters actors and setting in a believable and engaging way. Also, the layout of the shots is the same as conventional films, making the sequence easy to follow, with the visual effect distorting reality and creating a sense of horror/thrill. On the other hand, it could be said that the sequence is unsuccessful, for example, the constant use of close-ups makes it hard to follow the story-line of the sequence, and it is not very clear as to what the boy is trying to achieve, Furthermore, the sequence does not seem to flow very smoothly, making it less successful at suspending belief,and only the main character is introduced, therefore the setting and motive of the film are not very clear.
The titles link to the film idea as the font highlights the genre of the film, and suggests that there is a scientific aspect- with the font style similar to that of the labels on chemical bottles, and used on secret files. Furthermore, the plain white text against the coloured background enables the shots to remain the focus of the opening sequence,and reflect the secretive aspect of the film.
By the end of the sequence, i hope that our audience will be enthralled and excited by the concept of a schoolboy alchemist, and therefore be able to see themselves within the story, suspending disbelief and become engage in order to follow the character on his journey, whilst being scared and unsure of his shady character. Our opening is quite clear as to the theme of the film, however there is an eerie sense of not knowing what the boy is trying to achieve through his twisted chemistry, causing discomfort.
Within our opening we included an establishing shot in order to set the scene of our film, and suggest that it shall entail an underground, dangerous series of events for the character and the audience who follow him. Also, we used titles in order to keep to the structure of every successful film, introducing the director,producer, actor and finally ended with the film title - alluding to the main story-line A third feature was the montage of the science-related objects, and dead animals, in order to set the mood of the film and to highlight the twisted aspect of the film, with all shots of the same dark, dirty effect not dissimilar to the tasks that the character shall be carrying out in the film.
Overall, i believe that our project is an effective opening to a certain extent, as it highlights the key features of the film - eg. the genre, basic story line characters actors and setting in a believable and engaging way. Also, the layout of the shots is the same as conventional films, making the sequence easy to follow, with the visual effect distorting reality and creating a sense of horror/thrill. On the other hand, it could be said that the sequence is unsuccessful, for example, the constant use of close-ups makes it hard to follow the story-line of the sequence, and it is not very clear as to what the boy is trying to achieve, Furthermore, the sequence does not seem to flow very smoothly, making it less successful at suspending belief,and only the main character is introduced, therefore the setting and motive of the film are not very clear.
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