AS Media: 2013

Opening Timeline

Titles:

56 – 1.00 Min – Natasha Bishop

1.01-1.04 Min – James Braddy

1.08-1.12 Min – A Film By

1.14-1.16 Min – Rebecca Stanway

1.19-1.21 Min – Written By

1.26-1.29 Min - Charlotte Gregory

1.33-1.36 Min -Lara Eardley

1.45-1.48 Min – Fixation

Sound:

0-1.13 –Dark Scary Supence music Instrumental

1.00-1.00 Min – Radio static

1.04-1.05 Min – Radio static

1.18-1.19 Min – Radio static

1.35-1.36 Min – Radio static

1.42-1.44 Min – Radio static

1.45-1.48 Min – Radio static

Footage:

0-24 Seconds - Fox Searchlight Pictures

24-28 Seconds – Scorpion Productions

28-43 Seconds – Map Stroke

43-52 Seconds- String Stick

53-1.42 – titles Panning with ghosting

1.00 – 1.00 Min – House Approach Snapshot

1.04-1.05 Min – 2^nd house approach snapshot

1.18-1.19 Min – 3^rd house Approach

1.35-1.36 Min – 4^th House Approach Shot

1.42-1.44 Min – 5^th house approach shot

1.47-1.56 Min – Party Scene strobe lighting with tweet overlay

1.56-1.59 Min - Knock on the door

Mood Board

Here is the mood board which we created especially for our opening, Fixation.

Orignail Film Pitch Updated version

Here is the next version of the original film pitch , this is our finial idea and what we will work with for our final piece.

Orignail film pitch

here is the orignail film pitch for our final presentation before group changes

From our feedback some users wanted more colour in the poster so we are playing around with this idea to make the title red, we will be receiving more feedback on the new modifications to the posters shortly.

Early Feedback Responce to Poster 1

Some of the early feed back we got was that the first poster's picture was to comical or not serious enough for the film, so we have changed it by taking the image from poster 3 and moved it onto poster 1 as much of a replica as we could manage.

2nd Draft Posters

Here are the 2nd drafts of the posters, we have added more imformation to the posters using a font commonly found on movie posters as well as including dates on all the posters.

Synopsis Planning

We will open with a shot of a ‘Stalker Wall’ covered in pictures stuck around a map, there will be red string stuck into the board with pins. We aim to have a shot of the stalker putting a pin into the board which we will film this close up to the wall on the angle so we see the pin get pushed into the board. We will then see the Stalkiee send a tweet about his party, then a sudden cut to the stalker’s laptop where the tweet comes up and she grabs her car keys. We are then back at the boy’s house, he’s putting on his birthday badge and we are looking through the window at the party in action he’s drinking; this shot is from the eyes of the stalker. We are then outside and people are leaving, we watch feet move past the camera as the stalkers feet come out of the shadows and head towards the house. The door opens, we then cut outside where we see the badge drop on the ground, the sound of car doors slamming and we watch the car drive away. Fade to black. We are now in an off-licence, our stalkiee is buying alcohol when he gets a text through on his phone, its about his party tonight.

The rest of the film will be about how the stalker is following him online and in person, how she plans her every move and is waiting for her moment to strike. Later on in the film we see the kidnapping in more detail and where he ends up. At the end of the film we would want the audience to feel sorry for the stalker as her obsession over our stalkiee is only through the tragic loss of her own son and her husband divorcing her. The audience will only find this out about ¾ ‘s of the way through the film.

Poster 1st Drafts

These are the very first poster ideas / drafts that we have done for our opening, "Fixation"

How Our Research Fits Into Our Opening

Fixation Mood Board

AS Film Opening Examples

Here is another good example of an opening. i particularly like the point of view shots as we walk down the corridor and each one of the pictures coma alive. the projection of the wedding video is a nice scene. The use of voice over is also really effective in this piece it gives the audience a really good insight of the main character, however im not really sure where this piece would lead on to, we seem to have a pretty good overview of their relationship from start to end in the opening so i could see the continuity of the overall film becoming a bit dodgy. apart from that i really like the overall effect of the piece giving the whole opening a really creepy and mysterious feel to it, 50 out of 60

I really liked this film opening theres a really great mix of diegetic and non diegetic sound used throughout. There is also a good mix of matching action shots where he's picking up his lunch / walking through doorways etc. the overall opening fits the genre of romance really well, its further aided by the use of the high piano notes laid over the action when it slows down, which is another thing they did very well with was matching the pace of the music to the pace of the action which gives it a more polished and professional look. the ending of the sequence is very good as well where they leave it on a cliff hanger / good transition to the rest of the film. however there are a few dodgy shots in the opening, where he is looking through the tube window looks like he's a little bit perverted / strange. but over all i would give this opening a 54 out of 60.

Cassino Royale Titles

T1: "Daniel Craig"

T2: "as Ian Flemmings James Bond 007"

T3: "Casino Royale"

T4: "Directed by Martin Campbell"

T5: "Albert R. Broccous Eon Productions Ltd.

T6: "Staring Eva Green"

T7:"Mads Mikkelsen"

T8: "Giancarlo Gianni"

T9: "Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Isaach De Bankole"

T10: Jesper Christensen, Ivana Milcevic

T11:"Tobias Menzies, Claudio Santamaria, Free running stunts by: Sebastien Foucan"

T12:"With Jeffery Wright"

T13:" and Judi Dench as M"

T14:"Associate Producer Andrew Noakes Production Executive David Pope"

T15:"Camera Operator Rodger Pearce, Second Unit Director Terry Madden, Script Supervisor Jean Bourne, Publicity and marketing Annie Bennett, promotions Keith Snelgrove, Assistant Producer David G Wilson"

T16:" Sound recordist Chris Munro, Electrical Supervisor Eddie Knight, Stills Photographer Jay Maidment, Paul Engelen, Hairdressing supervisor Christine Blundell, Wardrobe Supervisor Dan Grace"

T17: Visual Effects and Maitance Supervisor Steve Begg, Supervising Art Director Simon Lamont, Propety Manager Ty Teiger, Construction Manager Stephen Bohan, Post production supervisor Michael Solinger"

T18:"Unit Production Manager Jeremy Johns, Second unit Production Manager Terry Bamber, First Assistant Director Bruce Moriarty"

T19: "Casting Debbie McWilliams, Stunt Coordinator Gary Powell"

T20: "Specail Effects and Minature effects supivisor, Chris Corbould, Main Title Designed by Daneil kleinman"

T21:"Second Unit Director Alexander Witt"

T22:"Costume Designer Lindy Hemming"

T23:"Editor Stuart Baird"

T24:"Director of photography Phil Meheux"

T25:"Production Designer Peter Lamont"

T26:"Music by David Arnold"

T27:"'You know my name' Performed by Chris Cornell written and produced by Chris Cornell and David Arnold"

T28:"Executive producers Anthony Waye Callum McDougall"

T29:"Based on the novel by Ian Fleming"

T30:"Screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Paul Haggis"

T31:"Produced by Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli"

**Corections as Blogger messed up when importing: T5 should be T1 and T4 should be T31 but they will be described using the numbers under each screen shot.**

Throughout the title sequence the same clean crisp typography is used even for the main title of the film. this is layered over the top of some casino themed animations, some good example of this is in T19 and T20 where there are shaped reminiscent of veins which have broken open and red hearts are flowing out of them representing blood. the theme of gambling is seen in ever shot from T6 to T26 using the correlating background patterns representing casino tables. Towards the end of the opening (T27 onwards) the background rapidly changes into these swirling patterns which is similar to the kind of pattern you might find on a bank note which again reenforces the casino themes.

AS Media

Fixation Link

Fixation Final Cut

Fixation First Draft

Risk Assement

Survey Link :)