Today we had finished creating out opening credits props and started our first filming session. We filmed at Jas' House (fellow member of the group) and thought at the time it was best to film in her living room due to the space and lighting.
Props we made for opening credits:
OPENING CREDITS WE MADE (click on image to zoom in)
After filming the opening credits we went into Jas' living room and started filming the crucial scene of the opening; the truth and dare scene. We had created a script and stage directions to create dialogue in the scene and also in order to show our knowldge of what camera techniques can be used when filming dialogue between people.
Each one of us in our group had our own and different perception on dare or die and how we should end or start the production opening. We each created our own storyboards and pitched our ideas to one another and collaborated them all into one. Here is an example of one of our rough copy story boards.
The initial idea was to create a stereotypical American comedy/chick flick with our own parodical elements, however the idea of comedy is tricky for us as amateur dramatists so we decided to change the genre to thriller/chick flick. There is a link to one of research videos below that consists of the typical American comedy/chick flick (Pretty Little Liars - Pilot Opening).
In order to choose which proposal we should do, we carried out a survey/questionnaire to our media class seeing which idea they liked best. The most voted proposal was the second one which included the 4 girls and the mystery sleepover. People had shown an interest towards the idea of the different style in which we wanted to show the opening credits and the idea of the mystery cliffhanger.
As part of our consumer research for our young adult demographic, we had looked at TV series/movies that relate to our genre and audience and found this clip on YouTube which we used as part of our inspiration.
Pretty Little Liars (Pilot Opening)
We also carried out surveys to the class regarding our movie title, background music and what food they thought would be suitable to use in our opening credits. Movie Title Options:
ORIGINAL IDEA FOR PRODUCTION TITLE
* Dare or Die * Truth or Death * Who knows? DARE OR DIE GOT MOST VOTES Background Music Options: * Independent Woman - Destiny's Child * Pack It Up - Eliza Doolittle * Valerie - Amy Winehouse * Love On Top - Beyonce * Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper The song choice had to be a generic girly song in order to create the sleepover atmosphere but also not too lively and quite "chilled out" as we wanted to keep the mysterious ambiance. Food Options: * Cupcakes * Ice Cream * Cookies * Jelly The initial idea was to use ice cream to write on with ice cream sauce however, we realised that we needed to use a food that would be no hassle when it came to the filming. Ice cream is easily able to melt which would be time consuming if we had to keep re-filling the bowl and also expensive to continue buying, in which case we decided to use cupcakes instead. Filming Location for Cliffhanger: * Graveyard/Church * Backgarden Most Voted = Graveyard/Church
As part of our AS Media Studies coursework we had to come up with an idea for the opening of a film of any genre which lasted atleast 2 minutes. We had to put together this opening in a group of 3/4 people. For our opening scene we came up with 2 proposals, both of which consisted of different genres.
CAMERA ANGLE OF HAND IN HAND WHILST RUNNING AWAY
FLASHBACK BEGINNING SETTING
The first proposal was of the Drama/Romance genre. A brief outline of the idea was that an interracial couple face adversity
throughout the Victorian Era as they are forced to marry other people from their own class even though they love one another and want to be with none other than each other. The mis en-scene for the first scene is to open in a church with both the couple hand in hand ready to run away; as they are running we switch to a flashback (technique used) which tells the beginning of their love story and how they met.
COSTUME IDEAS
We used various films/TV series as research and inspiration for this proposal: * Interracial couples: Othello, Django Unchained, Bend it like Beckham * Costumes: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Downton Abbey * Classic love stories: Romeo & Juliet, Othello, Reign, Grease & all others mentioned above.
This is the opening scene to Pride and Prejudice (2005). This was part of our consumer research for the proposal and our most inspirational for location, sound effects and costumes. The second proposal was a Thriller/Chick Flick. A brief outline of the idea was four girls all have a sleepover and decide to play a game of truth and dare, and under the influence of alcohol things get a bit out of hand. The girls blackout and wake up the next morning outside a graveyard covered in blood, the body of one of their friend's next to them and no recollection of the night before...
IDEA FOR OPENING CREDITS
For the first scene, we are set in the kitchen where we are getting all the food for our sleepover and taking them up to a the bedroom. However, we came up with the idea of writing our opening credits and production title on our food and other props just as seen in the opening credits of Napoleon Dynamite. The mis-en-scene of the bedroom will consist of dim lighting to create a cosy yet mysterious atmosphere and all the characters dressed in casual pyjamas.
COSTUMES
The research/inspiration used for this proposal was: * Mean Girls * Pretty Little Liars * Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants * Napoleon Dynamite * Wild Child
SETTING
WE WERE UNABLE TO FIND A CLIP OF THE OPENING CREDITS TO NAPOLEON DYNAMITE AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE WANTED TO CREATE OUR OWN PERSPECTIVE TO THEIR CREDITS.
