Friday 5 February 2010

film breakdown

0-10 seconds
the first ten seconds will consist of our ident so no dialogue, props or location will be used during the 10 seconds. music will be used but not a thriller type sound track, it will be a bit more cheerful

11-20 seconds
This will include the credits we are doing this in a cartoon style way. getting the inspiration from films like catch me if you can. the cartoon will use stick man as to simplify the credits so the audience concentrate on the music and the names appearing, the music will begin in these ten seconds and will be of the thriller conventions. the sequence will be using parts from the sequence so the audience can get a proper feel of what the film is going to include.

21-30 seconds
this is when the actual film opening begins. this will include setting the scene by using an establishing shot.this will also show two of the characters. hen a pan shot is used to show the characters on a balcony. there will be no music during this part or dialogue.

31-40 seconds
a shot reverse shot will be used from over the murders shoulder to show the victims fear and then switch to the victims over the shoulder. this is when the murder happens so blood and a knife will be used as props during the scene the dialogue will not be in this part as we wanted to keep the scene quite silent. the music would have died out before so none will be playing.

41-50 seconds
This is when the murder is seen and the murder drops the the weapon and jumps off the balcony. we will use a close up of the victim as they get stabbed and not show the actual stab. the other character will be introduced to the audience during this part. both characters will then grab a bike and chase down the road. The music will then start at the end of the 10 second to build the effect.

51-60 seconds
then both characters are in a chase down Luard lane. using shot reverse shot from the murderer using an over the shoulder shot and a point of view shot from the victims friend. during the chase there will be corner. The camera will be set up in the inside of the corner and do a pan shot of the characters going past. we will use several locations during these ten seconds. The music still runs through out the chase for the whole shots.

61-70 seconds
The murderer will be seen crossing the Cineworld complex. the murderer will then get of his bike and then start moving towards the car park. we will use a long shot of the character to follow them across the courtyard. the music will stop once the bike hits the floor because we will hear the characters breathing an footsteps inside the car park.

71-80 seconds
The brother then approaches the car park on the bike. while he is going towards the car park there's an over the shoulder from the brother of the murderer going into the car park. then a close up is used of the murderer as he enters the car park. During this scene the brother can be seen in the back ground.

81-90 seconds
This is when the camera uses a long shot from inside the list. This is a shot of the murderer running towards the lift then turns around. Then a over he shoulder shot is used to see the brother running towards the lift. This is when the footsteps will be heard as they run towards the lift.no props are needed through this part of the sequence.

91-100 seconds
This ten seconds includes a medium shot of the lift closing just as the brother gets close to the lift. Then a birds eye view shot is used from the top of the stairs of the brother running up the stairs. during this part of the sequence there will be silence just a heartbeat will be added during the editing.

101-110 seconds
A pan shot it used from the side view of the door showing the doors open. The camera then pans towards the door way showing the brother running through and standing in front of the lift. The only sound in this ten seconds will be of the lift coming up.

111-120 seconds
This ten seconds will be shot using a point of view shot from the brother of the lift. Then the lift doors start to open but the lift is empty. This will contain the title of the film in the lift.

1 comment:

  1. (11-20 seconds) - This gives a good brief detail and examples of what you are trying to do in this section of film. perhaps to reinforce your ideas, you could add screen grabs from 'Catch me if you can' opening credits.
    You could also elaborate on what thriller conventions you are planning to use, such as camera movements, mise-en-scene and editing.

    your idea of using a cartoon style could work really well and suit the audience you are targeting, typically cartoons are used in a younger audience film - however it has worked in the past with 'catch me if you can' and in James bond movies such as 'casino royal' but used silhouettes of real people to make it suit the older target audience and was very successful. you should do some research on these to understand what you are aiming and add some screen grabs to improve the quality of your film breakdown blog.

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