Final Production

This is the final version of our Film opening, since the draft version we have made a number of small tweaks following advice from different audiences.



Credits:

https://freesound.org/people/rhodesmas/sounds/321723/ (CC Attribution)

https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/178374/ (CC Attribution)

https://www.freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/94816/ (CC Attribution Non commercial)

https://www.freesound.org/people/FoolBoyMedia/sounds/321089/ (CC Attribution Non Commercial)

Shots We've Decided To Use

Model Release Form

The establishing shot.

In this establishing shot you can see: a rucksack, tin cans, newspapers and typical toilet facilities. The use of the rucksack connotes that he moves from location to location, representing the lawless society and the binary opposite of good vs evil. Secondly, the use of the tin cans connotes a food source but the fact that they are empty represents the lack of nutrients and the characters struggle to not face hunger (which follows a conventional theme within a Dystopia.) Thirdly, the newspapers connote an abandoned toilet because this subverts against a typical modern day toilet as you would expect to see most of the mirror. We were initially going to use blood but we did not have any in time. This would have been more effective in creating suspense and making the opening more gruesome.

This setting is connoted as grimy, which is positive because we want to connote a negative future. Also, it emphasises the lack of buildings because he wouldn't be sleeping in this location if there were better options. Furthermore, the colour of brown, white and green also helps to exaggerate the connotations of a disgusting location and I think they work well in producing a darker overall result, possibly resembling the Thriller genre more.

I think that this shot was successful because it clearly established the setting, as the audience could get a real sense for the sub-genre. Additionally, we chose this high angle to create a sense that this was significant because it connoted that the setting was being watched. Also this angle was practically positive since it enabled more of the performance space to be seen by the audience, hopefully increasing their understanding.

Shot List

Shot list

 

1.      Ident

2.      CU= In the shot you see a box (presents…)

3.      Shot across floor (A G/W/O production)

4.      MS of tree branches without leaves (Starring Hubert Osinski)

5.      Shot Across gravel [no cars in shot] (Produced by William Guy)

6.      MS=Protagonist enters and shuts the door

7.      MS=Looking at the characters body language and facial expression after forcing the door shut against the human cannibals

8.      Pan up into a long establishing shot. Whilst the protagonist is dancing to diegetic music coming from his headphones (Directed by Hayden Woodcock)

Ident V2

I've decided to make some changes with our "Green Box Productions" ident. The major change is the whole layout of the ident, before the change there was text above the box and under the box which would make the box itself seem more difficult to focus on. Now that the text and the box are more separated the audience would look at the box and then read the name of the production which would have a more grand effect. I've also decided to get rid of the glowing effect where green light was dispersing from the text as it made it look less professional. Without the dispersing light the text seems more sharp and clean which is favoured over the "Skeuomorphic Design" by current design trends. The difference between the two design types are shown in the picture below:

Green Box Production Ident

William Guy created an ident for our production.