When it comes to the setting, it is one of the most important aspects for filming a movie. The setting sets the tone for the whole movie without a line of dialgoe, or a single action. Without a well done setting, the rest of the movie could be sub-par. The setting should be able to illustrate the feeling of the movie and the pretrayal of the background with esy.
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Outlines are often used during the design process to create a picture for their film. This is mainly used by the writers of the film because it allows them to create a scene, setting, character placement, and what type of dialogue they're going to use for the scene. This outline that is created directly correlates with the scene that turns out on the big screen, and is often edited during the filming process. Also, the outline can help other people on sets such as the producers, directors, and managers understand where the film is heading and can prepare for other things outside of the script.
The outline for my movie opener has four main parts. The first part of the outline is to establish who my main character is and how the rest of the movie is going to portray him. I'm going to do this by opening with many different shots/angles of my character being themselves. This will give an idea of who my character is for the audience without having any dialogue yet. The second part of the outline is to create mystery and engage my audience into thinking about what's happening. I want to do this by having the character do something that the viewers would not expect. By doing this not only would the audience want to know more about the character, but it would keep the audience on their toes. The third thing on my outline is to show the enemy. For this part of the scene, the main character is going to acknowledge the fact that people are holding him hostage. By doing this it gives the audience a type of person or thing to expect, when it comes to the villain, for the rest of the movie. For the last scene, I want to create a moment or action that will carry on smoothly into the rest of the movie. I plan on doing this by establishing the next act of the movie. By establishing the next part of the movie, it will show where the movie will go after my opener ends.
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This story board shows the layout of about a 30 seconds of my opener. In the opener I wanted to establish the character and who he was, but keep him a mysterious character. I also wanted to show a bit of the main bad guys in the movie to show who he's conflict is against.
For the opening of my movie, I was thinking of doing a fast forward/ meet the hero. In the scene, the audience will be able to see the hero and get to understand how he is a character. But the scene will leave the audience guessing and wondering who this guy really is, and how did he get into that situation. The opener will also show some details of the people that captured the hero but not anything too revealing. This scene creates a good path to the title card which will be blandly colored but will have small details to show more interesting aspects of the hero. Then the initial thought is to show the character showing off skills that they'll use later on. This pulls off the thriller action movie vibe that I want to have to keep my audience interested and waiting for more context.
For the main characters, I want there to be two main sets of characters. There is going to the hero-type character, and the people supporting them. Then there will be the antagonist cast who be against him in some sort of way or be in the way of their goal.
In the first group is obviously the good guys. These characters are like your batman and superman and are always trying to take down the evil. The only difference with my character is that they do things a little differently, which gets them into trouble sometimes. His supporting characters are going to be understanding and be on the main character's side for most things. They also range from age groups from being older mentors, or people the same age like his girlfriend or best friend.
The other group consists of a bad guy or antagonist. These characters are the jokers and henchmen and are usually trying to create chaos or have bad reasoning. But for this movie opening, I want them to seem mysterious and misleading towards the audience. If done effectively it will create a figure but not the full picture of who the people really are.
Today I decide that genre should be my focus for my research. I started with looking at action, thrillers, horror, and comedy since these were the genres I was most interested in for my film. These genres were the most appealing to me because these seem to be the films I personally watch the most. For these genres, there are many distinct things that set them apart from the rest. In action movies, there is normally a type of struggle or a hero that creates action throughout the movie. Thrillers are suspenseful films that only show parts to the full plot to keep the audience on their toes. Horror movies generally focus on scare factors or gross scenes to create horror in the audience. Lastly, the comedy genre allows for laughs throughout the crowd as funny characters do ridiculous things.
For the opener technology, I plan on using a drone to possibly get high shots or establishing shots. It would also give me the ability to get shots and videos from spots I normally wouldn't be. I also might implement a green screen to get some possibly cool effects. I also plan on using different editing technics to make transitions seem effortless and different.
When it comes to sets for the production, I think I'm going to have two main sets. One is going to be dark with limited lighting on just the subjects, and the other will be lighter and more neutral in lighting. The dark set will be closer and more personal with the characters while the brighter and neutral one lets you see more of the character's features.
Today I want to talk about who the target audience of my film is going to be. When it comes to the type of movie that I want to produce, the age range is usually around 15-30. I want to target this age group as well because it brings in a newer generation for my films, but also brings in people who have an understanding of this type of film.
When it comes to the gender that I want to target, I feel like it's 50/50. I believe that anyone would want to go out and watch a suspenseful action movie, so men and women would be targeted to watch my film. Also, men and women would also appeal to and understand the movie differently.
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Initial plans for the portfolio project were to work by myself and figure out a good storyline with characters. Within the first two weeks, I want to be able to have a solid set of characters, a genre chosen, an aspect of the plot, and the technology I will need to complete the movie opener.
When it comes to the actual film opening, two different types of film opening catch my attention. First is the established characters opening. This type of opening makes it so the main characters are shown in great detail and shows what type of people they're going to be. It also allows me to connect my audience to the characters and want them to learn more about my characters. On the other hand, the established location opening grants me the opportunity of creating a setting in which people would be interested and leaving them wanting to know how it relates to the story. It also lets me create a place that emanates a vibe of how the story will be.
