FRANKIE AND DOMIS NEW FEATURE FILM

Over the weekend i spent hours on hours analysing different opening titles of feature films. a few opening titles which i watched were, the breakup , hes just not that into you, georgie rule, the hangover, the changelling, clueless, pretty in pink, butterly effect and the movie Thirteen. the movie thirteen we chose to help us create our feature film.


The opening of thirteen opens on a black image with music in the background, the first shot is a close up of a young girl in a bedroom, implying that this is the main girl. very documentary approach with greyish bachground, dull and angry colours, very naturalistic. the girl engages into the camera as if she is staring at someone. the second shot is a wide shot of both of the girls. the main girl having blonde hair and her friend having brown hair. this shows clear example of two oppisites. the third shot is a medium close up on the brown head girl and you see how she is smoking drugs. they use lots of shot reverse shots and the camera moves very fast from girl to girl to follow there body emotions.

Our movie is about a main girl who is struggling with the abuse of alcohol and drugs, how she has lost a lot of friends and respect for the over use of illegal concepts. its a serious teenage drama, engaging with the 16-24 audience. hoping to influence teenagers not to experiment with drugs. through the movie we would have shown the journey of a teenage girl and her problems and how she deals with them and if she turns her life around by the end of the movie.

in the opening two minutes of our feature film we hope to give the audience the impression of a serious drama. In the first shot which is a tilt down moving slowly upwards showing the audience of a cold girl, who looks sad and alone. the close ups are meant to show the trapped emotions and sadness of this girl resting against a wall as if she has no care in the world. The next shots are of a recollection which this girls having of the past and the first time trying drugs. a strong friendship between her and her friend who seem approachable and kind in the flash backs.

(girl resting against a wall with a bush behind her, standing there looking into the distance smoking. flash back of two girls in a room sitting together trying drugs and laughing amongst themselves. lying down laughing and then mood changes from lots of laughter to curiousness of trying a more serious and dangerous drug)

Tilt up in medium close up
medium close up
extreme close up
medium shot
reverse shot
wide shot
extreme close up
high angle- wide shot
medium close up- shot reverse shot

our movie has lots of different clips which dissolve into each other to give the impression of past memories...

My Two Minute Feature Film!

Titanic title seuqence.

Opening title sequences.

The opening two minutes of this film sequence is represented in a dark menacing way. all the still frames are dark and gloomy. they are in black and white so we know that the film is going to be referring to the past in some sort of way because it was released in 1999, therefore we know it is not an olden day film.

the 'X' in the title is highlighted in red to inform the audience that there could be violence, blood or danger. and having watched this film there is evidence that that's what the film involves. the titles are across the screen with an ocean backdrop. this gives off the message that there could be danger because of the dark colors in this film but some sort of peace at the end by the way the waves overlap the shore peacefully. the music is soft and soothing which gives a sense of gentleness which could appear throughout the film. the font is simple and is just in black and white to coincide with the still images which are also black and white. the font size is of a medium size so the viewer can clearly see who's staring in the film and the producer,director etc.
the genre of this film is a racial discrimination drama set back in the 1990's.

Differnt types of Genres.

GENRE

In film theory, genre refers to the method of film categorization based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed.

Action
Adult
Adventure
Animation
traditional
computer-animated
stop-motion
Biography
Children's
Comedy
Crime
Disaster
Documentary
Drama
Espionage
Fantasy
Gay & Lesbian
Horror
Musical
Mystery
Romance
Sci-Fi
Short
Sport
Thriller
War
Western

Idea for my coursework.

For my coursework in Media Studies, i have to create the two opening minutes of a feature film. in order to create a good piece i have to follow the rules of continuity and follow the 180 degree rule so that i have a clear opening of my film.

I've always been interested in the genre; thrillers. i find them exciting and gripping and enjoy the feeling of sitting on the end of my seat wanting to know what is going to happen next. therefore i would like to create something like this myself.

my first shot i would like to have an establishing shot of an empty, dark park and in order to be able to see the surroundings behind the camera i will have a few torches to create the source of light. i will do a tracking shot of the park so that the audience can see the location clearly. when i come to edit this shot i will have dark music in the background to inform the audience that something bad is about to occur. my next shot will be of a small bridge and a boy with their hood up walking over it towards the camera. he will then stop and there will be a medium long shot of him. he will look around as if hes trying to be as discrete as possible. the music now will become louder to create tension and more of a build up. my next shot is of two other boys walking towards the first boy that entered the park and will cut to them walking towards him, then cut back to the first boy just standing there looking nervous. i don't want a lot of dialogue in the film as i want the the audience to be guessing whats going to happen. the main ways i will tell the story is with a hand held camera and the music and different types of shots. as the two boys approach nearer to the other boy i will then have an extreme close up of the boys face, looking scared. when the boys finally reach the alone boy they will say, " so where is it?" the shot will then dissolve and end.

i hope that the scene i have devised goes to plan and i am aiming to film it within the next few weeks before Christmas in order to edit it as soon as possible.