Movie Openings

The Goonies

This is not only one of my favorite movies, but also one of my favorite title sequences. Before any action comes into place a large image of a skull appears on the screen. After the opening starts out mysteriously, making the audience curious of the three main villains, and why they're escaping one of them from prison. The opening is very clever as a number of scenes are cross cut over each other, so as a series of different scenes take place there is still the main focus of the police car chase in the background. Throughout the opening sequence we are introduced to most of the key characters in the movie however they are shown to not be aware of the danger which is surrounding them that is the police chase. The titles that appear all remain in the same position throughout the whole opening however doesn't noticeably block any important film.

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-goonies/

The Terminator

I like this opening sequence as it starts off in a futuristic atmosphere. Still unaware of what the movie is about we watch as human skulls are run over by moving vehicles and large spaceships fly across the sky. We are then presented with a paragraph about the machines and how tonight it will finally come to end. A lot of the shots we're establishing so we had a full view of the action which was taking place. Intriguing the audience into what will happen and how dangerous the machines really are. Afterwards the titles begin to appear as well as the opening music which has a strong input on the overall sequence as raises suspense for the viewers.

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-terminator/

Our prelim

To organise how our prelim would be filmed and the angles which would take place, we firstly drew out our storyboard. Whilst planning the storyboard we also allocated the roles of the characters which would star in the prelim. The main focus of our story was a conflict between 2 characters. During the filming of the prelim we found it difficult to keep serious facial expressions and ended up laughing. Overall the clip was about 20 seconds long and included a variety of different angled shots. Throughout the filming we decided not to film in numerical order but instead in the order of the type of angles being used at each point, so keeping the film running more smoothly. After we had finished filming we uploaded all the film onto the mac where we began editing. The editing process was fairly simple as there was not a lot of scenes to be edited, except for cutting down the length. This opportunity allowed us to play around with the mac to see the types of editing and cropping techniques it can do, preparing us for our final editing project.

Luther Storyboard

During class we watched a small segment of Luther, season 3 episode 1. We watched roughly a 3 minute clip which were watched 3 times to fully analyse camera movements and angles taken place during the scene. This was our second practice of drawing a storyboard so i ensured that every moment was captured. The angles used during the scene helped me analyse the type of shots i could use for my own projects. As every angle changed, from scene to scene, i stopped and named the type of position which was being used, in preparation for future analyzing of other TV/movie clips. During the clip the sound was mostly silent; this added suspense and made the audience feel more intrigued as the scene was set out mysteriously. Shock and terror fills the audience's eyes as they watch a man cruel out from under a woman's bed to then stand beside her until she awakens to a horrible nightmare.

Story boarding

During Last week's lesson we began practicing sketching storyboards. We focused the storyboard upon a movie opening from 'remember me' (a BBC production). Throughout the opening clip we pointed out many skills and tricks that we're used to capture a creative, intriguing beginning.
To recognize the types of shots and angles which we're used during the footage, we began taking notes and sketching out images to help boost our memories.

The beginning shots of 'remember me' we're mostly arranged in an establishing sequence. Until the first shot of which the main character appears. The camera pans up to analyse the characters facial expression, which sets the mood for the opening. A full shot suddenly appears when the character stands up and walks towards a mysterious picture of a young boy. The shot suddenly changes into panning images of the ocean. Not only did the shot change, however also did the intensity of the sound, which increased suspense. From there on images flashed between the main character and the mysterious scenery based upon a beach/ ocean. The final shot which we analysed was an establishing image where we watched an unknown character rise from the ground of the location which appeared to be a beach.