Movie planning

Movie planning

When it comes to planning the opening sequence for my movie, i want it to be as realistic as possible for my audience to be fully engaged and intrigued by what is happening. This will only be the case if I analyse other movies and grab the best elements from theirs and use it in my own.

Firstly, the opening sequence that me and my group are planning to use was the idea of 'The call' which a briefly gave a synopsis of in one of my other posts. In this opening sequence, a handheld camera should be used for the majority of the scenes. This is the most effective way for the audience to actually feel like they are involved with the movie because of the real feel that it gives. 

Also, we will use many extreme close ups to show daunting expressions of the actors faces. Furthermore, we will use establishing shots for the audience to come familiar with the setting that we are using. As the areas will be really secrete and closed off, this will make our audience feel unsettled and question the location. This is apply the hermeneutic code to frustrate the audience. To push this code further, the scene with the actor just sitting in a room tied in a chair will really get the audience thinking.

Barthes Codes

Barthes Codes

Hermeneutic code - This is referring to clues being dropped in text or a film but no actual answers. this usually frustrates the audience but also makes them keep watching. This code is very effective because of the suspense it builds as the audience keep watching, not only does it make them keep watching it also bring them to have numerous amounts of questions. An example of this is used in Now You See Me 2, during the majority of the film, the audience will have the main question being "Who is The Eye" and this does not get answered until the end of the film with a dramatic plot twist.

Proairtec code - This is to do with events that happen in a scene which lead to other events (a build up). This is to add an element of suspense to the film. An example of this is used in the thriller Get Out, right at the end of the movie a police car pulls up and the audience think it is the end for the main character. However this turns out to be his friend. This a brilliant example as it builds up a lot of anxiety in the audience and as they see it is the friend it is a relief.

These codes are the two most used in thriller movies as it is one of thriller movies conventions, to have a concept that the audience can think it can happen to the them, this leads the audience to feel scared.

  

2 Ideas for a thriller opening sequence

2 Ideas for a thriller opening sequence

I have come up with two different ideas for a thriller movie opening sequence. At the moment i don't have a title for them however the one that i am mainly focusing on does and that will be the idea that i will explain last.

Idea No.1:

A young male, has a contact that he makes drop offs for, he doesn't know him personally but it makes him money and the worst part of it all is that the young male cannot know what is in the bag all he can do is deliver it.He is waiting in the middle of a car park for somebody, he has an important package that has to be delivered and this meet up has to be brief and face to face in an open location. As he starts to get impatient, he wonders what is really in the rucksack he is wearing but holds him self from looking. The buyers are late and the young male starts to suspect something is up because everyone else he usually delivers to is on time, The door that leads from the elevator to the top of the car park opens and the young male can see 2 people in the distance walking quite fast. the young male becomes anxious because he was told one person and starts to worry. Suddenly he receives a text from Anonymous which says "It's a set-up, they are not the buyers! find a way out!" The young male starts to sprint down the car slope and the two men clock on immediately. They chase after him, one makes a phone call and says "Bring the back up, give him no option but to hand over the bag!" 

The boy flees, dashes out of the shopping centre and into the alleyway. But this is the worst mistake he could have made, two more men stand in front of him and close in, he tries to turn back but the original two are there. He realises that this could be it, the only time he has to look into the bag and finally see what all the fuss is really about, as he opens it theres a bright flash from the bag and he ends up back in bed. A text message he receives from the person he works for says "New package, pick up".

Idea No.2: The Call/One Call

Somebody is walking home late at night, listening to music through her headphones, Completely oblivious to the world around them. It then goes into the view of someone walking behind her but the audience have no idea. The person continues to get closer, throws a bag over her head and is helped by others to carry her into the boot of a car. the next scene is her in a room tied up and being asked questions that she knows nothing about. They believe she is lying and decide to play with her life and give her one way to leave alive. The main person in the mask says "I will give you one phone call to anyone of your choice, if the person you call answers, you die. if the person you call doesn't pick up, i will personally pay for your cab home. Make your call".