opening sequences- rough plan

Target audience:

• age 15-35
• primarily ABC1
• Art cinema audience
• Both genders should find the film attractive for viewing as more male audience luring details such as action sequences will be infrequent. It involves more thought provoking details which men and women can appreciate.

Inspirational films:

• 8 mile- I find the location of a downtrodden toilet room very relevant to the storyline, as the whole concept of the underground hip hop scene is a very secretive and dark reality. I would like to use a similar location to shoot my first sequence of shots.

• Sin City- The one factor which i think makes this film stand out is the presentation of colour and symbolism within it. Through its simplicity, the change in colour gives you the perception of the surrealism within the film e.g. powerful colours such as green and red are made to stand out from the black and white surrounding. As a slight alternative i have a rough idea of changing the colour of the entire shot at significant points with the slight urge of highlighting strong colours within black and white shots.

Target actor:

 Main character:

• Male
• adolescent 
• potentially innocent looking
• regular build
• facially eye catching
• acting talent

Supernatural character

• preferably tall (more overpowering effect)
• other features aren't needed (covered by costume)

My Idea....

I have a rough idea involving the story of a young man (William Chester) who's, initially, unknowingly involved in supernatural events. He is pursued by a being who's out of this world and is finding it hard not to slip into insanity. Reasons behind, and developments after the opening sequence reveals a clear significance in the main character. The first few shots in the sequence will be shown primarily as close up, profile and POV shots. As the sequence proceeds wider shots will be used in various different angles, to give particularly creepy effects (involving the supernatural character). The 'sin city' inspired black and white effect will be used throughout most of the sequence, although the degree of the effect will depend on what editing software i use.

Music

conveniently, i found that my brothers music fitted my chosen genre and specific storyline effectively. 'the depths' by banditude will be the song i choose to use withing the opening sequence. The alternative style to the song fits the uneased situation and sets the intended mood.

Another option is the song 'Imogen Heap -2-1 (Murdok remix)'. I love the way Murdok has remixed this song as the lyrics and heavy drop suit  the opening sequence very effectively. The story is raw, so i need a raw song.

A third choice would be the song 'Despina Vandi - GIA ( nhertz remix )'. Nhertz brings a very dark, creepy feel to this song, which matches the eeriness of the storyline.

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