Movie Opener Brainstorming and Research

 Movie Opener Brainstorm and Research

Rise
Good sound mixing. When the boy puts on his headphones the music becomes louder, going from non-diegetic to diegetic sounds.

Bright coloring and diverse camera angles throughout.

The plot did not go anywhere, I felt lost as to what the point of the second character was.

  

Dear Lover

Expressive acting and narrating

Intriguing build-up

Representation of the LGBTQ community

 

Dare to Thrill

The music is too loud, and I cannot hear the dialogue

Successful Suspenseful ending

There are lots of fast-paced camera angles and editing to add to the action genre aspect of it.

 

Always Watching

Suspenseful music builds lots of tension.

The ending is abruptly cut off leading to no proper ending.

Lots of non-diegetic sound effects.

Bright Warm-toned lighting for the room with the therapist represents warmth and darker cooler lighting when showing the stalker actively stalking.

 

Whitecoat

Dark, cool-toned lighting adds an ominous feeling. 

Lots of Foley, diegetic sound effects.

Does not reveal too much about the movie but does have a good build-up to keep the audience intrigued.  


After reviewing all of the different film openers, some choices that the different students chose stood out to me. I want to make sure I have a lot of tension built up through music and angles like in the film Whitecoat. Since my film is going to be a thriller, having intimidating tension is important for setting the mood. I want to show the different kinds of lighting depending on the tension during the scene like in the film Always Watching. Making sure that the sound mixing sounds natural and isn't drowning any sound effects or background music is a very important focus to not mess up the film's ambiance.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Costuming Blog Post

Image
 Summer Watkins  Black long-sleeved shirt with gray sweatpants, long black and grey socks, and dark under-eyes  The clothing that the main character Summer is wearing is dark and dull. The dark greyscale and concealing clothes show her dark mental state  The relaxed clothes can represent her depression and how she just woke up from her sleep.  The makeup I will use is black eyeliner that will be buffed or smudged to make the character look sleep-deprived.                                                                 The Stalker                                                                            ...
Read more

Movie Analysis Post

Image
The movie I chose to watch and analyze is the 2015 movie produced by Brad Peyton called San Andreas. It is an action natural disaster movie. There are several uses of aerial shots, wide shots, and two shots. The first scene of the movie shows a close-up shot of a young woman driving in a car on a road on the side of a mountain. The back-and-forth camera angles between the young woman and the car driving down the road add tension to the situation. Then a POV shot of the inside of the car shows the car and the young woman falling down the side of the mountain. The shaky camera movement combined with the POV shot adds an ample amount of intensity and action to the scene as well as it adds anxiety to the young woman's situation. Toward the middle of the movie, there is a scene using a Two-shot camera angle, showing the two main characters, Ray and Emma in a helicopter. The intense dialogue and intimate close angle demonstrate the trust the two characters are gaining for each other Whic...
Read more