Title font

This is the font we're going to use for our opening sequence.

Producing a Shooting Schedule

Portrail of roles.

Hannah- The mother of the teenager that gets kidnapped. She is in the clips where it is set in the kitchen, Hannah will be dressed in normal, casual clothes because it is a mundane atmosphere. Shannen- I will play the teenage girl running in the field away from the kidnapper because i have clothes that fit the costume that my group wants her to be wearing. Lewis- Lewis will play the role of the kidnapper because he is the only male in our group and we envisioned the kidnapper to be a man. He also needs to help with the camera work while me and Hannah are in the frame because the kidnapper is the character that appears least.

Producing a storyboard

Producing an Animatic

Producing a script.

In our thriller opening, the use of dialogue is somewhat minimal, this is deliberate as although dialouge is a much faster way of bringing points across, visually portraying dilemmmas/themes portrays a more lasting appeal.

[Radio]: ‘So that’ll be coming up.

Breaking news on today, there has been a significant rise in the recent child abductions mainly effecting young women aged in their mid-teens. We would like to take this opportunity to alert both parents and children to be aware of their local neighbourhood for this recent incident. Mandy Corfeild was the last recorded victim abducted in London, her parents are avidly searching for her.'

Our script is based off a radio report which would diageticlly play through the first few moments of the opening sequence. Considering this line of dialogue is being produced by a radio, we plan to edit the audio quality by dropping the bass and eq level, and adding in a low level of white noise to create a more immersive atmosphere.

All the editing will be done on a free music editing program called Audacity

When planning the dialogue to be a radio broadcast, we wanted a convincing V/O artist to record the lines, the head of the Media department, Mr Metacalfe has previously worked in the radio buisness, announcing news bulletins, I decided to Email him about recording several lines for this broadcast. 

Copyright towards The use of the Hotline Miami Soundtrack.

Rights to use Scattle-Flatline

The opening Production Logo

In our opening, including our titles we had to produce a logo for our mock-up production 

company which has developed the film opening. 

The logo designed is influenced by the electronic soundtrack and historical decades in which the film is set in.

The logo itself uses a series of complimentary colors which create a contrast between the forms in the logo, much like the contrast between the mother and daughter in the film.

Props and Costumes.

 Costumes: Considering the setting of the opening, costumes are a setpeice towards the set period and the first impressions of the character, we wanted the mother to appear 'stuck in the past' To do this the costume of the mother is dressed in classic, floral dress/shirt inspired by the 70's the outdated look of the mother will hopefully give the audience the notifications of the setting, the daughter however will wear more modern casuals, jeans and some sort of sweatshirt.

 Props: One of the key props in one location of the family's living room is a boom-box radio (appropriate for the time period) the camera tracks from a newspaper to the radio and then cross cuts to another scene. Another major prop is the kettle, which boils over time as the camera cross cuts between segments, this use of personification through the kettle boiling develops the tension and emotions behind both characters.

Music in My Opening.

The music in this track appeals to the style of music I would pefer to use in my thriller opening, It starts with a minimal synth riff which could easily be looped to create a theme to the peice, the rapid drumbeat which accompanies, the style of the music itself fits well with the past atmosphere which we plan to create in addition, a rushed suspenseful opening which mixes elements of noire and surrealism.
This next song plays a very ambient series of melodies which I feel would could heavily accompany the climax of the opening, after the suspense has hit a high point the music slowly draws itself out to this monotone, ambient peice. Like the other track, the synthesised, 80's themed tembre produces an unsettleing series of emotions.

This final track, witchunt is unlike any other peice of music I have personally listened to.
I plan to use this track in the surrealist sequences of the opening, the mix features from ambient, electronic and darkwave peices of music create a heavilly unsettleing peice of music which again, creates a huge contrast between the two peices.