Filming schedule

scheduled by location

Lift - 

shot: 

6. long shot. 

7. long shot

9. mid shot

11. point of view

12. close-up

performers needed: Aiko

Props needed: syringe

Street - 

shot: 

26. close-up

27. close-up

28. close-up/freeze frame

Performers needed: Alice

Props: flour in a little plastic bag

Office - 

shot:

14. close-up

15. close-up

16. close-up/freeze frame

17. mid-shot

18. extreme close-up

19. close-up

20. extreme close-up

21. close-up/freeze frame

22. extreme close-up

23. extreme close-up

24: mid-shot

performers needed: Christina & Aiko

props needed: money, poker chips, telephone, playing cards, table

classroom: 

shot:

4. extreme close-up

5. close-up

8. extreme close-up

10. extreme close-up

13. close-up

25. extreme close-up

34. close-up

35. close-up

33. close-up/freeze frame

28. close-up/freeze frame

29. close-up

30. close-up

31. close-up

32. close-up

performers needed: Aiko, Esther, Alice & Cristina

props needed: skittles/pills, playing card.

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Analysis of the opening sequence of 'Layer Cake'.

Crime caper Layer Cake stars Daniel Craig and was released in October 2004.
Layer Cake opens with some simplistic credits on a plain background, possibly suggesting the genre of the film. No sound accompanies this until the voice-over of the main character begins. This happens when the first bit of footage is shown, a zoom of something the audience cannot yet identify. The camera then begins to zoom out, revealing the object, which turns out to be a van, shot from the back. The zoom is slow and gradual, creating suspense and indicating that something is about to happen. As maybe predicted, the doors of the van are blown open. As smoke and objects such as money float to the ground in slow-motion, following the explosion, calm, soft music begins to play. The camera then zooms out enough to reveal the rest of the set, including the first sighting of characters, and props such as guns used to demonstrate the genre. The slow-motion effect ends, and dialogue is used to realistically portray what has just happened, including threats being made and screams of panic. The calm music continues to play, creating a contrast between diegetic and non-diegetic sound. A smooth and simplistic transition is then used to introduce the next scene which shows a significant time difference from the previous scene. Here we see drugs being used in a recreational manner during the hippie-age, as the voice-over narrates, reminiscing about "the summer of love" when "hashish and LSD arrived on the scene" . A pan is then used, following another smooth transition, making the scenes flow even though the setting and time is completely different to the previous. Next a tracking shot is used to show a prison as the voice-over ridicules the inmates' reasons for being in jail, demonstrating the characters arrogance. Blatant product placement is used in the next scene as the camera tracks over rows and rows of dugs such as cocaine and ecstasy, labelled with the well known brand, 'FCUK'. This glamorizes drugs as FCUK is known as a stylish and popular brand, indicating that drugs have this same label. This is where the audience are first visually introduced to the main character, although it is not yet revealed that he is the voice-over. At the same time, the voice-over is explaining the amount of money to be made in the drug industry in a casual and proud manner, furthering the glamorized perception of drugs, the audience is receiving. Editing is then used to transform the FCUK branded illegal drugs, into legal medicinal drugs, thus revealing the main character is in a chemist. The scene then changes to the main character entering a flat where he and another character start to package cocaine. All the while, the voice-over continues to explain the conventions of drug trafficking, in particular the rules of the trade, in a condoning and casual manner. Overall, this opening sequence, identifies the genre and the content of the film quickly and smoothly. The drug content in this film is dealt with casually, treating the illegal trade as a legitimate business, even glamorizing it in some parts with the voice-over's conceited view of the industry he is so knowledgeable about.

Analysis of the opening sequence of August Rush.

August Rush was released in 2007, and stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell Freddie Highmore and Robin Williams. The film follows the tale of a young orphan's search for his parents, using music as his guide in a contemporary Oliver-twist style.

August Rush begins with parallel editing of two scenes, one featuring a man playing in a band and the other a woman playing the cello in an orchestra. The man is playing in a Irish soft rock band, in a gig hall with lots of fans cheering them on. The woman is in a classy orchestra, wearing an elegant dress. The mise-en-scene in each of these clips accentuates the contrast between the two characters. For example, the clothes and the setting they are in, shows a division in class and background. Camerawork is also used to reflect the contrast of characters. In the clip of the woman, the shots are long and focus mainly on the cello and the woman's face, whereas in the clip of the man, the shots are very varied, and a lot of shots taken of the band are taken from behind the audience, including more of the setting and making the atmosphere look more hip and rock n' roll like. Also in the man's clips, fast cuts are used to quicken the pace, differentiating the man and woman's lifestyle. As the film is predominantly about music, sound plays a key role in the opening sequence. When the man is on screen, the soft, Irish rock that his band is playing is on. However, when the woman is on screen, the audience can hear classical orchestra music.  As the credit's start to appear on the screen, the length of shots of the woman and the man shorten considerably, and the music changes from diegetic to non-diegetic as the allocated music for the two different clips overlap each other. This signifies the merging of the two character's worlds, and suggests that this could be a recurring theme throughout the film. Towards the end of the credits, both characters start to look uncomfortable and not content in their roles, this suggests that the characters are ready for a change from their conformed life, indicating a reason for how and why their lives may become entwined later in the film.

production company logo research

When planning ideas for our production company logo, we looked at some existing logo's first for inspiration. Firstly, we looked at still logos. We especially liked the colourful one above, as it's attention grabbing. Also, we liked the Universal logo, as it's simple, but includes the name of the production company, as well as an image to illustrate the name. We then looked at animated logo's and thought that the Dreamworks logo was one of the best. This is because we think that the visuals concur well with the production companies name. Also, it prepares the audience for the film as it's very peaceful for the viewer, to set the scene.
We then started planning our own logo, sketching out various ideas. We chose our favourite one which was a film strip with our group members initials on it, to form our production company name. We then made it on Photoshop, and played around with colours until we were happy with the result. Next, we thought about ways we could animate it, as we decided we would prefer an animated logo, rather than a still one. Once we had decided how we was going to include motion in our logo, we thought about the music that will accompany it and tried out different sounds on garageband.

Analysis of the opening sequence of 'The Shining'.

The Shining opens with a still shot of a typically American winter setting of a lake surrounded by forestry and snow-topped mountains. A point-of-view shot is then used as the camera begins to move forward, curving around the river bends. The shot then changes to a birds eye view of the landscape, allowing the audience to see the extent of the isolation and vastness that the shot is trying to convey. After a couple more shots of the landscape, the camera then focus's on a car that is meandering along the desolate road. The long distance from which the car is being shot from, accentuates the solitude of the car, and indicates that isolation could play a central role in the rest of the film. Accompanying the visuals is low-pitched, eerie music. This then transforms into electronic music which has a supernatural feel to it, reflecting the genre of the film. The music demonstrates the horror that is to come later in the film, as well as unnerving the audience. The birds eye view shots of the car and the landscape continues, with the credits rolling down the screen.  Soon, the camera moves past the car to circle a large manor-like building, as the music seems to be reaching a climatic point. The focus on the building suggests that it will be the main location for the rest of the film, which turns out to be true as most of the action takes place inside and around it.

Analysis of the opening sequence of Snatch

We chose to analyse Snatch as we are doing a crime caper with an ensemble cast, which Snatch is.



Snatch starts with a voice over by a main character, informing the audience what the film is going to be about, and giving a little description of two characters, that we know will have a central role in the film. It then cuts right to the action, showing a diamond raid at a secure site in Antwerp. This anchors the film, identifies the genre, and quickens the pace while grabbing the audience's attention. Following the heist is an introduction to all the main characters. Ritchie uses freeze frames which turns into graphics with the characters name/nickname. Some of the characters names such as "Boris the Blade" and "Doug the Head" gives the characters a gangster feel and identifies their role in the group. Ritchie's freeze frame effect has become an iconic and copied way to introduce the main characters of a film to an audience, especially when it has an ensemble cast, which requires many introductions. Between the freeze frames, the camera follows the journey of the diamond which the main characters have just stolen. This shows the fast transition of the diamond turning into money, through stages such as poker games, and smuggling. The diamond is passed from gangster to gangster. Techniques such as fast transitions, jump cuts, camera rolls and sped up footage makes the sequence more interesting and fast-paced, glamourising the diamond theft, and maintaining the audience's attention. The end of the opening sequence shows the first part of the sequence, when the theifs are sitting in the van, looking at the stolen diamond. This shows the cyclical nature of diamond theft and signals the start of the film. The title "snatch" is shown in graphics on the diamond. This shows the relativity of the title concurs to the diamond theft and tells the audience that this is what the film is going to be about.