Thinking of a concept / Final Idea

Basic Ideas

This is a picture of the first mind-map that we created. As you can see it is very basic and discussed some different ideas that we could follow with a dystopian theme running through all of the opening sequences.



We then decided on a general theme for our opening sequence which we then made another mind-map for, in this mind-map we have focussed on some more specific details that we could use in our opening sequence.



After looking at alot of different things that could have happened in our opening sequence we decided to finalise our ideas, here we took elements of important things that we had learnt from previous research and look at them in detail to make sure that our story line would be easy to follow for our audience and to make sure that we could make the best opening as possible.

Final Ideas

General Overview

We want to create an dystopian film which includes the themes of violence, gore and sub-horror. We want to have some characters in a safe building but they have all sorts of od twists in the builing, for example they use candles instead of lights and they are playing with weapons instead of phones etc. We want the opening sequence to include a twist where the characters leave this safe place to show the apocalyptic world before it cuts off. The cut off shows these people who are infected (blood on faces/ dirty faces only in wide shots)

Age certificate

12, 12A, 15

How we are planning to use narrative theories

We are planning to follow levi-strauss idea of opposites by using the following themes:

Boys vs girls

War vs peace

Life vs death

We are also going to try and use action shots to help reveal further narrative and later the plot in the film.

Characters

We are going to use a small group of characters who know each other- 5 people to build a relationship and help to build a solid narrative.

• Decoy character (false hero/villain/dispatcher) - wants to move - go somewhere else, quite intimidating could be seen as a false leader. Male character.
• Leader/resolves situations (lower status than others/hero) - knowledgeable and reasonable b- isn't classed as leader by the rest of the group but takes that role. Female character.
• Love interest (2 helpers) - 1 male and 1 female character - typical over the top relationship, everyone knows about it but nobody discusses it, the relationship has always been there.
• Bulking character (helper) - always there - doesn't add much to the narrative but they would be noticed if they wern't there. Female character.

Ending

All open doors (over the shoulder shot), camera stops to see apocalypse outside.

Locations

Warehouse

Fields

abandoned house

Old building

Somewhere with open space

Genre

Dystopian 

Sub-horror (gore)

Coming of age

Violence

Fashion

Normal clothes - dirty and ripped or changed in some sort of way

Shows that they have been wearing them for a long time.

Audience

Primary audience - Teenagers

Secondary audience - Young adults

Typography

Small placed on screen, possibly in surroundings (like in the edge)

Representation 

Middle/lower class

Sub-urban

Young people - 16/17

Institutions

Independant film companies and distributors

Film 4

Vertigo fims

Sound

Action music/ buildup music

Diegetic sounds

Music stops at end to climax the buildup

Dialogue 

Not much, casual, help to reveal narrative and back story through hints - leaves audience intregued

Name 

Abandonned

Interuppted

Thiazide B482
Safe-Zone X

What I have learnt
From doing this work together, we have managed to think about concepts for our film opening, as well as things that could go into it for more detail and to generally improve it. We have also been able to use previous information to help us identify good things to use in our opening, such as camera angles or plot twist and character development.

Credit to Lucy Crow for working with me on this task.