Mind Map

This is the Mind Map that we made of all of our film ideas before we began production.

Storyboard page 3

Storyboard page 2

Storyboard page 1

Music

We edited various different sound clips together using Soundtrack Pro which was a really useful application. Once we created the music, we edited it on to our sequence timeline. We have let the music dictate the style of editing e.g. when the music is slow and building tension, the pace of editing will also be slow to match the tension. When the music builds pace, momentum and volume before reaching to a climax, the editing will be fast paced, this will be done by using lots of small shots juxtaposed together. The music plays an important part of setting the mood and the atmosphere of the title sequence which is what I am focusing on, the narrative is still important but not as important as the feel and tense atmosphere as its only a title sequence and not a film. It is crucial that the music build to a crescendo, if it stays tense, fast paced and loud all the way through the sequence it will sound very monotonous and boring. It will lose the ability to create an atmosphere or excite the audience. That is why I have edited the music to build slowly, varying in pitch and pace as well. 

Shot list

Media studies opening sequence SHOT LIST

The shots that will be conveyed below may not necessarily be in the final cut.
The final cut may be changed drastically after the shot list was made.

Shot number	Action	Duration	Camera
1	Pictures from the kidnapper are shown.	4 seconds	close up and slow pan around the pictures
2	Another picture is shown, lightened by a Zippo.	1 second	close up
3	A final picture is shown from the kidnapper.	1 second	close up
4	The protagonist wakes up, confused at where he is.	5 seconds	medium close up
5	The protagonists eye is shown, which dissolves to his last memory.	4 seconds	extreme close up
6	The protagonist is sitting on a park bench	3 seconds	pan of the park, establishing shot also.
7	The protagonist is shown, reading a magazine.	3 seconds	medium shot
8	The protagonist is shown from a different angle.	1 second	medium close up
9	The protagonist is shown from a third and closer angle.	1 second	close up
10	The protagonists phone starts to ring, he picks it up.	6 seconds	point of view shot.
11	A different angle of the protagonists’ phone ringing.	3 seconds	close up and slow pan around the pictures
12	The protagonist answers the phone and says “hello”.	4 seconds	extreme close up
13	the kidnapper is portraying stalking the protagonist.	3 seconds	over the shoulder shot.
14	The kidnappers mouth is conveyed, although he does not speak.	3 seconds	extreme close up and low angle
15	The protagonist gets up and walks towards the park exit.	5 seconds	medium shot
16	The kidnapper follows the protagonist as he walks towards the exit.	14 seconds	extreme long shot and point of view shot
17	As the protagonist walks out of the park into an alley, the kidnapper runs after him.	4 seconds	point of view shot.
18	the protagonist collapses after being hit by the kidnapper.	3 seconds	Point of view shot.
19	cuts back to the protagonist in a room, after realising what happened too him.	3 seconds	close up.
20	The kidnapper is in the room, flicking a Zippo.	3 seconds	close up and slow pan around the pictures
21	The protagonist looks around, scared.	4 seconds	medium shot
22	The kidnapper walks towards the protagonists table.	4 seconds	high angle of the kidnappers feet walking.
23	The kidnapper turns a lamp on and forces it shine on the protagonists’ face.	5 seconds	medium shot
24	The kidnapper walks around the table and sits on it.	5 seconds	medium shot
25	The kidnapper puts and flicks the Zippo right in front of the protagonists’ face. The opening then cuts to black and ends.	6 seconds	close up
26	Blank shot at the end with titles of names and the film name	8 seconds	x

A reminder that this shot list may not be the final cut, although most of it will be the same.
Duration: 1:46.

Pitch (conclusion)

We will try not to be too typical of the genre as they may cause for boredom in the film opening. We will also try to diverse the use of mise-en scene, camera work, editing and sound to boost the quality of the film and make it more entertaining.

Thank you for listening to our pitch.