Brief Ideas & Chosen Brief

Ideas
These are ideas for a storyline, a location, and other elements of mise en scene we have had for each brief

Settings
Abandoned buildings + complexes - Post Apocalyptic
Hospital - Sci Fi
Clean, white places - Sci Fi
School? (it looks pretty modern) - Sci Fi
Countryside - Post Apocalyptic
Somewhere that looks like its underground (attic, basement etc.) - Post Apocalyptic
Woods + small hideout made from branches and stuff - Post Apocalyptic
Somewhere dark... - Thriller
Abandoned theme park - Thriller/Post Apocalyptic

Costumes, Props etc.
Gas mask - Post Apocalyptic
White clothing - Sci Fi
Long trench coat type thing - Post Apocalyptic/Sci Fi
Normal Clothing - Thriller
Modern/fashionable clothing - Sci Fi
Modern gadgets - Sci Fi
Old gadgets (old radio etc) - Post Apocalyptic
Guns (BB, Nerf etc.) - All
Bow and arrow - Post Apocalyptic
Torn flag - Post Apocalyptic
Helmets and army gear - Post Apocalyptic

Storylines
Waking up & daily routine - Post Apocalyptic
Chase or fight - All
Shots of world - Post Apocalyptic/Sci Fi

Final Decision
Me and my team have decided to do brief 3: Post Apocalyptic. We have chosen this as we have the most ideas for this and we beleive it will be the easiest of the three briefs to do out of the recourses we have.

Hell Yeah.

sci-fi film opening

Brief 1:
Brief 1 was the opening to a sci-fi film aimed at a mature audience, here are some famous sci-fi movies I have researched.

Genre: Sci Fi
Science Fiction Films are usually scientific, visionary, comic-strip-like, and imaginative, and usually visualized through fanciful, imaginative settings, expert film production design, and advanced technology gadgets. Sci-fi films are complete with heroes, distant planets, impossible quests, improbable settings, great dark and shadowy villains, futuristic technology, and unknown and inexplicable forces. Many other SF films feature time travels or fantastic journeys, and are set either on Earth, into outer space, or (most often) into the future time...

Pacific Rim
These are the closing titles of Pacific Rim, however they illustrate the Sci-Fi genre well and could easily be put at the beging of the film.

This shot demonstrates how the credits are put in a futeristic font surrounded by futeristic shapes. This adds to the atmosphere and is cliche of the genre. It represents that the film is based largely around technology (big ass robo-suits) and computers. The font and its surroundings are also quite straight and formal, representing the military and goverment element in the film. The titles also enter and leave the screen through an effect that also represents technology. Unlike many film titles, the credits are not incorperated into the shot by putting them at angles to match their surroundings. I think this adds to the formality of the font.

This shot shows one of the big ass robo-suits beating the hell out of one of the big ass lizard freaks. It demonstrates why the filmed subjects of the credits are in slow motion. The credits show elements of the film in more detail and slow motion. This is representetive of sci-fis as they wish to show off the futer technology featured in the film. It is almost compulsory for a sci fi to have good graphics in order to add a sense of realism to the technologies.

Star Wars Episode IV
This is the introduction to Star Wars IV: A New Hope, which is similar to the starts of all the Star Wars films. It has become a stereotype for Sci-Fi movies to include a written introduction at the begining since.



Sci fis often use a written introduction at the begining of the movies in order to convey when and where they are set. This is important as sci fis often have much of a back story that is required to be known in order to undersatnd the rest of film.

Many other films have used this technique since, such as blade runner:

Thriller film opening

Brief 2: 
Brief two was a film opening of a thriller film, so I am researching the beginning to a well known thriller film.

Genre: Psychological thriller

These are types of films most known for intense excitement, suspense, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. Thriller and suspense films are virtually the same and are often classed as one genre rather than two.
A thriller is a film with one purpose; to provide thrills and keep the audience cliff-hanging at the 'edge of their seats' as the plot builds towards a climax. The tension usually arises when the main character is placed in a menacing situation from which escape seems impossible. Plots often involve life or death situations and the menace is sometimes abstract or shadowy.

Film: Shutter Island

Opening Credits to shutter Island link HERE

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This shot (hopefully) shows the lines that can be seen throughout the titles which make it seem old and authentic, like a very old film reel. This makes the film seem more real and gives you an idea of when the film is set.

 This shot demonstrates the font that is used in the titles. The font used looks like AgencyFB. The font demonstrates the formality of the mental institute on Shutter Island. However, the font fades in and out, mirroring how the character fades in and out of the truth, and demonstrates insanity.

The titles take us around shutter island and give us an idea of what shutter island is. It helps us understand what the narrative will be like. It helps to create the tense atmosphere that is key to a good psychological thriller movie.

The music in the titles contains a low rumbling sound that builds tension. The is also a regular high pitch noise which makes it scary.

Opening Shot

This is the establishing shot. It sets the scene so that we know where the following shots are taken. The fog around the ship is use of pathetic fallacy as the fog represents mystery. The ship is shrouded in fog and therefore mystery. This shot hooks us in as we want to know where the ship is going and why, as well as who is on it.

Close Up/Over Shoulder shot

This is an over-the-shoulder shot but as the character is looking in the mirror, also a close up. The advantage of a close up is so that we can see the expression an the characters face, which gives us an impression of what the character is like. This shot portrays the character as weak as he looks ill and has a plaster on his forehead. The over shoulder shot is most commonly used during conversations though in this, the character is talking to himself. This also represents that he is battling himself mentally over controll of his brain. This is the first time we see the characters face and as it is in a mirror, it hints that this is not really him. The real him, in the foreground, is darkly coloured connoting that his real personality is figurativly dark.

Apocalyptic film opening

Brief :
Brief three was an apocalyptic film's opening sequence, as such i am researching a well known apocalyptic film's opening.

Genre: Post Apocalyptic
The Apocalyptic film genre comes from the Disaster film genre. These have been the subject of film-goers' fascination since the time of silent film epics, and this interest continues to exist up to the present time. Catastrophes can take so many different forms - but they are mostly man-made or natural. They can be either impending or ongoing, or they can exist locally or globally. The Apocalyptic sub genre often focuses on global catastrophes such as alien invasions, nuclear war, or asteroids going off course. Sometimes multiple ones together! The Post Apocalyptic element of the genre means that the film is set after the immediate catastrophe and focusses on the aftermath and trying to survive in the new climate.

The Divide




















The opening shot to The Divide shows a woman -presumably the protaganist- shedding a single tear. This tells us straigt away that something bad is happening.

This shot shows us what is happening in the world of The Divide. It resembles how helpless the character is to stop any of it. These initial shots explain what is happening so that we understand the rest of the film.

We can see in this shot the frantic struggle to escape from the immediate catastrophe.

The font we see in the logo here depicts the genre. The D is cracked to depict the 'divide' and to show that the state of society and the setting is broken. The scratches also do this.

Brief

The Briefs:

1. Sci-fi film opening

2. Psychological thriller film opening aimed at females

3. Post apocalyptic film opening aimed at mature audince.




What I need to do for research

Title sequences - order of credits, font choice, graphics, conform to genre etc.

filmed narritives - camera shots and angles, mise en scene, editing (fast and slow), script, is it setting up the narrative, enigma, music, sound.

Conventions (stereotypes associated with genre)