LOCATIONS FOR MY FILM

Where Sussiee and her dad will be arguing in the car

Where Sussiee will be passing

Park where Sussiee will encounter the boys dancing

ROUGH OPENING SEQUENCE SCRIPT

OPENING SEQUENCE: This is just a rough script I was thinking about, and decided to write it down, so that I don't forget it, I will be writing a better one very soon.

SUSSIE AND HER DAD ARGUING IN THE CAR

Sussiee: Everything. Look at this place. It’s a mess. Is this the kind of environment you want your child to grow up in?

Dad: What are you talking about Sussiee? What is wrong with this place?

Sussiee: Dad! Come on! Can't you see? This place is not adapt for us.We are too rich to be living in a place like this.

Dad: Susiee! STOP IT! STOP IT!. I know where this conversation is leading to, and my answer is no we are not moving. And that is final.

Sussiee gets out of the car in anger, and decides to walk home. On her way, she passes through a park near her house, and she encounters a group of boys dancing. She stops to look at them dancing, but then she realizes that, the boys had stopped dancing to look at her, so she quickly walks off.

Boys: Yooo! Who is that??

Krushon: I don't know. But I will find out soon.
Boys : Hope you are not thinking of going to walk to her, are you?
Krushon : Yup! Exactly that.


Krushon walks over to Sussiee.

Boys: Where you going?? Krushon!  Krushon!

Krushon : Excuse me! Excuse me!

Sussiee turns to look at who he is referring to.

Krushon: Hey Miss!

Sussiee tries to walk off, but Krushon grabs her hand and pulls her back.

Sussiee: Why you touching me?

Krushon:  Hey! don't be rude. I just want to talk to you

Sussiee: ' Well I don’t. I don’t talk to boys like you.

Krushon : What! What do you mean?

Sussiee lets go off Krushon’s hands, and walks off.

Krushon follows her trying to catch up with her, whiles shouting wait! What do you mean by that?.

MY DAD IDEA FOR MY OPENING SEQUENCE ( EPIC FAIL)

Although I have my own own idea of how I want my opening sequence to be like, I decided to discuss it with my family member ( my dad) to see his point of view on it and see if he can give me more ideas, and this is the idea he came with:

An opening sequence like this:  DOWN OF THE DEAD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inmy6Bl3d70, horror movie full of zombies

In other words my dad wanted my opening sequence to be like this: have people costumed as zombies, terrorizing the street, chasing after people then one of the characters will wake up out of his sleep and realize that it was all a dream

AND I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA

Because:

1. I DON'T REALLY LIKE HORROR MOVIES

2. MY MOVIE IS SET FOR 12A, 15 AUDIENCES

3. I DON'T KNOW I AM GOING TO MANAGE TO PULL OF ZOMBIES TERRORIZING THE STREET

4. WE HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM DOING FLASH BACKS AND PEOPLE WAKING UP FROM DREAMS

So I guess I will just stick my idea of my opening sequence

OUTLINE OF MY STORY

’JUST THE WAY I AM'

My movie is called 'JUST THE WAY I AM', based on a rich black girl (Sussiee), who leaves in a poor community, always pressuring her dad to move to a different place, but because of her dad's job he is not able to grant her daughters wish. So one day the girl had an argument with her dad and she decides  to take a long walk, during her walk she passes in front of an abandoned park, and encounters a group of boys dancing , as she passes by  one of the boys ( Krushon) stops her by holding her hand and pulling her back.. He tries to indulge himself in a conversation with her, but she lets him down by saying ' GIRLS OF MY STATUS DON'T LOWER THEM SELVES TO BOYS OF YOUR STATUS'.

As day and night passes by the boy finally gets the chance to get the girls attention and from there story continues..... 

OPENING SEQUENCE:   

My movie opens with Sussiee in the car with her dad having an argument, and then Sussiee gets out of the car in anger and decides to take a walk before she goes home. On her way she passes in front of an abandoned park and there she encounters of group of boys, and one of the boys called Krushon stops her, he tries to indulge himself in the conversation with her and she cuts him from talking and says 'I DON'T WAN'T TO TALK TO YOU'and she walks off. 

CAMERA SHOTS: 

 ·       EXTREME CLOSE UP SHOT: I am going to be using a close up shot at the beginning of my opening sequence when Sussiee and her dad are arguing in the car, showing their facial expressions 

 ·       LONG SHOT: I am going to be using a long shot showing Sussiee walking though the long alleyway 

 ·       CAMERA PANNING: following Sussiee's movements as she walks though the alleyway

 ·   OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT: as she stops in front of the park and watches the boys 

Dancing

 ·       LONG SHOT:  showing Krushon as he walks away from his group towards Sussiee

 ·     MEDIUM SHOT: of the two characters having a conversation 

·    ZOOM IN INTO A CLOSE UP SHOT: of Sussiee go of Krushon's hands

·    CLOSE UP SHOT: of Sussiee and Krushon facial expression as she tells him that ' SHE DOSEN'T WAN'T TO TALK TO HIM'

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT/ LONG SHOT:  of Sussiee walking off and Krushon is left there watching her walk away

OPENING SEQUENCE SETTING: 

My 1st setting will be in my main character (Sussiee's) dad’s car near their house

My 2nd setting is in an abandoned park

COSTUME: 

Sussiee: simple and very classy, something similar to this :

Krushon:  (mix of bright coloured) skinny jeans, ultra coloured t-shirt/shirt/jumper and trainers (as I am not sure of what my male character will be wearing yet), likewise for the group of boys who will be dancing

Something likes this: 

CHACTERS :

       ROMEO MONTANA : as KRUSHON 

                                               

                                   ABIGAIL AMOS : as SUSSIEE

                    Blog address: http://abigailmediaalevel.blogspot.com/

BBFC: British Board of Film Classification is an independent body which was originally established by the film industry 1912.

The BBFC has legal rights to classify videos, dvd’s and some video games under the video recording Act 1984. The BBFC are able to put age restriction on the list mentioned above to protect susceptible viewers from viewing unsuitable, unsafe scenes in films, they also provide media industries with security and confidence of cost-effective publicity trusted regulations.

THE BBFC HISTORY

YEAR	MEDIA	UNRESTRICTED CATEGORY	ADVISORY CATEGORY	RESTRICTIVE CATEGORY
1913	film	U – Universal	A – More suitable for adults (no film certified that was not clean and wholesome)	None
1921	film			London County Council – no entrance to young people at ‘A’ films, except with parent or guardian
1932	film		H – Indicated horror and was advisory
1951	film			X – incorporated old ‘H’ and limited audience to those over 16 years
1970	film	U – Universal	A - advisory, parents cautioned that film may be unsuitable for young children	AA – admission to children of 14 years or over X – raised from 16 to 18 years
1982	film	U – Universal	PG – Parental Guidance – general viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children	15 – no person under the age of 15 to be admitted. 18 – no person under the age of 18 to be admitted. R18 – for films containing more explicit sexual depictions
1985	video	Uc – Universal particularly suitable for young children U – Universal	PG – Parental Guidance – general viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children	15 – suitable only for persons of 15 years and over 18 – suitable only for persons of 18 years and over R18 – restricted to distribution in licensed premises. No one under 18 to be admitted
1989	film			12 – no person under the age of 12 to be admitted
1994	video			12 – suitable only for persons of 12 years and over
2002	film			12A – no-one younger than 12 may see a 12A film in a cinema unless accompanied throughout by an adult

THE BBFC LOGO'S

U’ films are suitable for audiences aged four years and over. ‘U’ films should be set within a positive moral framework and should offer reassuring counterbalances to any violence, threat or horror


Examples of movies :  Madagascar, Singing in the Rain, Toy story 3

'PG' films should not disturb a child aged around eight or older. However, parents are advised to consider whether the content may upset younger or more sensitive children.


Examples of movies :  Horrid Henry ( the movie), Cars,Shrek

This category for those aged 12 and over.
Works classified at these categories may upset children under 12 or contain material which many parents will find unsuitable for them


Examples of movies :  Pirates of the Caribbean,The Green Hornet,Kings Speech

The ‘12A’ category exists only for cinema films. No one younger than 12 may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult, and films classified ‘12A’ are not recommended for a child below 12


Examples of movies: Avater, 13 Going on 30,Harry Potter and the Gobblet of Fire

No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work


Examples of movies : Jumping the Broom, The Backup Plan,Letters To Julliet












No-one younger than 18 may see an ‘18’ film in a cinema.No-one younger than 18 may rent or buy an ‘18’ rated video.In line with the consistent findings of the BBFC’s public consultations and The Human Rights Act 1998, at ‘18’ the BBFC’s guideline concerns will not normally override the principle that adults should be free to choose their own entertainment

Examples of movies : Let me in, Inisidious, Legion

The ‘R18’ category is a special and legally restricted classification primarily for explicit works of consenting sex or strong fetish material involving adults. Films may only be shown to adults in specially licensed cinemas, and video works may be supplied to adults only in licensed sex shops

Examples of movies : Pulp Fiction,Peeping Tom,Pornography 

Ideas for my two minutes Opening Sequence Film

I have been thinking of my film opening sequence, and decided to look through couple of opening sequences on Youtube also looked at the different types of film genres preferred by people with the help of my survey. From the information I gathered, young adults prefer watching Romance, Fantasy,Horror, Action,Comedy movies.

I decided to write down a list of my favorite films, hopping to be able to find out my favorite Genres of films I prefer to be able to come up with the kind of genre film I want my two minutes film to be about .


This is a list of my favorite films:

1.Love & Basketball ( Romance,Drama)

2.The Proposal (Comedy,Romance)

3.Life As We Know It (Comedy,Romance)

4.The Way She Moves (Drama,Musical,Romance)

5.His just not that into you (Comedy,Romance)

6.Keith( Drama, Romance)

7.Honey (Drama,Musical,Romance)

8.Twilight ( Drama,Romance)

9.Saved (Comedy)

10. Why Did I Get Married (Romance,Drama,Comedy)

Looking at my list of my favorite film, I have realized that I am more into Romance,Comedy,Drama,Musical type of films, so I have decided that for my 2 minutes video I am going to do a mixed of genres between Romance,Drama and Musical. 

As we have been advised to avoid : 

Stalker following a woman in the woods 

People tied up and trapped in rooms 

Waking up, brushing teeth,getting ready 

People playing cards

Flashbacks,flash-forwards

Person sticking knifes, pins into pictures

Linking to the fact that we have been asked to avoid the list above, I looked through couple of my favorite opening sequence, which I think may help me in my 2 minutes film, making sure that I avoided to look for opening sequence which contains the list above.

1.Freestyle

2.You got served 

3.Love Jones 

6.Keith ( couldn't get the link)

7.Honey :  

With the help of my survey, and the list of my favorite movies and opening sequence I have been able to get an idea of how my opening sequence would be like, something pretty much like this

Freestyle movie : 

I really love and enjoy watching this movie because it has all my favorite genres in it, Romance,Sport, a little bit of Drama ad musical, and I really like the opening sequence, the editing techniques as we see fast cuts used to show the different characters showing their different lifestyles , the female practicing her ballet dance and the male character playing street basketball with a group of boys, this already gives us an idea of the two characters, the female character appears to be a very posh and polite girl leaving in the rich girl life and the male character appears to be a hood rat, who does nothing else but play basketball with his group. Although they both have different lifestyles  they end up catching eye with each other and fall in love. 

With the help of this movie opening sequence I have been able to come up with my own opening sequence, which is going to be almost the same thing as the Freestyle movie but mine is going to be about a street dancer who catches eye for a girl in his neighborhood,but gets disappointed when he realizes that him and the girl have different lifestyles and different way of living. 

Film Opening Sequence

LITTLE MAN (OPENING SEQUENCE)

Little Man is a 2006 American comedy film, directed by Keenen  Ivory Wayans. It stars Marlon Wayans, Shawn  Wayans, Kerry Washington, and Tracy Morgan. The movie opens with a Non-diagetic sound (Lloyd Banks: my house) playing at the background which accompanies the title of the film as it is appears to us on the screen. 


The film leads on to an establishing/wide shot of the prison which is the setting of the first scene, which appears to us to be a dangerous place and a big prison for grownups, as we can see electric fences all over the tall walls and police men at the top of the building with guns in their hands. 

As the movie continues the non- diagetic music cuts and a diagetic sound is introduced, we hear a man’s voice counting as the camera still shows us the wide view of the prison, the camera then cuts to a close up of the first character (Marlon Wayans) who appears to be the main character Little man, showing his facial expressions, the sweat dripping down his face as he struggles to exercise/count. The director now decided to free our minds from the suspense and let us in into the comedy world, as we can see a cross cutting between little man and his jail mate, where by little man ask his jail mate to help him count, this scene shows us that little man is in control and has power over his jail mate who appears to be a weak and frightened by little man as we can see him shuddering whiles the main character shouts at him to count lauder.

As the two characters indulge themselves into a counting exchange, mid shot of a police man behind little man bars intervene their counting exchange, and gives little man the good news that his going home, without hesitating little stops his exercising and a low angle shot of the two police men opening the bars to let him out. The camera pans behind the shoulders of the two police men following their movement as they walk through a low key lighting long corridor, the dim lighting  in the corridor and the non-diagetic sound of a programmed acoustic beat  creates a sinister mood, as we can see other characters behind bars, screwing the police men.

Whiles the programmed acoustic beat is still playing at the background, a police man shouts to his partner to open the gate, birds –eye-view shot which is also known as high angle shot of the gate appears, as the gate opens we can see two police men standing opposite each other and another police man at the top of the building pointing his gun downwards little man as he makes his way to the gate, this links to the fact that little man is a dangerous person who needs  eyes to be kept on him. The director tries to catch the audience attention by adding effects, which is little mans shadow making him look like a tall and big man, again the director tries to deceive our minds into thinking that little man is actually a tall person by adding the extra effect of little mans shadow as he walks towards the gate. As the camera pans downwards we can see little mans shadow which makes us think that he is a tall person, but once the long shot of little mans image appears on the screen, we understand the reason why the director decided to title this movie LITTLE MAN.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJpDm9RvJQA
Little Man opening sequence : 

KEITH : OPENING SEQUENCE

Keith is an independent drama film directed by Todd Kessler, with stars actor/actress and pop star Jesse Mc Cartney, Elisabeth Harnois, and Margo Harshman.

The storyline is based around a popular 17-year-old high school senior, Natalie, who thinks she has got life sorted out, until she meets Keith Zetterstrom, portrayed by Jesse McCartney. Natalie is at first irritated by her new chemistry class lab partner, but she finally falls for him and discovers that Keith is hiding a secret with tragic results.

The movie opens with a crane shot, as the frame moves upwards to a close up shot showing us the front and sides of a truck and the tires moving in a slow motion effect, as the title of the film is introduced. As the truck is moving, a close up shot of a girl lying down at the back of the truck with her hair widely spreaded out , her eyes open, showing her unhappy and depressed facial expression, leading on into a high angle shot of the girl lying down without moving, a second person  may think that the girl is dead looking at her laying downs stable without glinting her eyes or moving any part of her body, this keeps the audience in anxiety wondering what a girl would be doing at the back of the truck at that time of the night.

 The director creates a dread atmosphere in this scene by adding the slow motion effect as the car moves, the opening song (Tree Adams – Open road), which is a mixed violin, piano, and guitar slow song which helped to set the mood. Although the scene was shot at night time, the director added a low key lighting, creating a sinister mood and making it a little difficult to identify the colour of the truck and the setting of the scene.

The film cuts into a black screen, and then it re-opens with a close up shot of a beeping alarm waking up the first character in the scene with an extreme close up shot of her eyes. As she gets ready for school a Non-disagetic sound of a base guitar is being played throughout the scene, we can hear it playing as Elizabeth indulges herself in a tennis past time, as a close up shot of her crossing out something from her book, walking through the school corridor in a mid shot, and an extreme close up shot as she takes her test in the class.

Elizabeth appears to be solitary person who doesn’t interact with people, as we see her walking down the corridor by herself,  without interacting with anyone walking pass her, this can link to first scene whereby Elizabeth lies down at the back of a truck as its moving to a deep cliff, also her facial expression at the back of the truck and her facial expression as she walks alone in the corridor doesn’t change much, one may think that Elizabeth was trying to murder her self, due to the fact that she is isolated, depressed and pressured.

As the film continues a full shot of Elizabeth isolated from everyone else watching the boys play football, we see a sly show of emotions in her face as she watches one of the boys, this can mean that there is something going on between her and the boy or she has a sly crush on the boy without the boy being aware. Finally the Non-diagetic sound cuts and new characters are introduced in the scene. 

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (OPENINING SEQUENCE)

Life as We Know It is a 2010 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Greg Berlanti, starring Katherine Hail and Josh Duhamel.

 The movie opens with several consecutive Fast cuts of a brief duration in this short opening sequence showing us the different camera shots of a woman as we see her jumping from one action to the other.

 Starting with a Non-Diagetic music (Amy Winehouse –Uno I’m not good) playing throughout the opening sequence which accompanies the movie as a over the shoulder shot of a woman who appears to be one of the main characters (Katherine Hail) standing in front of a wardrobe going through her clothes, and a fast cut of her picking a black dress, to a close up shot of her zipping up the chosen dress.

 A medium shot of Katherine Hail sitting down in her glamorous dress whiles scrawling throughout a magazine, as the camera pans from her feet to her legs linking to a cross cutting showing a close up shot of her inserting her feet in her glamorous red high heels then back to the scene where she is sitting down again but this time scrolling down the magazine whiles batting her fingers against the magazine, this could mean that Katherine is awaiting for her date/business partner or who so ever.. And the person is delaying.  

This scene keeps the audience in anticipation wondering who she might be waiting for or the reason why she is getting ready? linking to the fact that the film cuts to her standing in front of a mirror as the camera pans from her neck to a extreme close up shot of her lips as she puts on a hot red lip pencil,  then the camera cuts back showing us her red shoe hanging in the air leading to a long /establishing shot  of Katherine sitting down in a sofa in her living room, also showing us the mise en scene of Katherine’s living room which appears to be very neat as we the objects( the little table, the sofa, etc..) all placed in the right places.

Low Key Lighting is used throughout the opening sequence which sets the mood of a romantic night, as we see the main light is turned off, and the only lights that appear in the scene are the 4 lights in her living room, one may end up concluding that Katherine is awaiting for her date to arrive looking at her dress code and the dim light in her living room. As the movie continues we find out that Katherine was waiting for her date, but unfortunately he arrives one hour late