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.