Script

Scene 1 Pencoed Massive hangout;

Winty - Yo blud, wheres Kraftee?
Benjy - Dunno bruv, probably on his way
Winty - Give him a ring man inneh?

Scene 2 Phone scene;

kraftee - Yo blud you allright?
Benjy -  Yo where you too?
Kraftee - Just down my ends cotching bruv
Benjy -  watch your back Brynna side hood are on us you get me?
Kraftee - Yeah im on my way usual place HQ yeah?
Benjy - Hurry up yeah?

Scene 3 Gang scene;

Gore - Woah, was that Kraftee!
Jimm - Was that him though?
Teezy -  Yeah that's the one that started beef the other day, innit?
Gore - Certain man gonna get murked

 BSH follows Kraftee;

Gore - Get him!

'Chase scene'

Scene 5, Gang Stand off;

Kraftee - OH Bluds! Oh bluds!
Winty - Yo bruv what took you so long?
Kraftee - They're here blud!
Winty - Who's here?
Kraftee - B.S.H!

Editing and Adding Titles

This is a short video on us editing the beginning titles to our thriller opening

Effects Editing

During the final stages of editing the sequences of our film, I thought about adding an effect to the film to try and make it appear more urban.

I thought of a sepia - posterised effect like this as it portrays an urban image well, but we decided it was too extreme

 instead i decreased the brightness and fiddled about with other effects like that, just to give it a slightly more edgier look. which in the end i decided to use.

Editing

editing

we are editing the final cut of our film! we are adding all the appropriate music and playing with the effects to see which one will make our film look good. we used iMovie 09 to edit our film. using iMovie was hard as we had problems with macs as they kept freezing. we also thought there was not enough effects and sounds on there to suit our needs.

Cast List - Brynna Side Hood

Brynna Side Hood cast list and Characters;                                                                         

Tom Daniell - 'Teezy'

                    

                  

                               

                                                                                           

                                               




Lewis Gore - 'Gore'

                                            
James Morgan - 'Jimm'

                             

                                                                                                                   

                   

Cast List - Pencoed Massive

Pencoed Massive cast List and character names;

Dan Winter - 'Winty'

                 
Ben Hunter - 'Benjy'













Karl Deacy - 'Kraftee'






 




              Aaron Thomas - 'A.T'

Film Titles and credits

We decided to include credits such as the director and some of the actors featured in the film in our opening, we thought it would add more to the drama and the chase scene in the film. We thought the credits would suit the film and the genre it represents. 

We added the titles and credits mainly next to the actors when their name appears but in most cases we just added them where there was space or where we thought it would look good.  We looked for an urban-looking font but found 'cracked' which we thought would suit the film.

Brainstorming ideas for our Opening sequence

For our opening sequence we have gone with a Urban-type-action thriller such as Adulthodd, Kidulthood, shank etc.

We have brainstormed hundreds of names, some orginal, some random, and some completely irrelevant. We are thinking of something along the lines of 'Carnage' or Temper'.  

We were thinking prehaps we could base the film on the 2011 riots, gang wars, knofe crime, all the typical urban 'chav' themes.

Openining sequence planning

 To make our urban thriller opening successful we had to plan a few items including:

• Film Title
• Storyboard
• Script
• Character list
• Location list

we mind-mapped a number of potential names, film ideas, influences, what the film could be about and the characters









This is a mind-map of the potential film names we came up with. We've decided to go with Carnage or until we can think of a better name.

Shooting On Location

We used a dark 'gully' looking bridge/alleyway to shoot one of our final scenes, We had eight actors on set here but only around three or four were on screen at a time.

Locations

Before we filmed, one day we went out and took pictures of the locations we were going to set our film, the storyboard introduces a chase scene so we chose urban lanes and gulley alleyways to set the chase scene. And urban gulley flats to set the the beginning scene.

Location list

This is a picture of our location list. We used this to remember where we would shoot each scene and the order we would record them in. Some locations on this list were not used for example the train station was not used but some locations were added on the day of recording the film

Adulthood analysis

 Our group have decided to base our genre on the same of that of adulthood, so we analysed the opening of it to see if we can pull any ideas from it to inspire our opening.

The scene starts with a rave/party outside in urban London. It is full of hooligans, hoodies, chavs and other stereotyped young people. The camera pans around the party cutting from each individual, who are either dancing, drinking, drug taking, socialising or undergoing sexual activity.

The cuts are very short and quick and include a number of split screen edits to show that the party is hectic and crowded. The camera shots range from overhead shots, long shots eestablish shots and close ups. The camera is always moving to be as if it is one of the party goers or to connote the commotion of the party.

Opening Sequence Analysis

Secret Window opening scene analysis

It begins with the repetitive noise of the windscreen wipers then a non- digetic voice of Johnny Depp is heard which sounds as if it is coming from the back seats, the shot throughout the first few seconds of the edit and opening is a close up of Depps face suggesting the voice is inside his head giving the audience the impression that it may be a psychological thriller. There is a long edit when the car reverses to the motel which has a sign coloured bright red suggesting blood or other features to a horror the camera follows Depp into a room and watches him through a window suggesting more evidence of a physiological thriller. As he runs into the hotel room the camera is left in the car watching as if someone was in the back seat. As Depp runs into the room and screams at his cheating wife in bed with another man, or so the audience assume, there is an eerie non-digetic noise as he screams at the rooms. This strange scene introduces the assumption that it is about him wrestling his own mind and conscience instead of typically fighting the man he finds he screams at him, which is faded out as a sound effect, the camera pans out and that is the end of that scene.

The next shot is all in one take, or appears so, it starts as the camera glides over a lake towards a log cabin as titles and credits zoom in and out, the camera, still in one shot, pans into the house through the top window and pans past a computer and a stack of papers on his desk giving the influence that the inhabitant (Johnny Depp) is a writer or journalist. The music thorough the whole shot is of a strings ensemble, with a low menacing cello and minor violins playing as the camera moves. The camera continues to pan through the house into a mirror containing the reflection of Depp, the camera zooms into the mirror and continues zooming and in one special effect is zooming in on Depps reflection but it is actually him, as if the mirror was a window or enchanted. This scene shows that it may be a psychological thriller, influenced by the special effect of the mirror and camera, and the fact Depps clothing is casual, ripped and over-worn. The fact that the camera panned through the mirror as if it were a window suggests the films title ‘Secret window’.

Continuity Storyboard

Continuity Excercise

Using a tripod and a budget camera, we moved into a corridor and filmed an establish shot of our group member, Karl, standing against the wall. He received a phone call and then left to meet the other character, Tom. we used a range of shots, close up's, angles and locations filming him walking to the room.

KarlWhen he enters the room we use over the shoulder shots and match on  action shots to exercise not only continuity but our camera skills as well.

and Tom exchange a few lines, then they fist pump as the film fades out.

We edited using 'imovie' and edited it fairly easy, other than putting the sequence together and carrying out the continuity briefs we only added some original music for the ringtone when he receives the call. Overall the sequence lasted around 50 seconds.

We used a large variety of locations and camera shots in our film which will certainly come in useful when we our shooting our opening sequence to our film. We have learnt a lot about continuity, camera shots and editing which will help us in our opening sequence.

Storyboard for Continuity excercise

For our continuity exercise brief we had to film a sequence of shots of a member of our group walking, opening doors, talking etc to practice continuity.

Our storyboard included about a dozen pictures of different shots. We decided to have one character to receive a phone call, walk away into a room, talking and exchanging goods with another character then leaving using a range of different camera shots.

The cast & crew:

Ben Hunter (me) - Director

   Karl Deacy - 1st Actor

     Tom Daniell- 2nd Actor

        Lewis Gore-  Camera magic

We will use the roles and skills we have learnt and performed on in this exercise and use them in our thriller opening.

Analysis on 4 Thriller openings

Vertigo

Vertigo is a 1958 psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
The opening consists of dull and bright colours and spiral images, collaborating with tense music to overall give a disorientating effect partnered with the opening titles and credits. The music is slightly phsycadelic and gives a nausea's feeling promoting the vertigo effect enhancing the title of the film.






Psycho

Psycho is a 1960 American suspense/horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock,
This opening consists of traumatic and tense music which gives a certain suspense for the audience, the titles and credits are revealed by straight lines and bars sliding across the screen in multiple directions, symbolizing slashing and stabbing which is an iconic scene and theme of the film 'Psycho'. the gripping movements of the music promote the movements on screen giving a dramatically tense effect.




Sixth Sense



The Sixth Sense is a 1999 American psychological horror film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
The opening is very tense and the scene is filmed from places such as under the stairs to give a sense that someone is watching. the first shot of the light bulb gives another sense of suspense in the scene. Because the location and characters are unclear and unknown as yet into the film, it gives the opening a sense of anxiety and suspense.







 Cape Fear

Cape Fear is a 1991 thriller film, directed by Martin Scorsese and a remake of the 1962 film of the same name. This opening consists of a lake as the main background image with wavy distorted Titles and credits to symbolize a lake or boat on the lake. the slow music and calm ripples in the water portrays an anxious opening in which the audience are unsure how to react. This also gives a tone of suspense and anticipation in the opening.

Saul Bass

Saul Bass (May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was a graphic designer and filmmaker, perhaps best known for his design of film posters and motion picture title sequences.

During his 40-year career Bass worked for some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese.

Saul Bass based some of the most iconic css design corporate logos in North America, including the AT&T "bell" logo in 1969, as well as AT&T's "globe" logo in 1983 after the breakup of the Bell System.

Saul Bass’s Style

Bass is famous for his use of simple, geometric shapes and their symbolism. Often, a single dominant image stands alone to deliver a powerful message. These shapes, as well as type, were often hand drawn by Bass to create a casual appearance, always packed with a sophisticated message. His ability to create such a powerful message with basic shapes makes the work even more impressive. He designed sequences to; Vertigo, Physco and the earlier James Bond movies.,

logos created by Saul Bass