Storyboard

Summary: I created this from reading a foreign short story that inspired the concept I did my storyboard on. In the first shot, it slowly focuses on a random phone simply laying there and has complete focus on it when it receives a message from an unknown phone number. Its a straight cut into the main character grabbing the phone confused on who is this random phone number and what they're saying. It transitions with a fade in on the conversation on the phone and how bizarre it is. The main character realizes that the conversation is getting anywhere and leaves it be then, it shifts to the main character having a conversation with a very close friend asking about their best friends whereabouts and having a medium long shot on them with low background noise emphasizing the value of what they're saying. The conversation continues with the main character asking their friend if they happen to know this unknown number and them not knowing to suggest that both things are somehow connected. In scene 5 it's a gradual transition back to the phone the main character find out unsettling news that changes everything, his best friend is missing and as the camera focuses on the reaction the main character has attached with suspenseful music causing the viewer to know that there's more to the story than is shown, it switches with a quick cut transition to new messages from the unknown number with a an extreme close-up showing even odder messages and thesuspenseful music escalating in volume rapidly and suddenly stops with an image of his friends beaten up face. and the screen turns black.

brainstorming

summary: From watching other examples I see what most openings have and emphasize certain details that are deeply connected to the rest of the movie. Watching other students film opening it led to decide to have the audience as if they are the main character themselves, some odd occurrences and being felt like they are being watched with eerie background music to further push this feeling that was created. Also, from watching other peoples videos that a tripod is needed as well as not having or very little dialogue rather letting the images created speak for themselves.

what inspired me?

The reason I chose to work on mystery films is that I have always had an interest in the stir of emotions not knowing what is occurring until you get clues and piece them together and then seeing the end and how all it all folds out. Some examples of mystery films that appealed to me were Taken which shows the dark parts of society when an ex-celebrity security guards daughter is suddenly kidnapped by enemies of his and has to figure out the clues in time to save her. The opening is about this singer who he is guarding and after her show, there is a dangerous mob and protects her by using his combat skills and helping her escape harm. Throughout the whole movie, I was sitting at the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen next in rescuing the daughter and who was the one behind it all. Another film I enjoy is Divergent because it brings light to the way our society works with a different world in which everyone is divided into sections based on their personality traits in order to keep the peace. The opening is the main character narrating how the society she lives in works and what each faction consists of and ends with how she didn't quite fit in like the rest. The opening was engaging because it reminded me of the way our society could be heading to which appealed to me even more. Another movie I was interested in is "now you see me" because it is all revolved around illusions that are considered magic. The main characters are hidden and at the same time, they are living an illusion as well because they are told by an anonymous person and follow their instructions willingly and throughout the movie, they try to secretly find out who is the one in charge without them being aware. The opening of now you see me is one of the main character's, Daniel Atlas explain the true reason why "magic" works which that we are interpreting and filtering what we think we are seeing. It changes to the city of Chicago with Daniel doing a card performance and truly showing his out of the box magic skills to the crowd and the viewers but in the last second you see a person in a typical black hood hiding his face from the people acting oddly suspicious by never turning his back to be seen. It jumps to a different setting where you can immediately feel the tension, a girl is attempting a trick which very difficult; its to be in a tank with her hands locked in chains and needs to get out of the tank before 10 mins end or else a hunger piranhas fall on top of her. it ends badly and everyone is scarred witnessing the death of this magician attempting a trick that ended her life. Overall, mystery gives me a feeling no other genre gives me because it plays the strings of the viewer's emotions.

My Film Opening Project - Genre & Group Members

The Genre I chose for my film opening project is Mystery. Also decided to work individually for the project.

film opening research #1- proposal

how many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
there are 4-5 titles during the opening 


what images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
the iamges prioritized the difference in both characters yet they both work in a big business with an important position


what connotations do the images carry?
the connotation the images carry shows that the movie will be about the conflicting relationship of assistant and boss relationship the two main characters have.
how is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
the main character, Andrew, has conflicted feelings about the overwhelmingly strict boss he has although he knows that she is a sweet woman at heart.


how does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
The film establishes enigma by emphasizing a connection between the two main characters although they seem to be polar opposites that they couldn’t possibly associate with each other.


what strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
the strategies used in the opening appeals by showing how relatable Andrew, one of the two main characters morning routine compared to Margaret who is calmly getting ready.


how has technology been used effectively?
they use various camera angles and demonstrate both of the main characters "morning routine".and emphasis the differences by using parallelism. The opening has multiple camera view jumps which appeal to the viewers

genre research #2- powerpoint

group presentation video

https://youtu.be/zFn1hf6kp4Y

https://youtu.be/0wOFJSjdStQ

My Favorite Genre - PowerPoint

film viewing practice essay

The scenes throughout the agent carter are very visible. The camera angles are very sudden due to the movie being an action movie but are fairly repetitive such as at 0:19 the camera angles are mostly close-ups of either Captain America and Peggy during the intense moment between them. Another example is at 1:16 when the group discovers that the plane had fallen and everyone goes back to their work. Also, the camera angles used for after Captain America landing/crashing is a landscape shot showing the drastic fall and the harsh impact. At 3:58 throughout the fight the camera angle is now shoulder view from both characters. All the movements are fast pace after the work environment is shown and Peggy receives an important call.

The music in the clip is mostly non-digestic sound because no character can hear it except the audience. The only digestic sounds in the clip are the phone and sirens ringing in more than one scene. In between the scene of Peggy being ignored on taking a mission on her own the contrast is that she ends up being in a situation in which she is the only one to take on a mission and is shown by contrast editing. Also, at 0:33 to 0:53 there is symbolism in between Peggy calling out to Steve with no response and sirens going off in the next scene. Meanwhile, the whole clip is able to be successful due to the accurate costumes of each character and the acting of Peggy to show the raw emotions of the scene as well as using deep space emphasized on the details each character made especially during her crying scene of Steve's departure and a year later the longing she has for him after so much time gone.

Film Elements Graphic Organizer

Quarter 2 - week 1

i decided to do my mise en scene from the show “strong woman bong-soon “ which is a korean drama. I chose to do this show in specific because it’s not the typical broad show its only a season long with 16 episodes and a deep rooted plot story as well as the fact that I enjoyed the show so much in everybody aspect that I took the chance to watch it again.

 The first scene of the show is the main boy character to be showing the audience a flashback of when he was on the bus and a random girl stopped the bus from a crash and considered her an Angel form above. The scene is taken in shallow space focusing on the weird event with the bus suddenly being stopped and how the boy reacts. The shallow space helped move the story along by creating a center point for the future occurancd thtought the show.

The next few scenes setting is in the city of Seoul, Bong, and the Ainsoft company offices in South Korea which are key factors to the plot of the show. The wardrobe picked out for the actors allows the audience to see how carefree and easy going life the young girl has and chose her outfits to express innocence such as cute little designs skirts, bright blisss, and soft makeup while the boy is far more extravagant because the boy is the CEO of a large gaming company in his early 20’s. The Lighting was above in a soft high- key approach able to make the scenes more sweet and loving in order to show the everyday life of the young girl who is the bodyguard of the CEO and is in a love triangle and eventually falls in love with her boss. The shoes develops with various points of views to really grasp the views attention.