The Title Sequence

So as we are all clear on what is left to be filmed and are cracking on with the editing, we started to think of names for the opening of our film and how the credits will appear. We currently have a blockage on the title but we have decided as a group that we want the credits to appear during our time-lapse as it already takes up a lot of film time so will be a perfect opportunity for the credits rather then a black screen. We had an idea to slow down the time-lapse when there are buses as they are quite bold and red then edit in the writing as it will look nice but it is very time consuming so we may have tore think this idea.

Analysis on Kidulthood...

Kidulthood is a gang cultured film - similar to our two minute opening. This scene is very similar to one we would like to re-create so I think it helps us a lot. It opens with an establishing shot showing the location - London town (known by the black taxi) then the man uses taboo language which is very unnecessary but common for the youth today.  I believe it is only similar as it follows the protagonist walking which we need to do with Leanne, it has great use of the Snori Cam which is clever due to us being able to see the characters expressions clearly which we need to show Leannes increasing paranoia.  I think the music adds effect as the back beet implies her instability and disconnection to the world which we want to portray in the clips. The split screen is also a great use of the editing and looks very clever as we are able to see the comparison between characters.

Related Films...

I have been looking into some Gang cultured films like 4.3.2.1, Adulthood and Kidulthood. These are all similar to the genre of film we are choosing for our opening. It gives us an insight into how our film will turn out and also gives us a few shot ideas in order to represent the protagonist in a mysterious similar to how we are wanting to show Leanne as it will come across she has a big secret.The film 4.3.2.1 includes a running scene, much like the one we need Leanne to do with various shots and angles like panning across with a close up of the feet and a wide shot in order to see the panic in her face, leaving us with wandering why she is running after hearing a siren.

Research

Here is some research to help us with the opening of our film opening. The first page includes information on the reasoning for joining a gang with info on how to join and leave gangs, helping us with a guideline to why our protagonist will join a gang. We then outline our storyline including information on why we got the idea to do gang-culture, which is mainly due to the article down below of how a girl was involved with a boy who was in a gang which resulted in her being involved in the London riots even though she is from a privileged background, much like how we want to represent Leanne. We then include information on depression as Leanne is going to be a depressed character, with sad emotion. We highlight key aspects in relation to our storyline also making it easier to identify how we want to present Leanne.

RESEARCH 2 Min Opening

The Music

We have been thinking of a few ideas for the music in our opening. Considering the genre of our film will be 'Gang Culture' we are wanting to play an urban, gang style song as we believe they will fit well together therefore identifying the genre and feel of the opening clearly. Playing the song will be copyright so we have decided to show that leanne is wearing headphones and that is why the song is playing even though it is done a lot in these types of shots moreover getting Leanne to rip out her headphones so we here the muffled sound of the music playing allowing us to put ambient sound in the background also. Here are the possible contenders for our opening: