Synopsis of film

Synopsis

Characters:
Female lead victim:
Female Lead killer:

Location: Streets in Cambridge, and a dark room.

Props:
Knife Photographs
Fake blood Scrapbook
Rope
Chair
Bandana

In our opening sequence, we are going to have a female lead as the killer. Within the sequence there will be flashing images of the killer torturing the victim, here she will be tied up in a chair while being in a lot of distress.

It shall begin with the victim being at a park with her friends and then their shall be flashing images of the killer watching, this will then lead onto the rest of the film where he then captures her. As this is all happening, the credits will be appearing between each flashing clip.

We will be using props to create tension and a different atmosphere between characters and clips. Each clip and credits will have fading effects this will help with creating theme. Each clip will last for a couple of seconds just so that it gives you a glance of what is going on, making the audience want to watch more.

The music will be intense to keep with the mood of the genre of film.

The opening sequence will end with the victim being tied up in distress and a close up of the victim with a tear down and then a sharp cut to the film title.

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Logo
When creating our Logo we looked at many different logos, some of the logos that inspired us where, DreamWorks, New line cinema and Walt Disney. The designs and the style of these logos, help us to decide what design we would want our logo to be like.

After choosing and looking for different names we decided to call our logo for our thriller logo Shields Production. The way we connective the name to the logo is by relating the name to the way we present the logo. We decided that our logo should be a shield with two swords that cross each other. We also thought that the colours should be opposite colours on the colours wheel. Contracting colours like orange and purple that we used or bright and will make our logo stand out more. We also wanted to create the old effect; by doing this we added grape vines around the corner and had a big S, P in the top corners like the old shields used to have on them.

Some of these photos we used to create our logo. The two swords that are crossed we used to go over the shield we looked at many different types of swords to see witch on would be the best look for our logo. The grape vine and shield were put together by deciding to put the vine under the shield so that the logo looked more presentable. When finishing the logo we decided to make a upbeat tune to go with our logo.

Twelve Monkeys opening sequence

The music plays throughout the opening sequence, using non-diegetic sound. In this case, the music is upbeat and lively, but also blended in is a mixed variety of different car sounds. This is an amplified sound that creates a special effect. Immediately is shows the film is going to have a genre of cars.

In the opening sequence, the mise en scene starts off with a close up of a zebra crossing, then slowly zooming out into a twist whilst panning. By using tracking, it makes the atmosphere that your in the setting. As this is being shown, the first credit is appearing.The camera work uses wipes throughout by credits pushing other credits off the screen. Just before the next credits are being shown, we are told a time which then represents the time of night as the setting is darkened. The credits then continue, they are made to represent cars in traffic along the roads. The roads seem more realistic by having skid marks and spot lights beaming on the road.

Watching the first part of the opening sequence, in the first 3 minutes there were no characters introduced. By starting off with animated techniques, this creates tension in the opening sequence. The credits are shown more graphically by making them more fast moving and yellow so they stand out.

The scene then fades into a different setting which is like a kaleidoscope.This then leads into the actors names and the opening title of the film. When showing the actors names, they appear to be blurry and dissolved into the background, like a kaleidoscope would. In this scene, there are pictures shown on the kaleidoscope which are monkeys. This relates to the film title; Twelve Monkeys.