Our film opening is similar to these as it shows how bad things can happen in goods time.
As seen in the Grudge the guy has a nice apartment with a good view and a good looking wife, but is still dies..
This is similar to our opening in the lighting and different shot variation.
We explored a number of sites including Sound cloud, Music Archive and Purple Planet. But we mainly used Purple Plant as we thought it most useful.
http://www.purple-planet.com/
Tense
Spy story
The Orphanage
Turning the Screw
Impending doom
Mysterious background
Disturbed
Entombed
Dark background
Necropolis
Wrong Turn
Evil around
Relaxing
Deep serenity
Reiki healing
Crystal waters
We have decided to go with "Disturbed" as compared with the others the soundtrack does not take attention from the actual footage and is consistence all the way through.
We found amother "detective caution" on youtube and thought it fitted really well in the opening therefore we used it.
We will be manly using Adobe After effect and Premiere pro.
Premiere pro(first attempt) We just tried to put the clips together to have a feel of what it looked like. Our first thought is its to dark which can be fixed by color grading. Transition between shot were to choppy so we separated the clips to have a smoother transition between shots.
This is our second attempt at editing, we use our new footage (retake).
We have decided to film on the 23rd of Monday at night. At Hydepark Bangkok. First we scouted the place and asked for permission.
We tried to find a location where there was minimal houses and people to create an isolated feeling. First we were going to use an unused land but the view of the lake was blocked there we used one of the long road outlooking the lake. We tried filming we had sun light but we thought it didn't fit with the theme, so we film when it was dark. Once we started filming it was too dark, we couldn't see much, but we filmed anyway.
We will be filming again as footage was not good enough. It was too dark, camera shakes making it very unpleasant too watch.
Second time: 31st Jan
This time our footage came out well, with good lighting and shots were well placed and we also had a tripod to create more stable and meaningful shots. No retake is needed.
The risk involved in the making of this film opening
First thing is the possible car accident. We will primarily working or filming on the street. If not careful we may be hit or in danger the people whose driving. To prevent or lower the risk of the happening we decided to film when theres minimal cars. Either late at night or early morning.
Secondly is the lake near the filming location. The lake is out of bound without a supervisor. It is also possible that we may drop camera gear into the lake. To prevent this we have decided to stay away from the lake to avoid falling into the lake or dropping any thing into it.
In the film there is a killing scene involving a wire around the neck. This may lead to serious injuries. To prevent this from happening we will try to be gentle and not put to much force on the wire and use a suitable material that wont leave a rash or scratch on the actor.
At night we might come across strangers who have bad intentions to try to steal our camera gear. To avoid this we have planned to stay near houses in the village which we know have people in them incase anything unexpected happen.
