First off, I want to begin by making it clear that I decided to work with only one other person. I know that I had said previously that I was going to work with 3 other people, but after talking to past students that completed this project, I decided to only work with one person per their recommendations.
Now let's dive into the research and ideas! After watching several examples in class and learning more about film openings through the article titled, "How To Create Powerful Openings Shots-It's Easier Than You Think" by Kelsea Davis, published by StudioBinder, I learned more about how you can use specific angles and cuts to portray what the conflict is (man vs self, man vs nature, etc.). For example, in the opening shot of Silver Linings Playbook, the shot that opens up the video is zooming in towards the character's head as his back is turned away from the screen, helping elaborate how the conflict within the story is inside the character's head (man vs self). After analyzing this, we have decided that we are going to approach our film opening video by starting it off with a cut that helps to symbolize the conflict in the story. Let's talk about our genre idea and then we can come back to this point.
The IDEA: For our video, we are thinking of picking a scary/mysterious genre. Back in last semester, my partner and I loved creating a foley project that was based on this genre. We found great enjoyment and success in this, so we think that we can find similar fun in creating this project through that genre. Our idea for our video is that the conflict is going to be man vs self, and it is going to be based on a man who is a criminal due to his childhood experiences. In this way, we want our film to create awareness of the importance of having a healthy childhood, and the need for proper therapy if you do not in order to increase mental health and decrease violence. Adding on to our research and the example of the Silver Lining, we are thinking of starting off the film's opening video with a shot of the main character's fidgeting of fingers as his parents are arguing in another room (sound in the distance). The shot is focused on his fingers to elaborate on how the conflict within the story is the character's built-up anxiety. The character is going to start as a young child, and then there are going to be inserted clips of him in the same situation as he grows older and the years pass. However, as the years pass his anxiety slowly starts shifting from ticks and into violence. This helps to portray how his situation in his household was consistent throughout his childhood and portrays the changes in his behavior, further describing the internal conflict in the film. The film's opening video will end as the main character grows into an adult and leaves his household (to become a criminal).
I watched an example posted on our canvas module titled, "Barely Legal," and I liked how the creator included several shots in her video about certain things in the room that helped build the character's style. For example, here are some screenshots of the creative shots she included:
Similarly, because my video is going to be man vs self (same as Barely Legal), I think that including shots similar to these that highlight the changes of decorations in the main character's bedroom as the years go on and the main character grows more miserable, will highlight perfectly the changes of the character as he grows older and turns his anxiety into anger and violence. For example, when the film starts it will be a rather empty, dry, little boy bedroom, but slowly will turn darker with certain appeals like he hangs posters that are bloody and dark, etc.
Well, that's it for today, now we are going to dive into getting our actors, get an even clearer picture of what our plot looks like, and continue to research!!! Woohoo, let's do this thing!!
Research Links:
Article: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/how-to-create-powerful-opening-shots-its-easier-than-you-think/
Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TXVqFT7mN0kIwx56rJsxE3gPP0CyEtL2/view
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