As a group we were given the task of creating a story board of a film opening using jelly babies as the actors. We did this so we could work on our creativity within the film opening and find out what is realistically possible for us to do. we were given a list of film briefs that ranged from a social realism film to a Hollywood action film. We decided to go with the social realism film. This is because it was the one we were most likely to be doing as we have a small budget and limited resources.
We thought about social realism films we had seen ourselves and what they all had in common. They usually have a singal protagonist which the film follows. It follows their life and the problems they have. They usually have some sort of confilct, often including family, and are set in a lower class area. They are usually made by low budget independent institutions. As they are so low budget there is very little special effects used and camera angles are simple so as not to distract from the story and because companies can't afford things like cranes or expensive dollys.
Below is our whole story board, I will then show the individual frames and explain our reasons behind each one.
This is our whole story board, it's quite short but a convention of social realism films is that they are simple and that simplicity is a convention of film openings as a whole.
Our first shot was going to be a tracking shot of the main protagonist walking towards the camera. IT was going to be a shot that would introduce him as the main character and it would establish the mood straight away through his emotions. It would also establish the social realism genre as in the background you would be able to hear shouting after the protagonist.
This next shot introduced another character. this one is only half seen suggesting they aren't very important. The purpose of this character is to make the audience see that the protagonist has a hard life and to set the context up a bit more to make the audience empathise with the protagonist.
In this frame a two shot is used on the two characters. A new character is introduced and they simply look at each other. this gives the idea that this is where the conflict will start and the length of this frame builds up the tension as the frame will be completely silent. It's just a build up of emotions.
The next two shots are simply close ups on the two characters. Once again in silence. This one again to build up the tension and making the audience want to know even more whats going to happen next. All these shots are quite simple and this is because we want to focus on the emotions and the gritty realism.
This shot will shock the audience because there has been so much tension built up then what seems like such a random act of violence will shock everyone.
This is the last shot of the opening. A close up on the man who has been hurt. He has blood coming out of his head. There is silence around and he seems to be on his own, this is such a drastic thing to happen in an opening it will hook the audience in. As it seems so real due to the fact its shot on location it will make people feel involved with the characters lives.
Olivia Saltmarsh
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