Salford City CollegeEccles Sixth Form CentreBTEC Extended Diploma in Creative Media ProductionUnit 22: Single Camera TechniquesFilm Opening Title Sequence Proposal Zara YaffeFilm Genre (type of film and your reasons for choosing this genre?)

The type of film I have chosen is a thriller. I have chosen this as I feel that it is interesting to take pretty average, boring, meaningless shots, edit them and put them together to make something that makes your heart race. I feel that it would be quite cool to film, as well as upbeat and tense once it’s put together.

Synopsis of Idea (visual content – style, use of colour, settings, props, costumes, lighting etc)

I would like to use dim lighting for the water and clock shots but use daylight to film to person running away. I would like to use a blue wash on the water/blood scene as it’s a cold colour and comes across emotionless to the audience which will contrast to the theme of the opening title sequence as it’s meant to get you so involved and entranced in it that your emotions are fully in it and so you can’t concentrate on anything else as it captures the viewers’ emotions. I will use a close up shot of the red food colouring (blood) dripping into the clear cylinder of water to show it going cloudy as it drips in from a needle above. I will use a long shot to show the person running, but will not show their face. This will create tension as the viewers will not know what or who this person is. I will show their whole body but it will get more distanced throughout the sequence. I will begin the opening title sequence with slow fade ins and fade outs of the scenes which will speed up throughout to create tension. As it speeds up, the scenes will begin to cut in and out of each other to create quick snappy shots which will be intertwined with the person running. The clock, blood dripping and person running will end with the person lying down on their front at the end of the road they’re running up with someone standing over them with a food coloured dripping knife with a hood up etc., as though they’ve been waiting and time has been ticking away for this to happen. The camera will be placed on the floor to watch them run up the road as it makes the road look much longer than it really is, until the end where it’ll be a close up and will flash on them then flash straight off and give the title credit. The costume will be jeans and a black hoodie with the hood up for the main person running and maybe the same for the killer(?) too.

This screenshot shows the camera being on the floor making the background look long. This second screenshot shows the type of colour I would like to use in the water/blood scenes. I would like this cold, blue wash to be in these scenes.

Zara Yaffe

Salford City CollegeEccles Sixth Form CentreBTEC Extended Diploma in Creative Media ProductionUnit 22: Single Camera TechniquesFilm Opening Title Sequence Proposal Zara Yaffe

Target Audience? (demographic NOT age range)

My target audience will be thrill seekers, they will be older students of both genders, all cultures, all religions and races. I chose this target audience as my opening title sequence will not discriminate or making anyone feel uncomfortable forcing them stop watching a good film. My film opening title sequence will be two white British people and so maybe this will be the main audience who will watch, although all other people are welcome to watch it too.

How will your project meet the needs of your target audience?

I will meet the preferences and needs of my target audience as they are obviously thrill-seekers. I will make sure to keep my opening title sequence upbeat and tense, maybe by dropping the blood into the water and emphasising the dropping sound on the computer which in turn will emphasise the silence of the room it’s in. I will do this too with the clock ticking. This will ensure to keep the audience captured by the sequence as they will want to proceed to watch as they’ll want to know what’s going on. I will keep their heart racing as it’ll be short, snappy shots which will entice them to carry on viewing.

What will you film opening title credits look like? (How will they appear on screen? Where will they be positioned? How will they animate? What style of font/typography?)

http://www.dafont.com/timberwolf.font I chose this font as it’s plain at first glance but is quirky once looked at, which will be similar to my opening title sequence. This will be similar because the quick shots will only be looked at by first glance but will sooner entail a deeper meaning after re-watching or thinking deeper into what has been shown. I will use this title after the person is shown on the floor with the killer(?)

Zara Yaffe

Salford City CollegeEccles Sixth Form CentreBTEC Extended Diploma in Creative Media ProductionUnit 22: Single Camera TechniquesFilm Opening Title Sequence Proposal Zara Yaffe

above them as it’s flashed out quickly, giving enough time to process what it is just after it’s been shown. This will keep it tense. I will use the font but in white on a black background slowly fading onto the screen to contrast to the quick flash of the dead person scene. This will be in the middle of the screen taking up the whole length of it.

Zara Yaffe