Opening Title Sequence of This Is England

Opening Title Sequence of Step Up

Opening Title Sequence of The Hangover

My 2 Minute Opening Sequence and Opening Title Sequence For Trainspotting

There has been a change of plan. Charley and I have now changed the genre of our film to comedy, crime, drama. The films that influence us the most are Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Trainspotting.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Part 1
Trainspotting Trailer

Our new idea is of two jokers robbing an empty house. Grabbing anything they can find. making jokes along the way. The two characters are complete opposites. One has no intelligence, the other is clever. They are putting all of the stolen objects into a broken, ripped rucksack. Once they have finished grabbing what they can the shot cuts straight into the in the street with a table in front of them. The table is covered with all of the stolen objects seen in the previous scene. There is no one looking to buy off them. While they are desperately trying to find buyers. There will be close up shot of he stolen objects While in the house and on the table.

Our old idea was-
The genre of our 2 Minute film is British gangster drama. The films that influence us are This is England, Scarface and Green Street.

This is England Trailer
Scarface Trailer
Green Street Trailer

I have a few ideas on what to film for my 2 minute film. I am hoping to film a 'hoodie' or skinhead giving his 'girl' a kiss and telling her he will 'see her later'. Then there is a close up of him clenching his fist. He climbs over a fence, walks into a house and starts looking for valuables to steal. At this point the camera gives off the affect that there is a victim in the house hiding from him while at the same time following him. He then comes across somebody in the house and with a instant reaction screams 'oi! give me all your money now!' Then next thing you hear are police sirens. That is where it ends and that is how i would like my 2 minute film to turn out like. I am also hoping to use music and sound effects.
I am hoping to film the footage within the next few weeks to get it out of the way. Then edit it at a later date.
I will be updating my blog and most importantly this post.

My Preliminary Task

180 Degree Rule Mistake

Five films and their trailers

Here is 5 different gendre films and their URL links:
James Bond films are Action films


watch trailer
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The Break-up is a Romantic Comedy


watch trailer
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Saw IV is a Horrow film


watch trailer
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Titanic is a Romantic Drama


watch trailer
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The Hangover is a Comedy

watch trailer
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Claudia's Animatic Preliminary Task

Match on Action Rule:
This is when you cut from one shot to another view that matches the action and pace of the first shot. His creates the impression of continunity although you may have filmed the shots weeks apart. If the character begins an action in he first shot and completes it in the next, a visual 'bridge' is created which acts to disguise the cut from one to the other.

Shot Reverse Shot:
This is a film technique wherein one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking "back" at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.


The 180° rule:
This is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.

This image is from the film Padorum which is a new upcoming horror film. This shot is a straight on short shot with the actor looking straight ahead at the camera. The shot represents horror by the actor having blood on his upper lip chin and dripping down his neck he also has blood on his hands, and is holding some kind of drill looking like he's about to kill someone with it or harm someone with it. To achieve this affect they would of put fake blood on his face, hands and neck and holding the drill in the hand with blood on it so he looks evil and like he's about to hurt someone.