One of the things is which titles I am going to include, and in what order. Through the analysis of the openings that I watched, I learnt conventions, but rather than copying these, I need to decide what I am going to do.
This is the order I have decided on:
- Production Company- I have put this at the very beginning as this is a convention of most films, and is the norm.
- Distribution company
- Distribution company
- Distribution company- I uses three distribution companies rather than one because it is a convention of social realism to need lots of funding due to a low budget.
- A Harry Engall Film
- Introducing Christopher Bainbridge- I have put this actors name first due to him having a main part. I than have a clip of him, to show his importance before any other titles start.
- Henry Morris
- Pheobe Evans
- William Glass- I have used three more actors names later in the sequence, to show the actors of all the main parts. My film involves 4 main people, so these have all been covered now.
- Thumb- This is the title of my film, this shows relatively early on in my sequence after the director and actors names- as these are seen as the most important to be shown
- Produced by Sophie Ronge
- Edited by Vincent Gillan- I have chosen that the first names to be credited after the film title should be the producer and editor as they are seen as very important. And because I didnt want to involve all the credited people so I chose the ones who I thought would be highest up.
- Music by (not yet decided)- I credited the music in my opening, as in social realism, music is often seen as very important, due to matching it to the style to the film. I have also chosen to credit the musician as this will be the deal I make with the unsigned act I find when I chose the music I want.
- Costume design- David Hilditch- I chose to credit costume for a similar reason as my choice to credit music- because I feel that music is very important regarding social realism due to the style and time period that the film is set in.
- Directed by Harry Engall- I chose to credit the director again at the end, as this was a convention I saw alot in opening sequences, such as This is England.
Another thing I still need to organise is the music that I will use in my opening, I am currently looking at lots of unsigned acts on the Internet trying to find one suitable.
A thought that has effected my idea a lot whilst story boarding is whether it will be clear that the location my character is in is not his home. This is my only motive, and the only thing I want to portray so I need to get it right. I am using certain shots to make this obvious such as a close up on family photos that obviously are not of his family. And when he is in the kitchen he will make it clear that he does not know where things are. But it I am unable to know exactly what it will look like until i start filming. So i have decided to write a voice over that could be played over the opening (the character voice) talking about his current situation. A voice over would be beneficial as audience will know what is going on. But I am worried it could stray away from the style of my film. I was worried that it would not fit my genre, but the Trainspotting opening has a voice over and that film is very successful as they results of my survey showed. I have decided that when making an animatic I will overlay the voice over on one animatic and leave the other with just music. And I will do the same when editing my final video and than when i get my audience feed back, I can decided what my final choice is. A voice over could also effect my choice of music, as with a voice over the use of music with vocals could sound confusing to the audience.
