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3. Inspiration from real film opening
sequences
• The film starts of as him in a dream
• Obviously he’s dreaming of the worst that’s
going to happen during then scene
• This links to our opening sequence as we’re
adapting this type of opening sequence
4. Inspiration from real film opening sequence.
Establishing the
main characters.
• Having all the credits the
same size and font.
• Having things that involve
what the film is about on the
opening sequence.
5. -Inspiration from real films.
‘What Happens in Vegas’ In ‘Half Nelson’, Nelson
because after the was woken by the loud
excessive usage of drinking noise of the alarm
she was unaware of what clock(shown as he is in
happened the following his bed).
morning(you can see she
just woke up as she’s in
bed). In this scene the use
of zooming shows her In ‘4321’, the blurred effect was added in
facial expression which the club showing she was unaware of
was shock. her surroundings after she was drinking
the alcohol.
6. Inspiration From Real Films
Movie Why?
White Chicks. ‘Date Rape Drug’ is used in the
movie and shows a small insight into
what the drug does and the effect it
has on the human body.
This Is England. The young boy is easily influenced
into making bad decisions by his
friends. Peer pressure is highly
evident.
7. -Genre and conventions.
The Genre which we are doing is Drama.
Convention Explanation Example from real film
Sexual Contact Some sort of like towards a 4321
character is usually formed
Conflict/Arguments Conflict occurs tends to ‘What Happens in Vegas’
happen between a main
character and someone
within the movie
Excessive use of drugs Excessive use of drugs is ‘What happens in Vegas’
usually the tool to conflict
or a added element for
argument.
8. Genre & Conventions
Convention Explanation Example from real
film
Ordinary teenage girl Because it’s Mean Girls - Cady
reinforcing the
audience expectation
of a smart girl being
used, but also
challenging because
nerdy girls don’t
usually go to parties
9. Genre
Drama
• To address hard hitting topics
• Rape
• Abortion
• Murder
• Alcohol and Drug abuse
• Domestic Violence
• To provide the audience with a moral message.
Conventions Explanation Example From Real Film
Alcohol abuse • The girl is at a party drinking. Project X.
Excessive amounts of underage
drinking takes place.
Teenage girl • The victim in drama movies Juno.
tends to be a female. Teenage girl becomes pregnant.
Drugs • The girls drink is spiked with White Chicks.
the ‘date rape’ drug. In the club scene the man
attempts to slip the date rape drug
into his dates drink.
11. Research on topic/themes
Dangers of alcohol (Alcohol Abuse)
Alcohol abuse is defined as a pattern of drinking that
results in one or more of the following situations within a
12-month period:
Failure to fulfil major work, school, or home
responsibilities
Drinking in situations that are physically dangerous, such
as while driving a car or operating machinery
Having recurring alcohol-related legal problems, such as
being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol
or for physically hurting someone while drunk
Continued drinking despite having on-going relationship
problems that are caused or worsened by the drinking.
12. Different types of alcohol
Here shows the different types of
alcohol
How much calories and units are
being consumed in each and every
different one
13. Long Term Effects
In this clip, it explains the long term
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA1gDo4OXpeffects of alcohol and how it affects
4&safe=active men and women in different ways, as
we have different bodies from each
other
14. Where alcohol is being used more likely
This article explains how much
teenagers consume alcohol.
Its seen that teenagers are always at
the heart of alcohol in universities, as
it’s the hotspot for them.
15. Symptoms include
• Drowsiness or light-headedness
• Difficulty concentrating
• Feeling confused or disorientated, particularly after waking up (if you have been
asleep)
• Difficulty speaking, or slurring your words
• Loss of balance and finding it hard to move
Blurred Vision
• Paranoia
• Amnesia or a "black-out" of events
• Temporary loss of body sensation (feeling like you are floating
above your body, or having an "out of body" experience)
• Visual problems, particularly blurred vision
• Hallucinations
• Nausea and vomiting
• Unconsciousness
Loss of Nausea and
Balance Vomiting
17. Here is an article from Frank, a website
which focuses on different types of drugs
and there effect on the human body and
mind.
18. Statistics and clues to being a victim.
In 2003, there were 5,278 women who reported to have been victims of drug
related rape and sexual abuse through their drink being spiked.
The figures show a continuous rise through the years for both women and
men.
Some clues to whether your drink has been spiked could be:
Your drink tastes salty or bitter
You feel like you’re losing control
You experience hallucinations or an odd dizziness
You or your friend loses more inhibition than usual
Memory loss, loss of understandable speech, aggression
19. Statistical Breakdown:
Survivors Gender
2007 - Male 54; Female 573 = 627
Total Culminate Figures
Male 983; Female 8,573 = Total 9,887
Year of Reported Attack
1940's - 3; 1960's -19; 1970's -37; 1980's -56; 1990 -39; 1991 -53; 1992 - 89; 1993 -144; 1994 -
169; 1995 -232; 1996 -345; 1997 -393; 1998 -538; 1999 -779; 2000 - 884; 2001 - 932; 2002 -
959; 2003 -1016; 2004 - 991; 2005 - 846; 2006; 649; 2007 -613
Total 9,887
*These figures are added to the appropriate yearly breakdown above. In 2007 18 people
reported attacks in previous years*
*Please note the figures are those people who reported being victims in Britain - the
figures of British people reporting being drink spiked abroad are 49*
20. Statistical Breakdown:
UK Regional Breakdown:
2007 Total UK Reports* = 578 (less the figures (49) of victims
drink spiked abroad)
North East = 68
North West = 54
Midlands = 68
East Anglia =18
London/Greater London = 109
South East = 123
South West = 37
Wales = 35
Scotland = 29
Northern Ireland = 20
Unknown = 8
23. What drugs are used for drink
spiking?
• Rohypnol is a popular drug for drink spiking.
• The symptoms of this drug is slurred speech,
inability to concentrate, poor condition, dizzy
feelings, lack of inhibition, nausea and amnesia.
• It takes between 15 to 30 minutes for this drug to
start having the effect.
• This drug is easier to be spiked on to drink since
it comes in a form of a pill.
• Users say that mixing it with beer enhance the
feeling of ‘drunkenness’.
• Some users also mix this drug with marijuana,
cocaine and also heroin.
• There has been no confirmed case of the use of
Rohypnol in a sexual assault in the UK.
24. • Ketamine is meant to be used among
veterinarians as an anaesthetic for animals.
• It normally comes in a liquid form.
• The use of this drug brings an ‘out of body
experience’ .
• The drug don’t last long but until they do, they
would paralysis of the muscles.
• It’s been recently found out that the ketamine
can cause very serious bladder problems with
severe pain.
• It can cause confusion, panic attacks,
depression, plus when taken in a large doses it
can make existing mental health problems even
worse.
25. • GHB contains the similar effect to
ecstasy.
• It often comes in the form of a liquid or
even powder.
• The effect takes place within 10 – 20
minutes.
• It will include the inability to speak
properly, poor motor coordination,
sleepiness, amnesia, hallucinations and
short-term comas.
• The drug can kill someone and are
particularly dangerous when used with
alcohol and other depressant or sedative
substances.
26. The website
www.watchyoudrink.com
Has a page of facts of drink spiking
for those who don’t know what it is
or what it involves. They also show
the different types of drugs that is
mostly/mainly used for ‘drug rape’.
Shows statics about the drink
spiking, and how 85% are
people who know the victim.
27. Inspirational Characters
• Pandora
• Skins
• She is quite a vulnerable character
• During an episode in Skins, she held a small
pyjama party for her and her friends
• But things get chaotic as unexpected guests turn up
and food gets spiked with drugs
• She links to our main character as she’s very
similar to her and in a way goes through the same
thing
28. -Inspirational characters
She’s an insecure young girl, of
which leans towards drink for
comfort. Also with her use of This woman within ‘What happens in
body language and facial
Vegas’ really inspired me because
expression this expressed that
she played the wife who was
she was unaware of what was
unaware of her newly wed husband
happening at the club. For
and what they got up to the night
example; once she drunk the
before. Her exaggerated facial
alcohol, she kept blinking as if
expressions emphasise the
her vision was not clear which confusion. A prime example of this
was then followed by her
would be the image above.
placing her head in her arms
as if she was hopeless.
29. Inspirational Characters
(Hanna from Pretty Little Liars)
Hanna is a hard Like a normal teenager
working study who she always have her
studies a lot. phone in her hands.
She is also in love She shows a lot of
with fashion and emotions through
attract many guys her facial
attention upon her. expression.
I think that the character ‘Hanna’
inspires me for the opening sequence
because:
• She is an average teenage girl who
doesn’t party a lot
• She enjoys dressing up
• And also because she is similar to
the girl from our opening sequence.
30. Inspirational Characters
Character Why?
1. Throws parties.
Poppy; Wild 2. Causes problems for her parents.
Child. 3. Drinks.
1. Falls into the wrong crowd,
Cady; Mean resulting in a personality change.
Girls. 2. Throws parties.
3. Focuses on partying and boys and
allows her education to slip.
1. Falls in with a bad crowd.
Hannah; 2. Almost gets rapped at a party.
She's To 3. Defies her parents.
Young.
31. Actors.
• The actors for our opening sequence would be Jhané and
Ingrid.
• We think they would be good for the role since they enjoy
acting and will take the responsibility to put in effort and
attend every filming sessions
• Ingrid and Jhané both will be available to film on Saturday
and Sunday mornings
• The strength would be the fact that they know the
responsibility they’re taking towards themselves by making
this choice, and will be willing to put as much effort as they
should.
• The weakness would be the pressure on doing well in the
opening sequence by the other members of the group.
33. -Titles and Credits
The style of font was a representation on
ethnic grouping and the transition used was
wipe which gave that assumption of it being
wiped or removed off screen by a karate
move which was reflecting on the move as it
was an action film. The font size varied. The
colouring used also defined the countries
colours as its red and white which are also
colours which are from the flag.
34.
35. The style of font was in bold which
could possibly highlight the
seriousness of the situations. Also it
could be foreshadowing elements of
the film such as the seriousness of
specific deaths (which is also
highlighted within the colour choice
as it’s red). The fonts where then
shot off the screen through
animations of the bullet and gun
which was targeted at a woman
figure. These animations may be a
representation of the use of killing
36. Titles and Credits
Movie Evidence
The War Of The
Roses.
This Is England.
The Bonfire Of
The Vanities.
37. -Music/sounds
Sky fall uses a sound
• Dirty Harry has portrayed
track to establish non-
non-diegetic sounds and
diegetic music within the
Snakes in the are portrayed through the
opening sequence which
Monkey’s Shadow animation during the
just simply highlights the
consists of diegetic opening sequence.
gravity and death or
music as each • The special effects were
karate move was hopelessness within the
used to imitate the sounds
based on a specific situation portrayed.
of bullets being loaded in
beat. In other The slow music played
the gun and was just about
words, the links to the setting as the
character could
to load up and be shot.
main image of the man
heard the music • This happens at the
and also the rest of the
within there world. beginning when the gun
underwater characters or
was being targeted at the
creatures float around
38. Music and Sound
Music in party Bleeping of mobile phone
scene to to signal there is a new
create ambient message.
sound.
Speaking and
laughing in party Upbeat music to be
scene to create used to make the
ambient sound. background sound
like there is a party
taking place
Alarm clock to wake the
girl up from her dream in
ending scene.
39. Mainstream or Independent
Our opening sequence shall be a independent.
As we’re doing a drama film, its more for a niche
audience and it won’t be advertised as much as
mainstream films
It would obviously be more towards the target
audience
40. BBFC & Film Ratings
The BBFC stands for British
Board of Film Constitution
The British Board of Film
Classification is an
independent, non-
governmental body which has
classified cinema films since it
was set up in 1912 and videos/
DVDs since the Video
Recordings Act was passed in
1984.
41. -Production companies
Possible Production Companies of which I find interested in and
would like to use would be
Paramount Pictures
20th Century Fox
42. Production Company.
Production Company Logo
20th Century Fox.
20th Century Fox is one of the six major American film
studios as of 2011.
Large production company, mainly focused on movies
targeted at a more mass audience.
Film 4.
Film 4 is a digital television channel available in the
United Kingdom, Switzerland and the Republic of
Ireland opened by channel 4.
Smaller production company.
43. Distribution Companies
• Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation is a North American
entertainment company.
• The company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, on July 3,
1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
• As of 2012, it is the most commercially successful independent film
and television distribution company in North America and the seventh
most profitable movie studio.
44. Distribution Companies
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also
known as Warner Bros. Pictures or
simply Warner Bros. (though the name
was occasionally given in full form as
Warner Brothers during the company's
early years), is an American producer
of film, television, and music
entertainment.
45. -Distribution companies
Distribution Companies from similar films which I have looked at
and are inspiring to me are;
Sony Pictures- involved in ‘D’Jango’, ‘Smurfs 2’, ‘After Earth’.
Fox Distribution Company- involved in ‘The Croods’, ’The Heat',
'Turbo’.
