Costume Ideas

Costume List

Main Character:

• Boots
• Black Jeans
• Leather Coat/Jacket
• Eyeliner
• White foundation
• Black Top
  

First male character:

• Black Hoodie
• Jeans
• Eyeliner
• White foundation

Gang:

• Dark Hoodies
• Jeans
  

Second male character:

• Black T-shirts/hoodie
• Dark Jeans
• Eyeliner
• White foundation

Third male character:

• Long leather coat
• Black shirt
  
• Black Jeans
• Eyeliner
• White foundation
  

Anamatic

This is our finished anamatic.

Shot List

• Long shot
• Close up of hand
• Close ups
  
• Over the shoulder shot
• Medium shot
• Wide shot
• Tracking shot
• Action shot
• Reaction shot
• Group shot

We are going to break the 180 degree rule to add disorientation to our opening sequence.

Logo

Storyline

The opening is going to begin with white titles on a black background, which is very simplistic but effective. We are also going to have titles in some of the shots establishing the character. The scene is going to start in a graveyard where the lead character is visiting her sister’s gravestone, who she believes is dead but later in the film we find out she’s actually a vampire. The leading character can only remember the events of the last 2 days. After she has visited the grave, she then walks back home through the centre of town. During the time she notices some unusual things. People seem to be staring at her everywhere she goes but she doesn’t know why.

The storyline of the film is that at the beginning she is slowly turning into vampire. This happened 2 days previously at a rave when she was with her sister. Her sister died but she somehow managed to survive. The vampires are now out to get her as she appears ‘special’, but to begin with she doesn’t know, which is why she keeps getting strange looks everywhere she goes. Eventually, she starts to get flashback s of the night that she was bitten by a vampire and the brutal death of her sister by them. It is this that makes her want revenge and therefore leads her to fight the vampire race alone.

Blade

Similar to Blade, we are going to have the leading character fighting against other vampires to protect the human race. We like the camerawork used in this clip as it makes the vampires stand out by focusing on them for longer, and use slow motion too. Also, the way blade is revealed slowly rather than just showing him in one shot.

Possible Locations

• Graveyard
• City Scape
• Forest
• Warehouse
• Alley way
  

Underworld

In Underworld the narrative is about a war between Vampires and Lycans(werewolves). The opening sequence immediately starts with a fight between the two. The opening sets the scene for the rest of the film, as the weather is stormy and the overall scene features quite dark colours, often associated with the supernatural. This film shows a strong woman character as the lead, Celene who is a vampire.
In the opening, Celene acts as the narrator to begin with, explaining the conflict between the two species. We like the idea of having a narrative beginning to our opening sequence.

Supernatural Thriller Conventions

-Strong female character
-Often at night/stormy weather
-Supernatural powers
-Good vs Evil
-Elements of horror genre
-Ghosts, vampires etc.
-Questions???

A supernatural thriller is a film where the main character finds out some sort of unnatural powers they have i.e. Carrie being possessed by satin. Normally death and blood is involved throughout the film.

The Crow

In order to analyse the opening sequence of The Crow (Alex Proyas, 1994) I will look at the different micro and macro elements to see how they establish the characters and the narrative.

The opening sequence immediately opens with two titles, stating the main character, Brandon Lee, and then the name of the film, which are the only titles displayed in the opening sequence. This is unusual as an opening sequence often contains many titles. Straight after the titles it cuts to an above, wide shot of the city to establish the setting of the film. The audience is then informed that the date is the 30th October, ‘Devils Night’, or as we know it, Halloween. This instantly suggests that the date is of some significance to the film. The camera then moves above and between the rooftops of tall apartment blocks, creating the effect like it’s flying like a bird, linking to the name of the film ‘The Crow’.

The camera eventually reaches an apartment of which has a broken window, surrounded by paramedics and police, making the film immediately open with action, which will have a definite impact on the storyline. Coming from the apartment is an intense red light, like blood, suggesting that something dreadful has happened within and that it is the scene of a murder investigation. The intensity is added to by flashing cameras taking photos of important evidence, and flickering candles, some of which light up a pumpkin again to show the time of year. It is also the dead of night, which emphasises the events that have taken part. As the camera passes through buildings and rooftops, there are a number of fires, yet none of these appear significant compared to the events that have taken place in one small apartment.

The action is added to by the non-diegetic music, which builds from the simplistic, black and white titles. Diegetic sound is then additionally added, with haunting sirens and radio calls, which adds to the tension and importance of the consequential events. A young girl (Sarah) is also speaking over the top, which we are later introduced to in the opening sequence, who is one of the important characters to the film. She speaks of how a crow will bring a person’s soul back from the dead if it cannot rest to put the wrong things right.

We then find out that the apartment belongs to a couple who were going to get married that same day, Shelly Webster and Eric Draven. An above shot is shown directly looking down at the chaotic scene of ambulances, and a body being covered over, though we can’t see who the body is, we are informed it is Eric due to a conversation between a cop and the young girl, Sarah, after he lied to a dying Shelly that he was ok. As we are not introduced to Eric, this leaves much mystery about his character, giving the impression that it will not be the last we see of him.