Log Lines For My Opening Title Sequence

'A police officer seeks revenge for the death of his partner, who was murdered by an infamous assassin.'

Armed and ready, a group of criminals have taken over abandoned warehouse, knowing that a group of agents are constantly on their trail.

Now or never, a group of armed criminals have to make a split second decision about whether to give up the fight or keep on running.

The log line that we have decided to use is 'A police officer seeks revenge for the death of his partner, who was murdered by an infamous assassin'. We have decided to use this because it gives us the opportunity to create a thriller opening sequence that is includes action, enigma and other conventions of thriller opening title sequences. This will thereby for fill the purpose of the sequence to be a thriller. However, it also gives us the opportunity to add a twist into the sequence, which may increase the enigma, tension and suspense that is in thriller films. The log line will also use mise en scene, to represent different social groups in the form of criminals and police officers.

Our Recreation Of The Opening Title Sequence (Memento)

Targets

There are many areas of which we could of improved during filming our preliminary task. One of these was lighting. During filming, we did not take into consideration the lighting and whether we should have made it brighter or darker, in order to of created an atmosphere or feeling towards a character.

Another aspect we could of improved on was script writing. the script that we wrote was not very clear on why the character needed to borrow the other characters phone. This therefore caused some confusion among the audience as they were thinking why does he need another phone? and  why has he given in another phone in case he does not trust him?

I feel that we could also improve the level of ICT that we have used to edit our film. This because we did not maximize the potential capability that the software (Adobe After Effects) had to offer, as we had basic knowledge of how to use to use it. 

I feel that we could also improve among the team communication among the group. This is because we did not communicate our individual ideas about the filming across very well, which could of led to some simple mistakes being corrected.

evaluation of skill developed

From completing the preliminary task, i have learnt how to film a conversation using the 180 degree rule.It is important to use the 180 degree rule in a conversation as it allows the audience to feel as though they are part of the conversation and receiving the information themselves about what is being said by the characters.

i also learned how to film match on action and why it is necessary in a film. Match on action is the filming of a particular event to make the audience think that it has actually happened. For example in our preliminary task, we filmed the character actually putting his hand on the door handle and opening the door. this make the audience believe that he has actually opened the door, and it has just opened by itself.

I also learned how to film a shot reverse shot. This involves filming a conversation over the characters shoulders. this makes the audience feel more involved in the conversation, which is crucial to them being interested in what the characters have to say.

I also developed the creative side to filming the task. This is because we had to come up with a situation which the preliminary task could take place and we could for fill what we needed to include (match on action, shot reverse shot, and the 180 degree rule). In our preliminary task, we created the situation that one character needed to borrow the other characters phone.

I also learnt the technical aspect of filming the task with the camera and tri pod. This is because I had to move the tri pod every time a new character spoke, as we needed to keep in line with the shot reverse shot. Further more we needed to ensure that we filmed on one side of the line created by the 180 degree rule, to ensure that we did not break it. Furthermore, I also learnt how to position the camera when filming a pan shot. This was difficult at first as the camera would be moving horizontally, which may bring the character closer to the camera while it is still panning round.

I also learnt how much space to leave between the characters and the camera to film a medium shot, long shot and close up shot of the characters. This can be important in films as certain shot sizes can connote different things about a character.

I learnt how to personalize the task to my liking by suggesting ideas that improved the look of the task. For example I suggested how a character might sit in order to ensure that their head does not cover an unnecessary amount of the shot when filming the shot reverse shot part of the task.

My group also had to carry out pre production work before we filmed the task, like a storyboard, location, equipment and shot list. This gives us good practice of what to do when we film our final product which is an opening title sequence.

Storyboard

Log Lines

A log line is a sentence that always poses a question to the audience to make them feel intrigued and what to see the film.

1. 'Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.' - Juno

2.  'A young woman steals $40000 from her employers client, and subsequently encounters a young hotel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.'

3. 'A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet riddled and without memory, then races to elude assassins and recover form amnesia'

A good website which uses log lines is IMDb - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088263/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Preliminary Task

In groups of no more then 4

Its a continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room, and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom he or she exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task must demonstrate match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule