Oliver Turner AS MEDIA: Opening scene to own film

Initial ideas- Running scene- Guy on his mobile phone talking to his accomplice at the train station
( camera flits from each character showing the journey) On a mission to smuggle things out of the country.

Development- 

Starts in interrogation? Police officer asks questions about the diamonds...
Start to hear running...Fades from black and white > colour or other way round. ( Goes back in time to before he got caught)

Running through the city- on pavement, streets, alleyways- on the phone 'texts' or 'calls' people along the route ( all on the phone to each other) Diamond is passed discretely from person to person. See the train leaving the station- UNKNOWN as to whether it has left or not

Final idea- 

• Interrogator starts off asking questions ( small dark room with a tiny window and a chair in the middle).
• The suspect is sitting on the chair with his arms tied behind his back ( spotlight on his face, making him feel uncomfortable). ( paper bag pulled off his head). Suspect starts to speak...as he looks up at interrogator we start to hear the sounds of someone running.

The sound gets louder and louder and eventually it fades to a different scene. Camera focuses on a man running through alleyways and streets, then, he discreetly passes a diamond to another character, slipping it into his pocket. The other character gets away... Cuts back to the Interrogation and the colour comes back? (Shows that it is present time). Interrogator- 'Go on...', then it cuts to the main titles.

Essentially, the idea revolves around this chase scene which is the main focus of the entire scene. The reason I have chosen a chase is because this is fast-paced and would keep the audience entertained throughout as opposed to films with little action. However, the initial couple of seconds is the interrogation scene where we are introduced to one of our villains/criminals. The frame is pitch black for at least one second before a light is switched on. This could be flickering and seemingly artificial-not a candlelight to tell the audience we are in the 21st century. The entire scene will be black and white as to add to the suspicious atmosphere of the scene but also to signify that we are in the present. Our villain is seen sitting on a chair or stool in the centre of the room, he is blindfolded (either duct tape or bag over his head) and is tied up with rope, his hands behind his back. From here, there will be several medium/extreme close-ups of the face and hands, revealing a closer look at the bruises and cuts on the skin (we will need to use make-up for this to add the bruises). There will then be a short exchange between our villain and another man. At first we cannot see this man but after hearing his deep, rough cockney accent the man steps out of the dark and confronts the prisoner. He is wearing a long, black trench coat and hat with badges on to show he is of status and a member of the police force. 

The camera then fades or splits to the chase scene where another villain is seen running down the street and through alleyways. He holds a suspicious looking brown briefcase that is battered, his hand firmly gripped on the handle to show it is of particular importance. This scene will last for quite a long time with intermittent titles or text overlays in the bottom right of the frame. This criminal then quickly throws the briefcase over to the secondary criminal before getting caught (he turns down an alleyway and is confronted by a security guard). The other man then takes the case and runs off. We follow him for a period of time using some long shots to get an overall perspective of the location and setting. We then fade back into the interrogation scene where the man is now shouting. He opens the suitcase that is on the table. It is empty. The suitcase has obviously been switched which leads the interrogator to raise his gun (after effect here) and the it cuts out and the title is seen as an animation.

 Mood board and plan-

Casting-

• Tom Coath
• Charlie Fraser
• Laura English

Setting-

Norwich- alleyways and quiet streets, the underpass ( go to moodboard)



 
















What time of day? 
We will probably film in the day time as this is the most convenient time for all of our cast members. This will also allow for sufficient light that we can use to our advantage whilst filming. However, some parts of the film will need to be edited as to make the scene darker and appear more like the evening/night.

Music-

'Nothing left to say' by Imagine Dragons

I must also consider copyright free music in my opening sequence. I have used sites such as "bensound" and "incompetech".  These allow me to find completely copyright free sounds which were appropriate for each scene. For example, more slow tempo music will be used (quieter pitch) in the interrogation room but the chase scene would use more fast-paced action styled music.

Costume-
For the costumes of our cast we must consider what would be most suitable, especially considering our film genre is action. Both the villains will be dressed in all-black suits with a white shirt and sunglasses. This will make them stand out from the other people in the film but also suggest that they are of a particular importance as opposed to if they were just dressed in casual clothes. For the interrogator, he will wear a long black trench coat, a bowler hat, and boots. The boots will be worn so we can hear the footsteps (we could manually make this sound on a table or similar surface up to a mic).


Props-I am unsure at this point as to whether we will actually need many props for our film. Our main focus will be on the sorts of clothes our characters will wear (interrogator will have a long trench coat and victim will most likely wear regular clothes and trainers) but also make-up? 
Props we could use for the boiler/interrogation room: 

• Empty glass and wine bottle
• Open Books 
• Desolate chairs
• Fake Blood paint for walls? 

Lighting-
Camera shots and angles-We will most likely employ the use of smooth pans shots to engage the viewer and allow for a greater perspective of the background and location. We may also use tilt shots although this might not be necessary for the style of film. I can envisage possibly a crab shot, allowing us to see a portion of a scene and adding a sense of realism.