Planning

When making a film opening sequence planning is essential in order to get things the way i would like. I think planning consists of location, props, time, and filming. We have a while to do our project, but time can be a problem if you have to do lots of shooting.

I do not have a lot to film at all, simply a puddle which will show a title (preferably when it is raining to set a melancholy mood), an army hat, and perhaps the young girl, but i could do a silhouette of this as this would probably be a better idea, as there are not many Victorian looking places in Cambridge, and since my opening has a lot of silhouettes of tanks etc this will blend well. Also, the footage that is actually filmed will make it level out so that there is simply not all silhouette effects.

The props i will need are not a lot either, all i need is an army hat, which i may be able to get from somebody in our media group, or just a simple old looking hat. Everything else as explained in the storyboard and Animatic, will be done in After Effects and Final Cut. This could be a problem as it will give me limited time, as i cannot use these programs in half term.

To overcome this, I could simply film in half term, or alternatively start the project and editing before half term, and then film what i need in half term and finish it when we come back to college. I will get footage of what i need from Google videos or youtube, and this would be unrecognizable because i would distort the videos creating them into silhouettes that the footage will probably not be recognized. My location therefore will be spent most of the time in class, working on the effects. I may also be out filming for the short parts i have to film, and may be out helping others with their film openings.







Here are a few videos i found on Youtube which i thought would perhaps be helpful for footage of tanks. I also found this video on Google video which i thought was good as it showed a variety of angles of a tank.