Costume and Props

For the scene where the character is in the forest sitting on the bench, I will have him dressed in stereotypical normal clothing for a teenage boy, this will consist of casual clothing, dark jeans and a white t-shirt with a hoodie on but the hood down. This to create the idea that this character is a normal person, making the audience wonder why they are in the woods and how this could possibly be related to the chase scene. 

For the chase scene I will use costumes more carefully, I will have the actor dressed in shabby clothing, trying to create the look that he was caught unaware and has been wearing these clothes for days. I will use clothes that are torn and dirty in order to make this seem realistic and make him seem rugged and worn out.

Location Research

Location Research
I will need to look into two locations for my research, one for the forest scene and one for the chase scene. I have planned both locations so they are local in order to make filming easier and so I have a good knowledge of the area. For the forest scene I need a bench surrounded by forest, I want to find an area with no signs or bins so the area seems more natural and relaxing as if it is untouched by human kind even though it is obviously not. For the chase scene all I need is a quiet road near school, the houses along the road do not matter so much as most shots will either be close ups where not much of the road is visible or soft focus shots so you cannot make out details on the houses. There will also be motion blur from the quick movement so the focus will not be on the houses. This means I can use the same area of the road more than once from different angles and it will not be obvious.

Forest Scene

For my forest scene I have chosen to use a park, their are two parks nearby that have large areas of forest, I have chosen to use Cheam Park as it is very close to the school and has everything I need for the shots I have planned. In the park there is a small clearing with a bench in the centre, this would be the perfect place to film the forest scene.

Chase Scene
I have  chosen to use the roads outside my house as they are easily accessible and are not very busy so I will not have to worry about looking out for cars when we are filming. This means we can have someone keeping an eye on the road and warning us about cars while we film someone running down the middle of the road and manoeuvring as he needs to.

Soundtrack Research

I needed copyright-free music to use for the soundtrack of my opening, I looked around alot of copyright-free music websites but couldn't find anything so I looked on youtube for small independant artists who create music that you can use for free without having to worry about copyright. I found someone called Josh A on youtube who produces the kind of music I was after, I found a song called This Is War that is upbeat and would fit some of my scenes well.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4n6rcyL2eI
I plan on using this music in the background of the sequence where there is fast paced action with quick shots and movements so the quick tempo of the music fits with the action. I also found another piece of music that is copyright-free produced by a youtube soundtrack creator called Winside, the song, Reapers, would fit well with the action of the scene also but is more chaotic which I think will fit well with the chaotic nature of the chase scene.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZnzcJNPP3c


I also found a range of websites dedicated to royalty free music, some of the sites have categories to make it easier to find certain types of music with different tempos and pitches so I can choose soundtracks that fit with the scenes. Here are some of the more useful sites I found:

freemusicarchive.org

freestockmusic.com

bensound.com

Font Research

I researched some fonts that I could use in my opening titles that would fit the theme of the film, I used some different font websites using the word 'Action' to test how each font looked. Here are some of my favourites:

They each fit the film but they each represent the film in a different way, the top right one is very bold and would fit a superhero movie becuase of its big letters, the bottom left one would fit a horror film more because of its font, it looks like someone has written it very frantically. The bottom right one would fit the film quite well and I like how it has little sections cut out of each letter so it is not your usual font.

Peer Assessment.

Targets.

• Do more analysis and detail on "The Proposal".
• screen grabs of Kamini's blog. 
• Opening of films analysis. Use YouTube video then evaluate.
• Font research explain why the chosen one would be the best. 

Strengths.

• Well detailed analysis on age certificate.
• Detailed explanation of opening of the film.
• Sound research well analysed and explanation of why you chose them. 
• Detailed analysis of Institution, good use of Youtube video.
• Good use of technological convergence. 

Film Opening Ideas - So far

My film opening will consist of a mixture of two very different scenarios cut together, one is a slow, peaceful and relaxed scene of a boy sitting in a forest, listening to music and relaxing. The other is the same boy but beaten up, cuts and bruises with dirty and torn clothes, running as fast as he can down a street, sliding over car bonnets and swerving around people, trying to get away from something.

The opening will start with the credits which I will choose carefully to create a dark, serious and tense atmosphere and it will fade out to a still, quiet scene with subtle quiet noises such as the wind in the trees and birds singing as the shot fades in, a bright shot of a forest in daylight with a bench in the centre. The boy walks over slowly and sits on the bench, putting earphones in and listening to music. I will edit the music in over the top as a non-digetic sound and try to make it sound as if it is coming through his headphones. 

It will then cut to the next scenario quickly of the same boy in the chase scene. This scene will consist of very quick cuts from quite extreme low or high angles to create the sense of confusion as the boy runs quickly navigating obstacles and dodging the odd person. The music for this scene will cut into the fastest, loudest  part of the soundtrack I have chosen to make it seem as if the viewer has been thrown in to this scenario with no idea what is going on and make the viewer feel like they are being thrown around, wondering why the character is running.

Quite suddenly it will cut back to the scene in the forest where the main character, the boy, is still sitting down, listening to music and relaxing, creating the idea that the boy is oblivious to the horror that is happening/has happened/is going to happen by using extreme opposites. The sudden calmness after the fast paced, loud chase makes gives the viewer time to relax again and form questions in their mind as to what is going on.

These cuts continue with no explanation as to what is happening and how these events are linked until a cut of the person on the bench changes slightly. The person checks their watch and sighs, putting their headphones away and pulling out something from their pocket, typing into it and placing it on the bench before walking out of shot.