The rundown of the opening sequence.

What we have organized so far.

The beginning: (location: Dan's room)
(Credits are shown written on the book as hand flicks back and forth to different pages[names written on separate pages])

First shot: Closeup of hand writing on an old copy of the yellow pages.
Second shot: medium shot on the killer's back.
Third shot: (Pan left) Closeup on writing hands on book.
fourth shot: static, book is slowly closed as the hands go over names and numbers. The book is slammed and the title is written on the front of the book. fadeout and the title continues to show.

The Kill scene: (Haslingfield quarry).

First shot: Music jumps and the body is shown (music stops after that, diagetic sound follows)
Second shot: Medium shot of detective looking around the horizon, the shot pans with the detective to the body and the detective endeavors to take photographs.
Third shot: Crouching mid shot from PoV of body. (mild dialogue spoken by the detective to himself) Credits shown to the right of the detective (detective on the left side of the shot), enter assistant when title has gone.
Fourth shot: long shot showing both characters side by side, with body. (dialogue)
Fifth shot: closeup on detective's face, with room to the side to show the assistant, more dialogue.
Sixth shot: closeup on assistant's face.
Seventh shot: closeup on detective's.
Eighth shot: Zoom in on the body
Ninth shot: zoom in on the eyes of the detective. (some dialogue still assistant leaves) gradual buildup of noise.

The final scene: (Dan's room)

First shot: the noise stops as a light is turned out by hand (queue Day-for-night)
Second shot: picture of man falling asleep, midshot of body on bed.
Third shot: shot of door with light coming from underneath it.(buildup of music)
Fourth shot: closeup on man's reaction
Fifth shot: Zoom in on shadows of the door.(music continues)
Sixth shot: man's eyes extreme closeup.
Seventh shot: Music stops for a moment. door is burst open and the title is shown again on black screen.

Location list

Potential locations that could be used include:
Haslingfield quarry
Longstanton golf-course
Tom Wright's house
Daniel Swanton's house

We have decided that to remove some work in asking the owners of the golf course for permission, we shall simply take shots and leave-- there should be no problem as far as shooting goes.

Here is the Animatic that our group has chosen, we have spent time going through the types of shot that we are considering shot duration, position, location and camera movements.
These are not all of the shots that we have considered, merely the beginning of the thought process of what the shots must contain in quality and diversity of camera location.

More work must and will be done later to ensure a range of shots and angles that reflect mood.
Scripting shall also be done before the shooting commences.

Further pitching ideas.

_UNLUCKY_NUMBERS_

We have decided to abandon the "running through the field" scene that we had previously envisioned, deciding it was perhaps too contrived for the plot.

Other potential scenes we could use:
1. Darkened room, low lighting, dusky setting (a use for Dayfornight so we can see characters)
2. Shots solving other crimes in Cambridge/Longroad?
3. Killing Scene? Involving the method of killing?

We've realized that being a genius mathematician, the killer would be unlikely to Knife his victims to death, so here are some alternate kill methods:
1.lures the victim into a trap and kills them by shooting them after telling them why.
2. poisons the victims with a deadly cocktail?
3. kidnaps victims and tortures them in a room of death?

Victims:
1. politicians
2. people of a certain bloodline
3. Phonebook people******

******gives Maths a chance to show, rather than just killing systematically for some kind of personal gain.

pitching feedback

we gave our idea to the class and got some of the following feedback;
- Too short perhaps?
- Some ideas and scenes might contrast with the overall plot/themes.
- Perhaps a little unoriginal.
- Some themes might be difficult to portray in a small amount of time.
- The topic is rather generic.

We have taken these ideas on board and will now spend some time revising the plot and the scenes we shall use.

Newpitching ideas.

"U(pi)lucky Numbers" Has been chosen.
Detective:tom wright
Killer:Dan Swanton
Extra-victim:

Settings: Cambridge, haslingfield, longstanton, longroad college,

Pitching.

Detective Thriller--
Potentual plots-
Detective solving a series of mathematical murders by genious killer?*
Killer that can't be found, has no fingerprints and no trace of DNA.
Killer who's next victim is the detective.
Killer who is a relation to the detective.
Killer who cannot die?

Potentual shots/locations.
Lots of shots of closeups of the killer's hands/equations.
darkened/dirty rooms candlelit? killer's identitiy is hidden by darkness.
Voice masker? longshots of the killer sitting in a darkened room at a
desk?

props: Voice masker, pictures of previous victims maths equations on sheets, fake blood for hands, suits for the detective, Notepad + pen, calling cards left on the victims bodies?

sound: slow, creepy music. potentually music put on by the killer, (CD player or tapes) maybe classical?

potential names--
U(pi)lucky (pi)umbers?
killer maths?
blood relation?

Pitching.

Two beginning ideas, Mobster Thriller- Dectective Thriller.
Detective thriller, unrealistic- few props, no adequate locations, limited cast.
Mobster Thriller chosen.

Mobster Thriller--
Potentual plots-
Killer attacking Hitman
Hitman being hunted by mob.*
Hitman doing an impossible/suicide job?
Hitman being set up by the target?

Potentual shots/locations to help with story development ideas:
Running in field (Haslingfield quarry?/Longstanton golfcourse) being chased- not certain from first few seconds. Hitman attacking hit, but it's the wrong one! and the mobguy's all like, you killed my son. Suddenly the hitman is the target.

uses of supercloseup, the super close ups will be used to see the hitman and the target's face. we will be using long distance shots to see the hitman or targets distance from eachother? freeze-frames, in order for photoshop of certain charaters.

potential props: suits for every character, plastic guns, fake blood capsules.

sounds: fast-pased music (james bond style) for the chases.

Potential names--
the after target?
the hit?
the mob relation?

Se7en

This movie opening for "se7en" includes some interesting use of extreme closeups and jerky camera movement.
This gives a somewhat disorientating effect for the audience which perhaps is reflective of the mood of the movie itself.

The titles are seemingly hand drawn, and give the impression that it has been hurredly put together- being fast moving and rather messy.

The opening scene is shrouded in mystery and darkness and you dont get a feel of what the main storyline might be, but you do get an idea of what the mood will be

"cityscape"

This is a rather long video I used to experiment with the music of the application "garage band". I tried to use a variety of musical styles within this short video, however the audio does run over the video somewhat.

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