Portfolio Week 3 Post #1 Class Discussion and Finalized Sequence

    Going into this week, one of my goals was to finalize the sequence of events for our film opening through class time discussion. So, today in class when we were given free time to work my group and I spent the entire period plotting out the sequence for our movie. Although, I laid out a sequence in my plot blog that was subject to change and change it did. We spent the whole period just discussing different ways to edit the initial idea into something we all felt embodied a horror opening we could be proud of. This is what we were able to do during the period:

Sequence of Events in the Opening

Rough Sequence of events my group and I decided on. This will be the basis for later planning parts like the script, storyboard, and music selection.

    As you can see, the sequence is a bit different from what I outlined in my previous blog. We decided to end it a bit differently with something like a clear continuation of the plot after the opening with the phone call which Cambridge likes. We also wanted to hide the method of killing and what happened to the MC and how he is seemingly replaced with the cutaway. This will hopefully add mystery to our opening as it is not exactly clear what happened but the audience can put 2 and 2 together and figure out something is definitely wrong. The reveal of the full face of the killer with it seemingly teleporting in the dark also adds to the mysteriousness of the thing and builds tension.

Filming Location and Time

    We also briefly discussed filming locations and times. We said that since everyone had a 2 story house it could be shot in anyone one of our houses. We also said that we definitely want to film next week or at least start likely over the weekend. It was also suggested that before we shoot everything we do some practice shot angle composition in the locations we planned to see if it will turn out well when we actually go to record and that we can make any necessary changes if something we planned does not work out.

Conclusion

    Next class, we hope to develop the storyboard to its completion actually thinking about the angles and shot types for the events in the sequence. This was a great start to the week in terms of productivity and I hope we can keep it up for the rest of the week and the weeks to come. Until next time, stay tuned!