ROUGHCUT

currently working on.

Currently we are working on the rough cut of our opening, the live action of our opening will be cut down to the certain parts we plan to use. Our live action footage that has been shot is just to establish our story and get the action started.
We need to decide the style of the freeze frames, we have ideas and samples it just a case of coming up with the finished product.

Freeze Frame Samples

We decided to create samples of what our freeze frame images could look like and what style it may be in.

Sample One.

* Simple background
* Poster Edge Filter - Making the person stand out
* Appropriate Text Style







Sample Two.

* Simple Background
* Filter - Highlights certain areas
* Same Text style


Sample Three.
* Simple Background
* Threshold Style
* Same text style, different layout.









Sample Four.
* Simple Background
* Black & White Effect
* Stars Added To Text









Sample Five


Simple light background
Same text style stars added for effect and to show importance
A filter added, stamp like filter.

Sample Six


Plain black background
Red overlay added to make the character stand out
Same text style


Sample Seven


Simple background
Blurred image and burn toll use down one side
Same text style



Sample Eight & Nine


Same text style
Gradient tool used on backgrounds
Same blurred image and burn tool used down one side.

Progress So Far.

Within our group so far we have look at different opening of different crime films, such as "Sin City" & "Snatch". We have made to analysis of both sequences, just explaining what we like and dislike, how the different effects look and how we could use them or something similar in our own sequence.

We have added the openings to the blog also, just so that there is that visual there, making it easier for other people to understand our analysis.

Our synopsis it very detailed and gives the story in a nutshell, telling people about the dialog, characters and the effects from other films and how we could use them.

The Mood Board we have created just shows how hackers come across, such as computers, codes and how hackers are seen as Geeks. Guns and buildings and film pictures just to show the crime side of our opening.

Mood Board

Many Different Factors and ideas helped us choose the images of this mood board.

• The landmarks/Skyscrapers represent wealth and power the hackers target.
• The circuit boards/computer equipment represent the technology used by the hackers.
• The Geeks pictured in the centre represent the personalities of the protagonists (The Hackers).
• The large Microsoft and Apple logos represent technology involved and also are the market leaders in operating systems and are recognisable to the audience. Furthermore it conveys the conflict and competition of the computing profession.
• Guns convey action, crime and violence which and strong factors of the story line.
• Red, Black and white colours represent the overall visual tone of the presentation.
• Sin City, 300 and Scarface images illustrated the comic book style/polarized images we are using to introduce the characters (as seen in snatch).