2/20 Camrbidge Portfolio Planning: Decision

    I have finally made a final choice for what my film opening will be. In my last blog post, I talked about two examples of concepts for what my opening could be. I actually ended up choosing one from those two, which is the opening involving a post-apocalyptic setting. Since I've already come up with the base concept, I'll be discussing my initial plans for this particular opening. First off, my main plan for this opening is to create a sense of mystery, and to make it hook the audience. Even though it takes place after some kind of disaster or apocalypse, I will not be revealing too much of the fact. The reason I choose to do this is, again, for mystery, and I would like the audience to try to figure out things for themselves. That's part of what makes a film opening great and effective.I have not thought out an entire shot-by-shot composition of this opening yet, but I will describe an overview of the tone I am looking for and possible techniques to achieve it. 

    First off, I want the opening to have absolutely no dialogue, or at most 2 words. The main character in this scene will be the only person, as everyone else seems to be missing. He'll also have no idea of where he is. He will look outside, go around, and notice certain elements in the environment that allude to what really happened. All of these different elements will develop questions in the viewers' heads, such as "what happened here?" or "where is everyone?" and try to piece those things together. The reason I might consider two spoken words is the possibility of the character shouting for someone. I would like the front of the characters head to be in frame a lot of the time, specifically to show his confusion, since I want to convey the fact that he knows just as much about what's happening as much as the audience does. I will discuss more about these plans tomorrow, but for the time being, I need to finalize my plans for this specific scene.