Extra Ideas

If i have more screening time when my title sequence and car sequence is done, a good way to fill in that time would be it cuts to him closing the diary at night. He might buy his way in (using battery) to a small group in front of a fire place. The fire place is very good for mise-en-scene and if I show him buying using battery's then it makes it less obvious then saying it in the VO. If i can get this done in the short amount of time then I think that would boost my marks.

Voice Over Draft #1

This is a draft of the voice over that will be playing  through the opening scene. I constructed the voice over with research of movies such as "Zombieland" and used intertextuality from other zombie texts.

Zs, Zombies, Walker, Infected whatever you want to call them, their real. I’ve been walking among the Living dead now for about 2 years. Everyone I know is dead and I’ve learned to survive on my own.

People are still alive, there are settlements, or safe havens like I call them, scattered around mostly in rural areas, like forests and land roads. It’s a place to trade for ammo or food. The currency used is battery’s, well here in America at least, I don’t know what they use in Canada, or the rest of the world.

You go on one holiday around the world and all hell breaks loss.

Luckily winter is almost over but I better get back on the road if I want to make it to the north west of Canada before next winter.

Shot by Shot list

I created this shot by shot list to get a more detailed idea of how to film my video. The way I created it was by taking ideas from other movies that i have researched. The voice over is used in both Resident Evil and World War Z, both of which in someway signifies the narrative.

Shots	Descriptions	Sound
1	Establishing shot: Far away you see main character to the right of the screen walking along the road. A Zombie walks in shot from behind the camera.	Start with Non-Diegetic sound of zombie until the zombie walks in the shot it becomes diegetic.
2	Long-shot, tracking shot of main character walking along the road, clear sight of main character costume.	VO: “Its been around 1 years and around 10 months if I had to guess”
3	Medium shot, tracking shot of main character walking while in the background you can see a zombie far away.	VO: “That’s not since it started, that’s the last time I saw them”
4	Over the Shoulder of main character you see a car in the background.	VO: “My Family that is, not the Zs, I see them every day”
5	Camera on top of car. Extreme long shot of main characters.	VO: “ The end of the world was about 2 years ago”
6	Rats eye view you see broken glass as well as main character in the background.	VO: “There is nothing left”
7	Long shot of run down car with broken backdoor window. Main character walks into shot from right side.	VO: “The only reason I’m writing this is to keep me sane.”
8	Camera looking into car door mirror from the inside of the car. Main characters head in the mirror.	VO: “If that’s even possible”
9	Camera inside car low angle looking up at main character through broken car door window.	VO: “There isn’t a lot to write about seeing as no one will read this but I might as well-”
10	Over the shoulder of main character looking In broken car door window. You see a body lying in the back seat of the car.	VO: “-talk about what the world has become”
11	Camera outside of car. Long shot of main character puts the bow on top of the car and takes of backpack. Takes an arrow out of back pack.	VO: “Not all humans are gone, the strong ones or the crazy ones are the ones that have survived so far.”
12	Over the shoulder of main character uses arrow to poke the corps. Nothing happens.	VO: “The sane ones are trying to start a new era, “
13	Camera outside of car main character walks out of shot behind the car.	VO: “They do this by creating Safe Havens.”
14	Camera inside car facing back window, you see main character walk past.	VO: “Safe Havens are places where people go to trade or take a breather.”
15	Over the shoulder of main character as he walks to the right side back door.	VO: “Dollars are useless now so the only thing they will trade for is batteries.”
16	Camera inside car from driver’s seat looking at main character open door.	VO: “You trade to stoke up on food or ammo mostly, well me at least”
17	Close up of main characters knife which is strapped to his leg. He takes the knife out of holster.	VO: “No one stays in the cities as they are over runned with Zs.”
18	Back to camera inside of car. He takes knife and stabs the corps in the head. The corps is wearing a hoody so you don’t fully see when its stabbed in the head.	VO: “I stay in the country side or small towns,”
19	He walks back to his backpack camera is behind car.	VO: “as there are less Zs and safe havens there.
20	He stands next to his backpack and takes out a bottle of water.	VO: “Seeing as sound attracts them,”
21	Close up of his face as he takes of his glasses and mask.	VO: “the smartest weapons to use are a bow or knife,
22	Medium shot of him taking a sip of the water.	VO: “a silenced weapon would also work.”
23	Long shot of him putting down the water and opening the front door.	VO: “Destroying both parts of the brain kills them”
24	Camera filming from passenger side, all in one take. He looks in the cantered glove compartment and finds a camera. He opens the camera takes out the battery and puts it in his pocket.	VO: “Well Im of to Canada,”
25	Camera cuts to an over the shoulder as he looks in the glove compartment and finds a Walter P99.	VO: “I need to get there before next winter comes.”
26	Camera outside of car as Main character walks out of the car and puts gun in his backpack.	VO: “I have a long road ahead if I want to make it to Russia
27	He picks up his backpack and picks up his bow.
28	Camera on the hood of the car as main character walks past with zombie in the background.
29	High angle camera behind main character as he continuous to follow the road. Slowly fades to black.
30	Main title fades in.
31	Fades to an establishing shot of forest. In the shot you see a campfire with the main character sitting next to it.
32	There is a close up of him writing in his diary.

Opening 10 (my genre) Resident Evil

Information: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWUT4CXWcwQ

Ratings: 6.7/10 IMDB 33% Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/resident_evil/

Release Date: 15 March 2002 (USA)

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror

Age Rating: R

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Writers: Paul W.S. Anderson

Stars: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Ryan McCluskey

Budget: $33,000,000

Gross: $102,441,078

Synopsis: A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.

Opening Length: 1:15

Idents:

Screen Gems – Normal

Text: In order

SCREEN GEMS PRESENT – White text, black background, Left and centred.

CONSTANTIN FILM PRESENT – White text, black background, Centred and centred.

DAVIS FILMS PRESENT – White text, black background, Right and centred.

RESIDENT EVIL – Futuristic font, grey text, Red background., Fades away to black screen.

Sound:

After the Ident mysterious sounding music starts playing. After the First text the intro starts with a lot of sci-fi sounds as text pops up on the screen, the text is read through a VO telling the narrative of the movie. The mysterious music keeps playing until the title comes up then the music changes to more sci-fi. All the sounds used are non-diegetic.

Editing:

The text fades in and out in the start, the text used in the VO sequence looks like its being typed to fit with the sci-fi looking background and Fantasy genre.

Opening 7 (zombie genre) Zombieland

Information: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156398/

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1-jFLlHLPw

Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zombieland/

Rating: 7.7/10 IMDB 89% Rotten Tomatoes

Behind the scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb0VFNeMTL8

Release Date: 2 October 2009 (USA)

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Horror

Age Rating: R

Director: Ruben Fleischer

Writers: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick

Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin

Budget: $23,600,000

Gross: 102,391,540

Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Pariah

Synopsis: A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the last Twinkie, and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park join forces to travel across a zombie-filled America.

Length of title sequence: 1:44 min

Idents:

Columbia – Normal

Text: In order (starts 3:10 in)(3D text, interacts with the clip)

COLUMBIA PICTIRES PRESENTS – Red text, low angle zombie throws man off tower.

IN ASSOCIATION WITH RELATIVITY MEDIA – Red text, Medium shot of zombie.

A PARIAH PRODUCTION – Red Text, Woman running from zombie.

WOODY HARRELSON – Red text, homeless man being eaten.

JESSE EISENBERG – Red text, long shot man running from zombies.

EMMA STONE – Red text, same shot as Jesse Eisenberg.

AND ABIGAIL BRESLIN – Red text, medium shot riot police fighting zombies.

ZOMIELAND – Red text, Italic, medium shot of many breaking glass along with the.

CASTING BY JOHN PAPSIDERA CSA – Red text, Long shot man running from zombie,

COSTUME DESIGNER MAGALIGUIDASCI – Red text, same shot,

MUSIC BY DAVID SARDY – Red text, same shot,

EDITED BY PETER AMUNDSON ALAN BAUMGARTEN, ACE – Red Text, zombie tackling worker,

PRODUCTION DESIGNER MAHER AHMAD – Red text, father and son running from zombies,

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MICHAEL BONVILLAIN, ACS – Red text, fireman running from zombie,

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS EZRA SWERDLOW PAUL WERNICK RHETT REESE RYAN KAVANAUGH – Red text, same shot as before,

PRODUCED BY GAVIN POLONE – Red text, Man shooting AK-47 at zombies.

WRITTEN BY RHETT REESE & PAUL WERNICK – Red text, same shot as before.

DIRECTED BY RUBEN FLEISCHER – Red text, low angle of zombie hitting window.

Editing:

After the ident it fades to black, then it fades in to the American flag. It slowly zooms out to a POV handheld camera of the congress. This is when you see the first zombie, which establishes the genre. The next transition zooms out so you see the world on fire and it zooms back in. In the opening scene there is only cuts used except at the end where it fades out. In the title sequence there are only fades used which looks smooth along with the slow motion of zombies running.

Mise-en-scene:

Throughout the title sequence you see zombies. The slow motion captious the horror made from the costumes and well done make up. The props used also back up the genre such as the AK-47, and burning car. All the zombies have blood dripping from their mouths and have cuts and bruises.

Sound:

At the start you hear a VO establishing the narrative. The American national anthem is played put sounds rusty. This suggest the end of the world as well as the diegetic on-screen sound of zombies grunting and screaming. When the zombie burbs it emphasises the comedy genre of the movie. The VO also says the name of the movie Zombieland. When the title sequence is playing rock music is playing as people fight zombies in slow motion. There is no diegetic sound as the only thing you hear is the music. At the end a zombie crashes into a car window when this happens you hear the diegetic sound of the glass breaking as well as a church bell.

Conclusion
Having looked at the order of the titles I expected the idents and company names to appear first (which they did) followed up by the names of the actors. I expect the title of the movie to appear least but here it appears in the middle with the caster, musician, costume designer, etc after the title. I think I will follow the same order I think, bar having the movie title appear in the middle

Opening 3 Love Actually

Love Actually Opening

Information: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314331/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eCb8w8SRAk

Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/love_actually/

Release Date: 14 November 2003 (USA)

Rating: R

Director: Richard Curtis

Writers: Richard Curtis

Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson

Budget: $45,000,000

Gross: $246,942,017

Production Co: Universal Pictures, StudionCanal, Working Title, DNA Films

Synopsis: Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

The movie starts off with the Universal intro, then studio canal and finally working title.

It fades in to a tracking shot of a woman walking towards a man. There is non-diegetic music that starts to play. The woman is wearing a large backpack indicating she’s been away for a while. When they meet he hugs her and you can see relief in his face as he strokes her hair and kisses her. It is a medium close up and they are the only thing that’s in focus.

It then cuts to the camera zooming in and out to kids running and hugging a woman. It is in slow motion so the audience can see the emotion. The camera stops zooming when the little girls face is in focus. You can see real happiness as the girl smiles when hugging.

There is another cut to two old people hugging and kissing it is also in slow-motion and a medium close up so the audience can see the happiness and relief in the people’s faces.

It cuts again to a mother picking her daughter up and kissing her. The Non-diegetic slow music is still playing. A voice over is heard of a man talking. The VO tells the audience that the footage is from Heathrow airport.

As the voice over and music play the camera cuts again to medium shot of a mother and daughter hugging. It cuts again to more people hugging. As the voice over talks about how love is all around, that love can be mothers and daughters, father and sons, friends, etc. A video of those couples hugging appear.  After a bunch of clips at the Heathrow airport at 1:53 the VO says “Love Actually Is all around” the words come up on screen and the words fade except Love actually. The word love turns red.

The video fades to black and all you see is Love Actually. The non-Diegetic music stops as well as the VO. The words fade as a medium close up of a man is shown dancing to Diegetic of screen music. He then starts singing wet wet wets “Love is all around”. It cuts to a long shot of the chorus singing as well as the man singing. The audience know they are in a studio by looking at the props used. This is when all the music becomes Diegetic.

It cuts again to a long medium shot of the producer, and other people working at the studio. There is a continuity edit of the singer and the producer. When it cuts back to the producer it’s a medium shot and you can see he is disappointed. The continuity shot continuous as they talk about the origin wet wet wet song. Whenever the music is playing you see the actors names pop up with one letter being red witch fits with the Christmas and love genre.

You can see the producers face is filled with joy when the singer sings the write word for the third time. It cuts to the singer signing as the camera slowly moves away from the singer to a long high angle shot of the singer and chorus. The continuity shots continue as the song goes on and everyone is dancing. It the cuts at 4:02. 

The music signifies the genre and the voice over anchors the rom-com genre when he says the name of the movie. The accent anchors where the movie is set, and the airport is an iconic sign of Britain.