First film draft

This is my first draft for my "Zs for All" movie opening. There is a lot of work to be done, for example the costumes are only half done for the main character and nothing was done for the zombie in this draft. I created the draft to not only get a feel of how the final version will look like but also to know what i need to change or add for the final shot. A few other things to change is continuity like closing the door and making sure props are in the right place.

Sound is also a big issue, in this draft most of the sound is cut out because the wind was to strong, for the end i will record ambient sound and place it over.

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 2 Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice Opening

Release date: 23 November 2005 (USA)

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Joe Wright

Writers: Jane Austen (novel), Deborah Moggach (Screenplay)

Stars: Keira Knightly, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn

Budget: $28,000,000 

Gross: $121,147,947

Production Co: Focus Features, Universal Pictures, Working Title, Studio Canal

Pride and Prejudice starts off with the Universal studios intro. The intro is normal as the universal theme is playing. After that is the Working Title Intro.

The Movie fades in to a nice quite establishing shot of a field and the forest. There is Diegetic sound of birds tweeting. This along with the mist and sunshine tells the audience it is dawn. This shot goes on for quite a while. It’s a time laps because you can see the sun rise. The shot starts 33seconds in and ends at 1:20. In the middle of the shot non-diegetic music starts playing. The music is soft and quit which goes along with the landscape, and tells the audience what genre the movie is. As the shot goes on text appears such as the title and companies. The main tittle is bright and bold; the text fades away slowly which again fits with the genre.

There is a cut to who we presume is the main character. Its medium close up from a low angle. There is some lens flare which backs up the peacefulness. The non-diegetic music keeps playing. As she reads she smiles and bits her finger, this tells the audience how immersed she is in the book and that she is most likely a bookworm. There is another cut to an over the shoulder shot of her reading the book. When she finishes the book she strokes it and sighs.

There is another cut to an establishing shot of her walking over a pond of some sorts. The audience can tell by her costume and location that this is not in our time. There is the diegetic sound of ducks and geese quacking as she walks by. There is a cut to a medium shot of her walking past drying sheets, she also walks past 2 women who are working out sides cleaning the sheets.

The tracking shot continues to focus on her until it stops at 2:06 where the camera goes through a door way. The dolly shot focuses on a woman playing the piano transforming the non-diegetic music in to diegetic music. The shot continuous as it pans to the right over a table of props giving the audience the idea that only women live here.

The camera finds focus back to the main character and an over the shoulder shot shows 2 people arguing. You can hear the diegetic sound of her walking up the steps and a man throwing seeds on the floor. The camera continous to follow her as see walks inside.