initial ideas

Planning – Initial Ideas

Costume• Black suit/clothing• Dark colours

Sound• Music with credits• Non-diegetic

Characters• Antagonist in

shadows.• May not show

face of the antagonist.

Camera• Close ups.• Extreme close ups.• Maybe mid shot.

Colours• Black• Dark colours such as

blue, grey, brown, red.

Theme• Mystery• Crime

Film Inspirations• Se7en (seven) –

credits are excellent• Gosford Park• Along came the

spider• Kiss the girls

Setting• House• Dark room• Unknown location for the

audience.

Make up• I might not need any make up for

my film opening however I could use for colours or to add effect in the opening.

• Colours – red, black

Lighting• Very dark• Dim lights – candles or

torches• Small lights.

Editing• Fast paced – credits/what is

happening on screen• Flashing titles• Colours – red, black, white

titles/theme• Videos edited together quickly to

create suspense.

Props• Fingerprints, handprints –

could need make up to achieve this, or I could edit them on

• Money?• Highlighter• Paper• Pen• Photos of people• Blood – paint?• White powder to look like

drugs• Knife• Black bag to create

suspense. (optional)

Narrative• Antagonist in shadows highlighting words, tracing paper with his finger.

• Close up shots of the objects he’s tracing/objects on the table/room.