Re-thinking the Opening Sequence

Re-thinking the Opening Sequence

As aforementioned, it is no lie that the last time we filmed it did not go to plan. The main reason it did not go well in my opinion was the acting in general, as we are not a Hollywood film production group we couldn't exactly film with world star actors/actress'. After thinking it all through Alice and I came up with a better way to show the main character (Hannah's) feelings through many short clips put together.


We thought that the shots that may work the best are simplistic close-ups and mid-shots. We want to experiment with many different filters on the film as well because it can affect the mood e.g. Red lighting denotes love and romance.

 I like this shot because it emphasised the fact that this person is alone. This is what we are also trying to achieve as because of what has happened to our main character has left her isolated.





I also like this shot of the liquid being forced out of the can because to me it connotes someone deliberately ruining their life. This is like how the antagonist in our film took away Hannah's  innocence (and her voice). It is also very easy to re-create.




I love this mid-shot of a girls shadow for a few reasons. The first being how it shows rebellion. The second reason is how  shadow follows you everywhere, and in our film the loss of Hannah's innocence and her voice haunts her and follows her everywhere she goes.

 We have tried to do a  CU shot like this already and it worked very well. The shot denotes something sexual is going to happen - alike what happen's to Hannah later on in the film, it is foreshadowing the loss of innocence.





What I liked about these shots is the filters on them, it makes the mood cold and bitter yet also very vivid. In addition, when in slow motion it makes the film feel very intimate between the characters and the audience off-screen. I also like these shots as I feel it 'breaks the 4th wall' which involves the audience.

Brief on what we are doing:

The way in which we have now thought to do it is similar to these shots. For the first 45 seconds we wish to capture shots of Hannah where she is happy and 'normal' there are no signs of anything wrong. She will be talking away as if she is conversing with someone but the conversation is silent it will appear to be creepy. This will be followed by various shots of Hannah where she is 'happy' about 50 seconds the clips will begin to glitch and her mood and costume will change. It connotes that she is blocking out something really bad that has happened. It will show her being silent and depressed. Many clips will play forwards and backwards and seem 'glitchy'. It will show a few shots of where she is being operated on etc. This will confuse the audience and hopefully entice them.