R + P Post 8: Our opening sequence ideas, to include sound and titles

In our opening sequence our main character, Craig, gets ready to leave his house and go to school. However, he skips school and goes to the lake instead. Here he writes his most intimate thoughts and ideas in his notebook. Whilst doing this Craig witnesses another apparently gay character getting abused by bullies. Craig finally plucks up the courage to interject into the fight and defend the boy getting bullied, however, this results in a violent outburst in which he is punched.  

For sound we have decided to use acoustic instrumental version of the song 'Let it go' by James Bay. We have decided to re-record this song using only a guitar. We felt that this would give a raw edge to our soundtrack and suit our chosen genre of Indie. As well as the soundtrack, there will also be a voice over that runs at points throughout the opening and a small amount of dialogue during the conflict scene. 

For sound effects we have decided to use the 'white noise' and the sound of a punch. We wanted to use white noise to suggest the quiet rural setting and whilst also intensifying different moments. We wanted to use a punching sound as this would be expected in a scene of conflict and increases the naturalism of the sequence.

The titles within our opening sequence will include...

• Film 4 productions ident 
• BFI logo
• QUAK Films Presents
• Our film title
• Introducing Reuben Wooley
• Directed by...
• CRAIG

We chose these titles in order to stick to conventions for film openings. We took great inspiration from the film Elephant as they used 'b-roll' of scenes of nature for the background of their titles. We felt that this was very effective and gave the titles a more minimalistic feel. We chose to also include the name of our protagonist as a title at the end of the sequence as it helped to instantly give more information to the audience and signified the end of the film opening. However, we decided not to place the title of our film half way through the opening like in Elephant as we felt that it did not allow the film title to stand out a lot. We also researched many different types of fonts used within different film openings to gain inspiration from.

A mood board made by Pheobe of different styles within exsisting opening titles