shot list

1)train tracks
2)train
3)outside station
4)focus on man
5)walk into station
6)look at public
7)back of head looking at timetable
8)look at his watch
9)start walking out
10)tracks
11)approach coffee place
12)look at man behind counter
13)ordering drink
14)look around
15)focus on table with newspaper
16)walks over
17)newspaper
18)sitting down
19)opens newspaper
20)scanning page
21)begins reading
22)looks up at noise
23)see noise
24)look at paper
25)flash at paper
26)image of hanging
27)back to normal paper
28)train passes
29)back to table
30) paper fades into credits
31)title

animatic plan.

Vague Idea

First shot will be someone sitting at train station looking at people walking past and writing things on a newspaper. there will be different shots of the person, slowly zooming out revealing their physical appearance. the camera will then switch between the main character and what he is looking at, for the final step of the opening sequence it will reveal what the person has been drawing which will be something to do with someone being hung.

The sequence will be constantly changing between the story and the credits which will be displayed in front of a background which we think will probably be similar to the student thriller opening 2007 "Surface". maybe some ink in water or something along those lines.

Together we found this opening sequence very effective for many different reasons. overall the combination of many effects has created a piece very appropriate for the genre using typical thriller conventions.
we really like the use of ink in water we think that the abstract idea mixed with the combination of footage creates suspense and interest for the audience.
The music in the opening sequence is appropriate and very effective. Both non-diegetic and diegetic sound have been used to there greatest potential. the way that we cant always see visual images of what is happening the audience has to use one sense (hearing) and their own imagination. this makes the audience dependent on the film to improve their knowledge about what will happen.
The use of black and white with the red, shows connotations to violence and mystery and the contrasts work well.
The colours that are used when the title comes up work well together and the music plus the cinematography compliment each other well.
Our only criticism would be that the end bit of footage reveals too much.

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stylistic conventions:-
mise en scene: For the fight scene there clothes are tared an d there faces are bruised

cinematography: Lots of different angles which gives a nice action/thriller effect. In the fight scene there are a lot of different frames, this keeps the viewer engaged in what's going on.

sound: Considering it's a thriller the music is quite quick and jumpy but at the same time it really works with everything that's going on.

Opening Sequence Analysis

Stylistic conventions( thriller):-
mise en scene:

cinematography:

• begins unfocused so that the audiecne knows nothing and creates tension until elements are revealed.
• camera distance varies: when watching the target in uses mid shot and long distance. but when showing the villain it reveals his identity bit by bit using extreme close ups then a close up to show his hole face. this creates suspense.

sound:

• The music goes from lullaby to heavy string (creating eerie and sinister effect)

editing:

• Slow motion when the mans shot creates suspense
• the view of the man through the gun highlights the target, and shows part of the plot of the film.
  

Narrative and character:

• Innocence of man shown though the affection for the child

themes and ideas:

• As the balloons fly off it shows the fun has completely gone and becomes serious,

• The central event is a crime (shooting)
• black and white distorted horses create mystery and disturbance.