The Group

The other day our media teacher setup our groups for our coursework project. So created this short video to show you what we have got up to this week.
Here is a Prezi created by Hayden on what we got up to, and what ideas we came up with in the group.

Here are the storyboards we drew up.

Opening Titles Sequence Ideas

IDEA 1

My first idea is a story of a young American boy who has struggled with his education. He sort of a class clown, a well-liked character. For example he looks for trouble, as he pressures his friend to take his Dad’s guns with him, but all they do is check them out, however our main character is seen to love the power. However this time he gets down to work, he spends hours and hours revising for his final exams. However he finds the more time he spends isolated and separate from society to study, the more and more introverted he becomes. After his exams his mother worries about his social awkwardness and his constant sadness, so she takes him to a doctor. He is prescribed Prozac, an antidepressant drug. However everything because becomes black and white, as he becomes sedated by the drug the more his empathy decreases. He is unable to relate to people. In his frustration he slips down a road of despair. He begins to identify with the columbine shooters and other school shooting Prozac victims. He begins modelling their behaviour, he is new twisted negative whirlwind of an idea becomes his new hobby. He begins making cheap homemade bombs. Then he goes back to his dads pistols. The story is concluded by the boy walking into school armed with two semi-automatics.

Now the opening title sequences for this piece would be very similar to the style of Kyle Coopers opening to Se7en. The music/sound used throughout the piece would have to be very influential and unnerving. What the opening title sequence would show would be, video of excessive writing, then video of a young boy swallowing pills. There would be a lot of cuts, for example of the Prozac bottles, and then the swallowing of the pills. Then the googling of guns, the columbine shootings, and similar activities. Building interest and intrigue.

DEVELOPMENTS…

This idea developed could start with him going to the school with the guns. And the rest of the film would show his Tyranny and act within the school lunch hall, while he gets flashbacks to what got him to that place. Every time he gets a flashback he takes another pill. So he begins to puke, and once the medication is out his system he can’t live within himself knowing what he has done. His humanity has come back. He regrets everything. He begins running through the canteen shouting ‘I am sorry… I’m sorry’ as tears stream down his face, he grabs one of the students as a hostages, and takes him outside with him, where he is confronted by the police. He throws her to the ground and pulls out his empty pistol as he is shot to death.

The opening sequence for this would consist of the boy, on his way to school, on the school bus. All the activity around him is ecstatic, however he sits calm and collected. He goes through his bag school bag and the audience gets glimpses of what looks like to be just some metal objects and some highlighted pieces of papers on the columbine shootings. He pulls out a tub of Prozac and pops a pill. Then there are a few pop shots of the pill being swallowed and then everything desaturates to a black and white. Everyone leaves the bus as he solemnly sits on the bus, he grabs his stuff in a controlled manner and walks towards the school. Cuts to titles.

IDEA 2

My second idea is of a CEO for Ford, who indirectly kills thousands a year due to the greed for more profit. The basis of this story is how all who make up this corporation are aware of their damage upon the people, however they don't care to accept responsibility. He lives the high life, while thousands of deaths compensate for his own gain. However after a while his Ford goes under investigation, and he begins to loses his sh*t. The audience believes that at last he is going to get what he deserves. However at the last minute he gets to escape the system. And only needs to spend three months away in another country (pretty much go on holiday) and the authorities can’t get him

The opening title sequence to this idea would be the CEO, narrating his daily lifestyle, him walking the audience through his experience every day. While he throughs out the statistics of people who die by care accidents, compared to the minority of people who die from drugs, however the government do not care to make vehicles more safe due to the corporations lobbying for the government. We finally end the title sequence with the CEO saying how he still wants more of this lavish lifestyle.

The opening title sequence to this idea would be the CEO, narrating his daily lifestyle, him walking the audience through his experience every day. While he throws out the statistics of people who die by care accidents, compared to the minority of people who die from drugs, however the government do not care to make vehicles more safe due to the corporations lobbying for the government. We finally end the title sequence with the CEO saying how he still wants more of this lavish lifestyle.

IDEA 3

My third idea is of a teacher, who is not just motivational but is just a lovely person, however there is always something about him that is not right, as him he has slight autism. He clearly cares for the people around him but as well has this very confident demeanor. While the story develops as he becomes very close to this new female teacher which he continually gives the eye to. And his student consistently egg him on to make a move. Near to the end of the story he eventually gets her back to his place. The a passionately kissing while ripping each other’s clothes off, and as the teacher troughs the female teacher onto the bed the camera slowly cranes down to see tied up dead bodies underneath his bed.

The opening title sequence to this piece would the teachers job interview. We would see him before he goes in, waiting and the camera is dolling in as the sound builds, and then thats cut by the assistant telling him he can go through. We see his charismatic character and his manipulative ways. And while we know something is wrong we begin to love his character. However when the headmaster excitedly announces he is hired, the weird unnerving sound build begins again as the camera dollies towards the teacher. Cuts to titles.

IDEA 4

My fourth and last idea would be a story of the serial killer/cannibal Hannibal Lecter. The story would be based around Hannibal Lecter’s disgusting animalistic behavior to his patients. As a psychologist Hannibal would have the chance to hear about all different types of peoples problems, however if their issues where horrific enough he would invite these patients to dine round his place. While at this point the audience doesn't know about his serial killer tendencies till one patient comes along who continually gloats about raping and killing children, till one day Hannibal can’t take it anymore and he kills his patient. However the audience emphasizes with his behavior due to the patients disgusting traits. When the story builds up to this climatic killing at the end, the story finishes with Hannibal cooking the meat of the patient in a beautiful majestic way, then devouring it with another of his patients.

The opening title sequence for this piece, would be a cooking sequence. There would be a man in a kitchen cooking really majestically and beautifully. The reds within the seen would really pop as this character would cook really rare meat. The title would come in at the end of the cooking sequence when the whole meal is put in the oven to roast and the oven closes.