Initial Ideas

Initial Ideas

Opening Credits

The film will begin with the 'Mystery Arts' logo introduction. This will be followed by our title sequence which will be a montage of shots which will tickle the audiences curiosity.  This will be made by Christopher Sziranyi. After this our actor, Gullaid Ibrahim will be seen walking through a council estate to investigate a murder. The film will carry out from there.

 

Colour

What type of colour should we use?

Low key lighting (Dark and shadowy). We will use After Effects to tint the footage to make it more gloomy and dark to create a sad, depressing effect.

Characters

Amount of characters

The majority of our audience believe that at least 2 characters are needed in the opening sequence to make it interesting. This is why we have chosen to use two characters in our title sequence. Originally we wanted to use the two characters, letting the audience see their faces but as we figured that that didn't have the correct effect, we decided to make one character a mystery.

Name: Tyrone Francis

Role: Actor/ Officer at the door

About Tyrone: During the filming of our first attempt at the opening scene, we used Tyrone Francis as the officer that stands outside the door and hands the documents over to Gullaid. He also made an appearance in the last shot of the opening scene as the murderer. Unfortunately, this first attempt turned out to be a rather underwhelming one and we decided it was best if we replace Tyrone with another actor that could bring more suspense to our opening sequence.

Name: 'Inspector' Gullaid Ibrahim

Role: Actor/ Officer in charge of the operation

About Gullaid: Gullaid Ibrahim was the Director of Delirium. He was also an actor in the film, taking the part of the main character 'Inspector Ibrahim'. Gullaid also found the group our shooting location. Although fairly lazy at times, Gullaid's positive attitude and dedication inspired the group as well as his 'STUNNING' smile! (see picture on the left)

Name: Thomas Tesfay (Also known as Tom)

Role: Actor/ Psycho Killer

About Tom: Tom is a close friend to all of the members of the group and agreed to help us out by playing the part of the murder towards the end of the opening to our film. However during our second take on shooting the opening and after feedback we came to the conclusion that Tom was too 'Nice'. This then gave us the idea to darken the picture when Tom comes onto the camera, not allowing the audience to see his face and keep them in suspense. We also distorted his voice making it deeper and more evil.

Genre

The majority of people preferred Thriller/Horror movies with the mystery factor. They like to be kept in suspense and surprised.

The least preferred genre was science-fiction.

Musical and comedy Genre were equally second preferred however it would be difficult to include factors from those two genres in a horror movie and still create the same effect which we wanted to create.

Equipment

During the production of our film opening, the group encountered some technical difficulties with the equipment provided. The computers were not allowing us to upload our rushes onto the computer so that we could edit them on Final Cut Pro. As a result of this we had to improvise and find other means of filming and editing independently since this happened towards the end of our deadline. In the end we used my handy cam and tripod. I also edited the footage at home in his bedroom using Sony Vegas Pro. Recording done by Shey Hinds Meikle. Below are pictures of the equipment:

 

           My Camera which we used to film our opening scene as well as the shots for the title sequence

The tripod used during the filming of Delirium!