R+P Post 8: Our opening sequence idea

Our opening sequence will follow the date routine of our main character, Guy. It begins with a shot of an alarm clock and Guy getting out of bed. Feeling, invigorated after a shower, it is clear to see Guy's excitement as he skips along his hallway. After spending an age picking out an outfit, which turns out to be hideous, Guy does his hair which also looks ridiculous but Guy seems to think he looks good as shown by his dialogue where he is complimenting himself on how great he looks. He dances down the stairs and it is clear to see his flamboyant nature here. Guy then looks at the clock and realises he is very late. He curses and sprints out the house. We see him running up the hill to his date who is waiting outside a restaurant for him. When he arrives, he looks a mess and Bella, his date, makes up an excuse to leave. We see Guy's sad face and we cut to the title of the film, 'The Life of Guy'.

We have made a timeline to help us to map out our opening. It's useful in terms of helping us to realise what should happen, when it should happen and for how long.

Our Timeline

All of our titles will be overlayed apart from 'The Life of Guy' which will be on a black screen as it's the tile of our film. Also, our distributor, 20th Century Fox, will have its own title at the beginning which they use on all of their films. Our titles will mainly include the names of actors but also the name of the director. Our text will be in white as they overlay their text in white in 'John Tucker Must Die' which is similar to our film.

Most of the opening will be filmed in my house for all the inside scenes. We will then shoot in the surrounding streets and finally outside a restaurant where Bella will be waiting for Guy.

We will attempt to use continuity in a variety of places. We will use graphic matches in lots of different places and we will also use a shot reverse-shot when Guy has his brief conversation with Bella.

We will have a pretty upbeat song playing throughout the opening to connote the fact that we should also be excited for the date. However, the song will cut out when Bella leaves to highlight a sad(ish) silence.