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New chosen idea for opening title sequence

After the problems faced with the previous idea, we looked back on our previous favourite ideas.

We chose to narrow it down to my idea, about the hair-obsessed serial killer, or Monty's which was about the ex-boxer.
To decide which was better, we made a pros and cons list for each one to decide which was a better decision.

For my idea:

Monty's idea:

After this we came to the conclusion that we all preferred my idea but wanted to approach it in a Kyle Cooper style where there is no obvious storyline, but the opening is told through a series of non chronological shots that give a sense of character and plot.

PROBLEMS

As we progressed with the kidney stealing idea, we came across a variety of problems resulting in unavoidable obstacles.

The first was that the editing we had chosen, continuous cutaways to add context to the situation the audience is seeing, was too commonly used and meant that the opening was not original, which was our primary intention.

Another problem, was that our teacher viewed it as too stereotypical. This was because we wanted to set it in a basement which was seen in many thriller/serial killer films, therefore furthering that it was not original.

After these problems, we tried to think of another way to execute the opening title sequence but we could not come up with anything. This made us realise that the idea was too difficult to achieve, which meant we decided to scrap that idea and start fresh.

Timeline for opening title sequence - Kidney Stealing

First Brainstorm - Kidney Stealing idea

We all decided to choose the kidney stealing idea because it had the ability to be developed which meant we could all contribute and include something we all wanted. We made a brainstorm as a group to see what we wanted to include in it and to see where it was going.

3 favourite ideas

The group and I came to a decision on fourfavourite ideas.

The first one was Fernando's called 'Ain't no crime in the city' which was an opening title sequence that was about theft and that was to be shot in the London underground and in an alley off of brick lane. Although we all liked the idea of the opening and the storyline, the chosen location spots were a bit too ambitious as there was no feasible way we would have been able to film in the underground or in brick lane, with out the shots being interrupted. This was an immediate problem for us.

The second idea was Monty's called 'First Punch' which followed the waking up of an ex boxer, who was clearly successful, where he receives a letter which the audience can tell is bad. We all liked the style of the shots as they were simplistic yet effective, and we also liked the way Monty wanted to present the credits as they were illustrated interestingly. However, we were worried the boxing idea was overdone and not original, and that the plot did not seem to look like a thriller. This made us rethink the plot or maybe the idea being around boxing.

The third idea was my idea, which did not have a name at this point, which was about a serial killer who had a fetish for the beauty of hair and was collecting it through these murders of women. The group liked it because of the extreme close ups I described of the victim's body being smelt, as well as the originality of the storyline. However, we were worried that the cutaways I included to add context to the characters was too similar to the other groups so we therefore would have to rethink how we would do it.

The fourth idea was another one of Fernando's ideas which was very simplistic as he had not worked on it much, but followed the storyline of a girl having her kidney's stolen. This idea was original, one of the reasons why we liked it, and the simplicity of the idea meant that we all could work on it as a collective rather than one person sticking to their idea. The only problem was that we wanted to make sure it was not a cliché.

My Group

After presenting my ideas for an opening title sequence, our teacher assigned us into groups through a random generator app.
My group's strengths are that we are all very passionate about media which means we all will contribute and want to create an original and effective piece of film.
However, with this strength comes a weakness as there can be dominating characters within the group which means team work becomes harder.


For my opening thriller title sequence, I will be working with:



First ideas that I pitched to the class