We have had to make some serious alterations with our opening. The handicam idea hardly worked, due to the camera hardly working in the poor light, but also because of little planning of shots. We have re-shaped the opening to it now being about a boy who comes home in the late afternoon, his parents have left a note saying they have gone out. He sits around watching TV and doing the usual things until he starts to hear noises and strange goings on. It will end with the camera zooming down the corridoor to display the man being inside the house, hopefully shocking the audience.
We are keeping the same costume and location. Just changing the storyline and actually using a proper chain of events and proper techniques/shots. For example long shots, tracking shots, close ups, etc (like in our preliminary) and wilderness woods. The titles will be changed to actually being on screen with the scene, but we do not know which font and what colour etc. to use yet. We believe that this way we will be able to complete the opening in time for the deadline next week in good quality, if we work hard enough.
This has come as a shock to us and we did not forecast this happening at all. Having said this our research and pitch have been really helpful to lead us in the right direction and generate ideas. We will completely re-shoot the entire opening tomorrow (wednesday the 13th).
boys, can you post some stills to go with your shoot analysis - about four will do
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