Foundation Portfolio

Action Plan
23rd/24th January - Location Research and Photography. Brainstorming session on opening, location photographs should help with gathering ideas.
25th-29th January - research Gathering through Facebook.
28th January - Audience research, filmed interviewing.
30th January - Post Poll about openings on a popular film forum site.
31st January - Write up Script for opening Dialogue.
1st February to 7th February - Sort out Actors and any props needed.

Audience Research
Questions for interviews could be what films they had recently seen, did it have a memorable opening, why in their opinion was it effective/how did it keep their attention, did it pass on to the next scene in a fluid manner?

After Hours - FIlm Opening
Mise en scene; From the old computer props and retro desk lamps we can straight away realise that the film is set in the 80's/90's, All the desk seems pretty much exactly the same and the general colour is a beigey sort of calming colour. This helps us identify the typical boring office scene very quickly.
Camera work; The camera work is fantastic as when 'Paul' walk over ti his desk and the camera tracks around him in a circle it then goes around the rest of the room showing his colleagues and such, and it's all done in one continuos tracking shot, which keeps the fluidity the scene and really keeps the attention of the viewer.
Editing; There is little editing as the camera only changes shot twice and these are quick and effective changes.
Sound; At the start we hear digetic sounds of bells ring very loud but echoing slightly as if they're very ambient, quite an effective way of making the viewer feel as if they have just woken up with Paul in the gutter. Also digetic sounds of leaves crunching under his feet and the plaster all over his suit cracking and falling of him as he gets up. We hear the elevator door open very rickety as if it's not a very well developed piece of technology i.e 80's technology. Once Paul sits down a Mazart pice begins to play. A very fluid cheery piece of music, it sort of creates the effect that they all the people in the office enjoy each others company and working there.

Boogie Nights - Film Opening
Mise en scene; Another 80's style film but this is an American 'hip' culture in a suburb of Los Angeles with a very fabulous mainly black cultured colourful parade of a night out. The Incredibly bright coloured suits with large lapels and massive shirt collars emphasises on the 80's vibe. We also see an American classic Cadillac style car parked outside the disco/club.
Camera work; The camera tilts and pans about then goes into a tracking shot following a car then dollies back to introduce us to our first character. We're then introduced to the club and another main character and his wife then the camera follows the lead character to the dane-floor and pans around him and a group of people who are introduced to us as more main characters. Then Dolly over to the table as we see the couple we met earlier then another character is introduced as the camera follows her across the club until the camera stops on the view of a young bar tender. Then the shot changes for the first time and we see the man who was on holiday again.
Editing; There is little editing as again most of the opening is just one fluid shot.
Sound; At the start we hear a Balkan style folk song which suddenly cuts out and we go in to a very cheery, upbeat Northern Soul/Disco track. Inside the club we hear lots of casual banter/chatter and glass clinking. Also when we are introduced to the main character's friends on the dance-floor we hear the unmistakable voice of John C. Reilly.