Monday, 14 February 2011

Analysing other opening sequences

Halloween- VERY simple opening with the black background and the pumpkin being the only shot. However, the music is very effective and that's what makes the opening sequence good. The music, pumkpin and black background give us an extremely spooky and creepy feeling which fits the genre and storyline.

This showed me that the opening sequence doesn't always have to be very complex! This is anextremely simple opening sequence yet it is still very effective. It gives you a scary and creepy feeling before any characters or setting is even introduced.

Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Synopsis - Strange World

Niall Fletcher, a 17 year old boy, has just been dumped by his long term girlfriend who he was in love with and literally obsessed with. To add to his troubles, Niall ad his father are always having arguments about why his mother left the family.

The story starts off with Niall and his father having a huge argument which results in him collecting his few belongings including his guitar and leaves home. He goes to the local park where he usually busks to think about what he should do with himself and his future.

He leaves to go and see his friend to seek advice about what he should do next, and his friend says he can stay at his for a few months until he has enough money to move out and start a life of his own. Niall needs to get money, and fast. He begins with braking into his house and taking anything of value from his room to sell, including his xbox, his TV, his stereo, his laptop, and any expensive designer clothes. He considers stealing from his father, but thinks better of it and leaves with what he's got.