Main Task Production Log #1

For our main task we have been set to create the opening sequence of a movie lasting up to 2 minutes including a title sequence. We were then given the option whether or not to work individually or in groups, i decided to work in a pair with Emily Harnwell as its a benefit to have two perspectives and opinions when creating a task such as this, even if on occasion the opinions clash. Emily and I then decided that would split to task in half in order to give us an equal amount of work, therefore I will be creating the first half and Emily the second.

We then began the task of deciding on the Genre of the film in order to give our task a basic sense of direction, we began by making a spider diagram in which we listed various genres from comedy to serious drama, we then came up with our own suggestions on what genre our film should be, I suggested an Espionage movie along the lines of the Bourne films. Emily however opted for a comedy. So, unable to decide between the two we came up with a compromise, choosing a Genre we both were keen on and we decided on a psycho-thriller.

We decided to give our film an age rating of 15 due to the violent and gory nature of the Genre. The age rating and the genre both help it to appeal to our target audience of male and female teenagers, also the gory aspect of the film genre will also help appeal to young adults ranging from early to mid-twenties.

We then began to decide on a basic plot for the film, giving brief ideas as to what characters we intend to present and on how they will interact with each other, we were also keen on the idea of splitting the action in two incorporating the idea of flash backs in order to set up enigmas to be in keeping with the genre. Using this technique its almost like reading a book and starting from the front and the back and ending in the middle, giving you immediate questions and only some answers but but keeping those answers out of context until both paths finally meet.

We decided on the personality of the "killer" figure to represent the social group of a loner, who's jealousy and obsession manifests in through form of Polaroid photos, we also decided to keep his motive quite vague, insinuating that jealousy plays a part in his obsession but suggest that it may not be the only reason. This idea also provided us with a Title that itself is an enigma and immediatly raises curiousitly, we decided to call our film Polaroid.