Initial influences and ideas

Other Opening Sequences

Our initial idea is based on the concept of the opening sequences of Napoleon Dynamite, in which the opening titles are constructed by using elements of the mise en scene as apposed to using text within post production.

Props relating to the protagonist are used in order portray the characteristics of the character (Napoleon Dynamite). Food condiments, ninja stars, lip balm and UFO insurance are few of the main props used in order to do so.

We aim to combine this method of production with our title sequence in order to achieve a more individual title sequence.

Desired techniques to use within our film

Within our film we wish to use certain techniques of which we have previously seen within other films/opening sequences, as we feel these will help introduce important aspects to the overall plot of the story e.g. characteristics/story lines/events.

In the film Mean Girls, there is a scene where a phone call takes place using a split screen technique. Although the specified film isn't the genre we are attempting to achieve, we would like to use the split screen technique in order to emphasise the characteristics of the protagonist.

Another example of the split screen technique is used in the adult humour series Family Guy. In this example, the phone call is used to portray an aspect of humour, if we choose to include humour within our sequence we will be able to look back on this example and pick out some ideal ideas.