Scrapped - Practically Entirely: Word Stem

    As the title indicates, practically the entirety of the previous film opening idea was scrapped due to simply being an unrealistic standard based on what we have available, location, and mise-en-scene, simply seeming outside of what we could afford and offer through production means. This is partially due to viewing previous projects and seeing the differences in how other students were able to create well-produced and enjoyable pieces without extravagant means. 

    As we had discussed in class, a very lengthy and frankly tedious process for how to move forward, taking inspiration from Stranger than Fiction's film opening for its comedic aspects taken through a serious, monotonous lens, using movement, shot/angle placement, and editing to create comedic effects, and a previous idea I had for another class for a 10-minute play involving a lawyer meeting with Death.

    The story would roughly ensue as a series of clips portraying a monotonous life, abruptly ended by the main character's death, preferably off screen and slowly played out like when a character's death is portrayed off screen with blood slowly seeping into vision.

    This monotonous, uniform effect is something we wanted to facilitate the comedic aspects of this story outline through dramatic techniques and production that exaggerates the opening's tones. Evidently, it would culminate towards the end of the opening by the character meeting Death, within the differences of setting, darker lighting, and appointment-like tone. The ending would be portrayed as the character sitting across a desk from Death, where he is handed papers in a script-like font and format declaring his death, means of death, and processes from that point forward as the rest of the story would revolve around this changing aspect of his life...or rather, death.

    Of course, the previous research conducted based on suspense rising to the introduction towards the title card like in Joker, or Arrival's subtleness in introducing the movie and its themes is not for naught, as it is still valuable and versatile for our use in our own film opening.