Style, Inspirations, Ideas!

     For the film opening, as I talked about in the previous post, I already have an idea for the story of the film opening, despite having many flaws. In a basic sense, the film would open with a eerily still long shot to establish setting and stylistic choices such as colorization and cinematography. A man would be exactly in the middle frame without movement. Eerily tones and suspense would arise through no direct movement until another man charges at him from out of frame - into frame and a fight ensues. The reason for this simplistic idea formulating was because of recent inspirations and stylistic measures I wanted to incorporate into future projects: use of distinct color palettes in post-production, extreme close ups contrasted against extreme long shots, experimenting with the 0.5 feature on the camera of an iPhone, a fishbowl lens or POV shots, etc. There are many opportunities for stylistic implementation with a fight scene, especially in this scenario's introduction and how to shoot the initial fight. Evidently, not all these techniques will be used since their usage should be implemented towards developing certain tones or to provide a meaningful contribution towards my intended tone/vibe, and how it plays into the remainder of the opening and film.

    Some major inspirations for this was Society of the Snow's beautiful usage of color, extreme close ups, and camera lens to film intense sequences and definitively instill tones of the film to reach its intended sequences. This can especially be seen during the scene of all the survivors taking shelter within the plane when they are avalanched and suffocated by large amounts of snow. What I particularly love about this scene is the techniques it uses, aforementioned, to create a sense of chaos, impending death, and suspense among the characters and within the audience. 

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    I intend to use such technique within my own film opening to create suspense, chaotic movements, and frantic desperation as the characters fight back against each other. These techniques can be used to enforce the dramatic sequence and instill a definitive sense of life or death, finality, and the importance of the characters' desperation throughout the fight.

    Although the story outline can use a lot of work, and the opening will most likely change dramatically due to the rest of the film's story, I still plan to manipulate colorization, movement, and contrasts heavily within my final product.