Sunday, 26 January 2014

Treatment: Opening Sequence outline narrative



This is the basic outline for our Opening Sequence, showing a step by step account of what happens. As you can see, there have been some alterations to the original outline. These changes were made as a result of feedback from our treatment, the strikethrough shows what was removed and the text in red is what it was replaced with.

Set in Jess’ bedroom with most shots in her room, only one is in the hall outside. Only one Two location used.
 A soft score will be added to the scene to build up the emotion, as the main focus of the scene is the dialogue 
An alarm clock sounds signifying Jess must wake up, she ignores this alarm and stays sleeping. 
An hour later, banging on the door by Alex to wake her up. Dialogue is heard from the other side of the door about getting up, missing lectures etc.

He pushes open the door and pulls the blankets off of Jess. She mumbles the words “What was that for?” Just leave me alone to which he replies “Just make sure you’re ready for your next lecture.” As he walks out of the room. "Not until you get up", as he throws clothes at her from her wardrobe in an attempt to force her awake.

Jess reacts badly to this and ends out throwing Alex out of her bedroom in a fit of rage.
She picks up her phone, calls Michael’s phone and just listens to the voice mail. She stares at the photo of him as tears run down her face. 
The opening credits are going to be kept very plain and simple, to reflect that Jess is a very jaded version of herself at the start of the film. The main colours will be white and black and placed general in the corners of the shots, so that they are neither intrusive nor distracting for the audience. Our last shot is a long shot to distance Jess from everything, because of this, the main title will no longer be imposed onto a memorial card; but instead appear as the footage fades to black.
References:
Struck By Lightning- Their use of plain whites means that the titles are noticeable, but allow the audience to still focus on what is happening in the sequence.

Remember Me: The disruption to the protagonist’s life is physically shown through the use of Mise-en Scene and Sound.


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