During the meeting today we assigned everyone researching roles in order to prepare for the 'big day' and work effectively. I was assigned the role of researching location for our movie, and props. Cary was originally going to do this research task, however she is already in charge of final storyboards and costume research, therefore I offered to take on the role. We also finalised our storyboard draft- part of which is displayed below. I think at this point in time, I'm not feeling like I can see the two minute sequence in my
head fully yet- it all seems quite detached at the moment, but hopefully that will change when we do our Animatic (if we have time) and when we have our final shot list and storyboards.
Shot one - Establishing exterior shot of London's crowds entering the underground- establishing setting of the opening sequence. The shots capture the hustle and bustle of London, evoking a sense of purposefulness and showing a mix of people.
Shot two- Interior shot of the crowds flooding into underground. We discussed embedding the tittles cleverly into the opening shots, however we are still undecided on this and will finalize this decision before drawing up our final story boards.
Shot three - Continuing showing the crowds of London- this time through a mid-shot of peoples heads rushing by- Ariadne is amongst these heads- obviously not evident to the viewer yet. Narrow margin of focus in shot- Ariadne is in this margin, hinting to the audience to focus specifically on this area as someone important is there.
Shot four- Closer shot but not quite a close-up, into the focus margin in previous shot- Ariadne's head moves suddenly down.
Shot five - (shot seven in storyboard sequence in photo- I got them mixed up!) Close up shot of scribbled papers on the floor. This shot is arguably the most important as it is the first clue the audience gets to Ariadne's character, this is how she communicates and the stepping of someone's shoe on the paper symbolises how people usually just see her as the "mute girl" and she is ignored by most people.
Shot six - (shot five in photo) Close up of Ariadne's face. Her hair covers most of her appearance as she puts away the paper into her bag. This shot represents how little of herself she expresses to people, how guarded and not easily trusting she is.
Shot seven - (shot six in photo) This is a continuing shot of the previous- still a close up of her face looking up at the train schedule screens- the audience sees her face clearer for just a moment and then she walks away.
Shot eight - This shot is one we were going to cut in-between six and seven. It's a mid shot of Ariadne placing the paper into her bag and walking away- head down.
Shot nine- Mid shot of Ariadne walking towards the corner of the platform. She has a satchel on her back and dishevelled looking hair. Narrow depth of field- Ariadne is more in focus than anyone else.
Shot ten - Close up shot of Ariadne's boots and satchel as she sits down in the corner of the station. Again- we wanted to reveal as less as possible of her character in these opening shots, and when we do give away information- do it in minuscule amounts to simultaneously reflect Ari's guarded character and stimulate enigma.
Shot eleven - Mid shot of Ari pulling something out of her bag (viewer does not immediately see what this is). Her face is covered with her hair again.
This is the basic skeleton of shots around which we will build our final story board.
And... Our pitch > https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nkus8RDBkXE
(sorry!... for some odd reason it won'r embed)
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