Rest of Filming

Following with my new idea and scrapping the old one of the women in the bedroom, I managed to go round my house and collect together assortments of objects that were old fashioned and would create a sense of an old feeling such as black and white photos, old wooden rulers, scotch tape, etc... and then placed them carefully in random positions on the table above an old map.

With the table all laid out with old scraps of newspaper around and all the different objects in place including a music box, I could now begin filming the rest of my opening sequence.
I was taking inspiration from the opening sequence of 'The Walking Dead' and 'Se7en'. In which it follows a pathway or is jumping but doesn't show much of the actors, setting or explain what could be happening in the film later on. Another reason I decided to do this, was because on looking back on my audience research I saw that people didn't want to be told the whole story in the opening sequence and that a mysterious opening sequence that engaged an audience and created a lot of enigma codes would make the audience want to continue watch the film to see what happens. The way I was filming would hopefully make the audience to ask questions about what would be happening with this story.

I began filming and the lighting from the one lamp that I placed at the back of the table threw enough light of the whole table to light everything up but not create such a harsh light that would ruin the effect of working at night in secret that I was going for. The light from the lamp also created a nice warmth to the screen almost making it relaxing to watch. This was another effect that I was looking for as I wanted to draw the audience, make them relaxed and then have scary moments later on in the film.

Whilst filming I encountered another few problems including background noise, however later on whilst editing I decided that I could scrap the background noise and create my own music score to go over the top of my opening sequence. The filming of the opening sequence was too difficult as I would follow one line through the objects from a view from above, sometimes zooming in on certain words such as 'pandemic' and 'My Nightmare Death' on an old newspaper clipping that I had placed amongst the objects.

I did another video of it starting from a different point but this time having the music box playing over the top which was a very surreal tune and added to the atmosphere of the opening sequence. However I  filmed it but then forgot to end the music so had to re-film the end and shutting of the music box which would mean I would have to edit it.

Overall, I was pleased with the outcome that I got. It was just the effect I was looking for and created the atmosphere that I was looking for even before the editing. In the editing I was going to be adding the titles for the film to appear within in the video in strategic positions so that the audience would be able to see it clearly.