Inspiration

After watching many different films, trying to watch predominantly physiological thrillers as this is the genre we have chosen for our two minute opening. Our teacher told us about a film called 'The Bone Collector' which has a taxi scene. This interested us as we will also be using a taxi in our opening. The taxi scene in this film helped us gain some inspiration for the effective shots we can use. I especially like the shot of driving past the rubbish in the road and we will also try to include some creative shots.

  


This film was made in 1999, and was given an age 15 restriction. This will have to be kept in mind while thinking about the rating for our film. We would also have to keep in mind the time this film was made. During this time period, it was much stricter to what the youth could watch however now its much more lenient as the barriers have been pushed and we have become desensitized. Due to this we could maybe put the rating lower depending on the BBFC requirements.


We also gained inspiration from the film 'Taken' which is a well-known psychological  thriller. As this is a more recent film it gives a clearer outline of the conventions used in this genre that we will use or develop in our opening.  It is also a age rating of 15 so will give us a a better idea of what our film would be rated at along with the use of the BBFC website.

New Idea...Again

Things keep getting in the way. We over complicate things way too much and its starting to take over. But little did we know, Emily has had the perfect idea sitting in her drive way!!! Her dad is a taxi driver, what are the odds? After finding this out we wanted to incorporate the classic, black, london Taxi in our idea as it puts us at an unique advantage. After thinking about how, we came up with a simple, yes, simple idea. We have decided to concentrate on the taxi and the driver throughout the whole opening. The idea would consist of a variety of capturing shots,  that will persuade the audience that the driving is genuine, by showing close up shots of family photo, wedding ring etc. There will be cut shots of the driver talking to 'passengers' throughout the day. The ending of the opening will reveal an empty taxi....

Inspiration

This is some inspiration for the beginning of our opening. We thought we'd make the most of the landmarks of London that we have access to.

New Idea Vlog

Vlog of us explaining our new idea.

 

Idea Change

After filming a short part of our idea we decided that we didn't like it as much as we did originally and we didn't feel it was to the best of our ability. We were not prepared to put our name to something that wasn't amazing. After brainstorming ideas and watching loads programmes and films that we can get inspiration from there was one film that really sparked our brains; The end scene of 'Friends With Benefits' gave us the idea of filming in a busy train station because there is a good atmosphere. Here is the clip.