Double Indmenity Analysis (Billy Wilder,1944,USA)

film Title: As it was one of the first ever thriller films it would have been quite hard to tell the difference between film title weather it be a thrill or for example a comedy. But the film title is quite common to a thriller as they normally look very big and bold and every time is nearly almost the color white. These kind of film titles always gives the impression of something exciting happening in the movie and this is always a good thing because the audience always wants that felling when the watch the opening of a movie that its going to be as good as they expecting and wont let them down suggesting that they might think that they have not got what they paid for.

Setting/Location: the location and setting first of all takes place in a car. The unusual thing about the scene was that the car was driving in the road at very high speeds, as well as breaking red lights the car was also driving very dodgy suggesting that at this point the audience would of been thinking why is this happening and what is making the person in the car drive like this. So the scene has done exactly what is was meant to do which is to make the audience exciting. After that the scene is set in a building, which turned out to be his office and then we also find out that he had been shot so the location turns out to be perfect for this scene.

How The Opening Sets Up A Story: The opening sequence sets up the rest of the movie by firstly making the audience excited about what is going on because the opening sequence shows a person driving frantically in the streets of New York braking traffic lights and nearly crashing on a number of occasions. And if that was not enough excitement we then discovers that the person that was driving the car turns out to have been shot in the shoulder. This again makes us think why he got shot in the first place.

Costumes/Props: The person in the opening sequence is wearing a suit and also driving quite a posh car which gives the impression that he is quite important an important person suggesting that this set the scene from the very start of it. But saying this most of the time we did not see the mans face as he was covering it up with what he was wearing suggesting the director wanted to keep the audience in suspense.

Sound/Genre:Firstly, the film gives hints of many different aspects into what genre it could be. throughout the scene the music that was playing gave us the idea that we was watching a thriller because it was quite fast paced but also very frantic. Saying this this also did not give much away as the music/sound that was playing made us quite excited and suspicious to what was going on in he scene and what may happen later during the movie.

brief:

To create the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes

Titles

We have chosen this font for titles because it gives a very mysterious feeling to the titles which will link in with the plot of the story "the unexpected" . It has also been chosen because it is effective in the way that all the letter are in capitals therefore making it easier for the audience to read when coming across the screen. Also, the words and letter aren't hard to work out meaning less people struggling to understand who or what a word actually says making the audience not want to leave or being left in the dark about the actors, actresses and business partners. The titles will appear in the centre of the screen grabbing all the audience's attention on those words, which enables each character name or film title to really stick in their mind throughout the showing of the film. Various Transitions will be used to once again go along with the title of the film "the unexpected" because using various transition wouldn't be expected by the audience, this will give them a subtle clue to what the title is before it actually appears on screen. How you see the titles above is how they will appear, with casting being before the final title of the film. The "glenthorne productions film" sill be shown first because it is the least important to the audience out of all the titles shown and showing it first will mean that it will be the least thing they remember when recapping over the film because it was the first thing they saw, the second least important but still vital is the producers, directors and cast which will be next so that the audience have a vague, but good memory of the characters. The title is used last because it will be the last piece of writing the audience see therefore sticking in their minds the most. The film title will be much larger than all the others so that the audience will understand that the title they are seeing is more important than the others

Casting (Main Characters)

Sam: Delarney Ewerse

Rose: Latoya Hay

The Gaff: Luke Power

Corrupt Officer: Daryl Hay

Delaney Ewerse

We have decided to choose these people (including myself) to be in our cast for two reasons, one being, we know that each of us will be available for the shooting schedule and also because Delarney is 17, an age where young people would be looking for jobs and working in small stores such as a bike store. This makes it seem realistic as many other young people would also be working, any younger age wouldnt look real.

Latoya Hay

We have chosen Latoya because she has to be a woman, and, she is also available to film based on the shooting schedule also because she is good actress and can play the role of Rose because she is close to Delarney's age making them seem a realistic couple. She has also been chosen because she can come to the required locations for her part at any time as she lives there.

Luke Power

Luke will play The Gaff because he fits the role of an unsuspecting drug lord, giving an element of suprise to the audience and enabling a feeling of shock and interest. Also because he is a drama student and therefore will be a great asset to have as he has precious experience playing various roles meaning explaining the script and directions to him will be easier than with others.

Daryl Hay

Daryl (Myself) will play the corrupt police officer because once again it would be unsuspected by the audience creating a sense of surprise and shock. I can play the Corrupt Officer because I have previous experience playing roles of a "bad guy" as a result I will not need to adapt as I will know what is expected of me already. Also, we have chosen myself because I was part of the group who made the storyboard and as a result I will know what the group needs to be done at each point where I am needed.

Audience Research Questionnaire

This is my questionnaire i have compsed so i can have a full undrstanding of people's opinion on how they few movies and what kind of movies they like.

story boards

We created our story boards in order to make it easier for the group to understand and see what we are trying to achieve. It shows the different shot types and where everyone is meant to be at certain times and when it is time to film our shots it makes it easier to understand because we an go by what is on our story boards without thinking things up on the spot. All the shots that are in the story have be chosen via a mutual agreement in the group creating understanding between each other and eliminating any disputes over shot types in the future, this helps everything to be done properly. We all done a story board each and before we uploaded it we agreed to what was on it and i also thinks it saves a lot of time and effort in the future.

Shooting schedule

A shooting schedule is a plan of each day of shooting in a film production. Usually managed and created by the assistant director who then reports this to the Production manager managing the production schedule. We have made the shooting schedule so that our cast and group know and understand when they are needed and where we are filming, this results in no confusion over days of shooting meaning all the time spent will be optimised unless there is a serious problem due to illness or other reasons with the cast or crew. The shooting schedule also lets everyone know what costumes they need to wear and what props to bring meaning that nothing will be forgotten as each person will see what is required for the day of shooting. Also, it lets the casting and crew know what shots are being filmed on what day so that the cast can get into the correct character and learn the right dialogue (if any) for that day, and the crew know what filming equipment to bring and what shot types to be planning on doing. Finally the shooting schedule lets everyone know how long we will be filming for so each person knows roughly the time period and how long we will be working for on each day.

Character description

We only have four main characters in our piece: -

Sam: - Works at the bike store and isn't involved in the money laundering scheme. Rose is his girlfriend. He is kind, considerate and compassionate.

Rose: - Sam's girlfriend and housemate. She also has no knowledge of the money laundering scheme. She is generally sweet and innocent and is pritty much both harmless and helpless.

The Gaff: - Is the ringleader of the money laundering scheme and also is the boss and owner of the bike store. He's the kind of guy that will do anything to get what he wants by doing anything and by any means necessary.

The corrupt police officer: - Is sort of the Gaff's puppit. He's borred with putting criminals away and so he decided to become one. He's still working as a police officer so Sam can't expect any help form his department. He's only in it for the money. He's cunning, quick to think and act and he's creative.

Script

Scene 1

Customer: "Excuse me mate do you know where the bike valve caps are?"

Sam: "Errmm... I'll have a look for you."

Customer: "Ok, thanks."

Sam: "I'm just gonna go and ask management where it is for you mate, just bear with me for a moment."

Scene 2

Sam: "... What's going on??

Corrupt PC: "He's seen too much!"

The Gaf: "Get Him!"

Scene 3

Rose: "Hello."

Sam: "Babe, get out the house, go to your mums, it's not s-"

(The phone line goes dead)

Sam: "NO

(The phone line goes dead)

Sam: "NOO!"

Conventions of a title sequence

Ø The films title
Ø The details of the cast and crew
Ø Information on the genre
Ø Introduction to the character(s) or the persons type of character
Ø Clues and questions to draw the audience in
Ø Mood and Tone
Ø Cinematography and Mise en Scene that will be explained on in later parts of the film
Ø The opening sequence also sets up the story
Ø Allows the audience to build up an understanding of what may happen in the film

Conventions of an action film

Ø Damsil in Distress
Ø Some sort of worry over time, as in time would be running out
Ø Explosions
Ø Weapons
Ø Chase Sequences
Ø Good guy and Bad guy
Ø Blood shedStunts

Shot list

This is our shot list. We firstly drew aww the pictures on paper then we took a picture of it and uploaded it to our blogs which you can see right now.

The main props that we have chosen for our scene is the following:
Ø Mobile phone
Ø 2-3 Bicycles
Ø Black Jumpers

These are the main props that we are using to shoot our clip. We firstly need the mobile phone because during our clip there will be a number of calls being made to various people which will add drama and suspicion and that is just what the audience need to see in an action film like ours.
The second prop we are using is (bicycles). Now this is the most important prop in the whole sequence because firstly the first half of the sequence takes place in the bike shop and when it ventures out to the streets the action takes place on bicycles as the bad guys chase the shop worker on them.
And lastly to give the impression of criminals and bad guys we thought that we should dress them up in black jumpers and various other cloths because it will add suspicion before the audience knows what is going on also it helps to distinguee the bad guys from the good in our sequence.

The main location is set in a bike shop and the other locations will be in the area surrounding the bike shop also so I thought it would be good to have a picture of a bike shop so the audience know where the main shops and acting was taken place.

Film synopses

The main character works at a bike shop. He goes into work and witnesses a money laundering operation held by his boss and other associates which include a corrupt Police officer. He then runs out of the store and they chase him on bikes. The boss the calls a hit man to go round to his house and abduct his girlfriend.

Initial ideas

As a group we thought that it would be best to do an action film. We thought this because as young people our selves that are into film such as action we thought that we could come up with a range of ideas to make our film really fun and exciting for the audience to watch. We also went over other genres for example horror and comedy but we came to conclusion that with the areas that we could think of and the types o props we could get hold of action would be the best genre all-round for us and I think that this could be a big success if we put our mind to it and work hard to create something special for the audience to watch.

Shot list

I thought that the first section of our film should be quite a few close up’s and also some mid shots. I say this because at the beginning of our film it takes place in a shot with the main character placed behind the counter of the shot. So because the first section is fully focused on that main character we thought that it would be appropriate to have these types of shots so it gives the audience more of an idea of what is going on and what the movie may lead into with this character.

The middle scene will be the character that was behind the counter in the shop running from some bad guys and the scene and camera shots will be placed on the streets so we thought that we could use a range of shots for this scene for example:
Ø Close up
Ø Mid shot
Ø Still shot
Ø Very close up
Ø Long shot

We thought that all these shots would be very effective and will made the scene more exciting for the audience to watch.

The ending of the scene will be in a house with the main character in the shop and his girlfriend with about three bad guys. So the types of shot that we thought should be mainly used in this scene would be Panning Shots and also Close Ups so the audience can see clearly what is going on and these shots will be good because it will make this particular scene very intense which is how we wanted it to be.

sound

The link that I have posted below is a view sound from sound tracts that will be appropriate for our action opening sequence. It has all the things that makes an action movie effective for example the up beat sound and sound that make us excited to see what is going to happen next but also gives us quite a frill also. It is important that a sound track to a action movie is very excitable and this is exactly what the sound that I have uploaded is.

http://www.freesound.org/searchText.php