Our final opening title sequence

OUR FINAL OPENING TITLE SEQUENCE - 672 HOURS 

Our opening title sequence shows an opening to a cruel and frightful life that an innocent girl has been living for a long, life-threatening month. Ruby, the protagonist in our opening title sequence, has fought to live, whilst in brutal conditions, locked away by her anonymous abductor.

Please use the following link to YouTube to see our film if the quality present is dissatisfactory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdEHNfDSwqI

Makeup done on the filming days

We spent about half an hour on each of our filming days, creating the 'battered and bruised' look on Ruby's face.
Grace and I took turns to produce bruises and cuts all over Ruby.

Below are some photos showing what makeup we used along with what the outcome was.

Final draft

Below is a time lapse of myself and Grace creating Ruby, our actress' makeup look, to make the audience believe she has been beaten and abused.
We used dark eyeshadow shades to create bruises and fake blood to show any cuts and scratches. We used the makeup on her face, neck, arms and legs to show the horrific conditions she has been put through.
We practiced this makeup look before hand so on the days of filming we knew what do straight away. The makeup was very effective as when we showed people they said it was very believable and "terrifying".

We needed 3 days of filming to create our opening title sequence. This was due to the lighting changes at different times of the day. By extending the filming time to more than what we planned, it gave us opportunities to assess what we had created and work out what needed to be changed, added or removed to create the most believable opening title sequence.

Target Audience

As a group, we have decided that our target audience will be both male and female between the ages of 15-35. This is due to the fact that our film is a psychological thriller and may contain brutal violence, sexual violence along with frightening scenes and disturbing content, therefore will be classified as a 15. The reason we feel that our film will appeal to both men and women is because our film is not gender specific and allows both genders to portray the film in a similar way.

We have created 2 avatars that show our typical viewers. They are both aged 17 because our film is based on current issues in our modern society, mainly affecting teenagers, which older generations may not be able to relate to as much.

Actors' costume planning

RESEARCH FOR COSTUMES
We will be using 2 or 3 boys to act as policeman in our opening sequence for the last few shots. We also thought of having 1 woman detective to create a convincing scene, and is also part of gender representation as we do not want to portray a negative view of women in power.

To ensure our actors costumes look authentic and realistic, we have thought very carefully about the clothing, props and shots we will use to create convincing police-like characters.

The clothing we will get our actors to wear are:

POLICEMEN

• Black trousers
• Black boots or trainers 
• Black top
• Black jumper 
• Black gilet or jacket
• Possibly a police hat.
• Guns / walkie talkie

WOMAN DETECTIVE 

• Black top
• Skirt
• Walkie talkie

Makeup testing

This video shows our makeup testing. The white pale makeup makes our character looked washed out. We used different types of makeup to show bruises around the neck and face and it shows the dark bags under the eyes. On the neck, we did hand prints to show the audience that our character was abused. This is also shown through the scratches and blood on their face.

Research into using a drone

10 tips to using a drone to film

We are planning to include a drone shot within our opening sequence, we will do this by attatching a GoPro camera to a drone that we will hire from a company, as we are inexperienced with using drone technology the company have said they will fly it for us on the conditions we include their company name in our credits.

1) If it’s your first time flying make sure you practice in a field far away from people, cars and houses. It’s all about muscle memory, fly on a daily basis for a few months in different locations before using it on set. Practice, practice, practice.

2) Depending on where you’re flying check the rules, do a quick Google. For example you’re not allowed to fly a drone in London unless you have a permit. But you can fly over the parliament buildings in Budapest no problem. As this is a new technology lots of countries are still catching up and don’t have any drone rules. Always use common sense when flying.

3) The best results are produced when flying the drone slowly with long nice fluid movements. Get close to an object and slowly rise above it to reveal the amazing vistas in front of you.

4) Never fly above crowds, it’s illegal and very dangerous.

5) Make sure you don’t fly above 400 feet (122 metres) or near airports. The last thing you want to be doing is crashing into a plane.

6) The drone really shines when you can get shots that aren’t possible with a helicopter. For example when I was shooting in Scotland I got a shot from the drone flying through a castle window and it looks amazing. Be creative and try and get shots that nobody has seen before.

7) Experiment with the settings on your camera that you’ve attached to the drone and see what results it produces. The more you can understand about this technology the better equipped you’ll be as every shoot is different and may require a different look. For example if you film at 30 frames per second and then slow it down and convert it to 25 or 24 frames per second in post and the footage will have an almost dream like feel to it.

8) Plan each shot before you take off. Each battery on a drone lasts about 15 minutes so you want to maximise flight time. Like any shoot the more you plan the better the results will be (keep spare batteries to hand too).

9) This is an obvious one but always check the weather conditions before flying the drone. Drones are pretty good in wind but if it’s super windy or raining and you don’t feel comfortable flying the drone wait till the wind has calmed down or the rain has stopped. It can be unsafe to fly in high winds and more than likely the footage will be unusable.

10) If you want to produce something amazing it’s got to start with a great idea. Always put the shots and story before the tools. Audiences want to see people, stories and experiences that they connect with on an emotional level. As filmmakers we create content that entertains, moves and inspires people. Drone technology won’t turn you into a great filmmaker but it will enhance your skills as a story teller and if used well will make your work shine.