Initial plans for my film opening

          Film Opening: Ideas and approaches

    We are beginning our portfolio project for Cambridge this week. The important part of the portfolio project is the film opening. As soon as I heard that we had to do a film opening for our final, I instantly thought about creating a film opening based on 1920s detective films. I really enjoy the monochrome look and love the score in these films.     

    

    If I were to go forward with these ideas then a key aspect that I would need to get down would be the mise-en-scene. To do this I would have to do research on how people dressed in the 1920s, what the insides of buildings looked like, and the specific lighting used in films during the 1920s. Overall I would love to do a film opening based around that genre as it would not only be fun to make but also unique as very few people ever film in black and white in the 21st century. 

    Another idea that came to my head for my film opening is to do a postmodern-style film opening. The reason for this is mainly due to Wes Anderson and how he directs his movies. I really enjoy the color gradient in all his films and the heavy use of symmetry.     

    I do not know yet what the story would be yet for this opening but I would like to use techniques heavily inspired by Wes Anderson. One of the many variables that I would need to focus on would be color, movement with the camera, the soundtrack, and most importantly symmetry.          

                                            More Examples of the two ideas