Inspiration Strikes

I used to believe inspiration came from all kinds of sources around the daily objects we touch, to the daily elements we see, and all things that are captured by our senses. But now that I need inspiration to guide me in the process of starting my film opening project... Mr. Inspiration seems to be H-I-D-I-N-G. Perfect timing, am I right?! But well if life gives you lemons make lemonade... and life gave me the internet so I spent a whole afternoon researching famous productions and figuring out what genre was my piece going to be. The following video Top Film Openings was extremely helpful in providing me a initial idea on what I should look out for in my project to have:

  • hook
  • innovative
  • appealing to target audience
  • interesting angles/shots
  • quality image

I decided to follow my own taste and found inspiration in my favorite movies for the genre science fiction and drama. Keep tuned and don't be doomed!  

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Intro to Main Characters

Image
Good news!!! after a long brainstorming session in company with some friends and me pitching various ideas for the film opening... I have already developed the complete idea of what it is that I will be doing for this project. However, before explaining the plot and everything else to its complexity to my readers, I have decided to do it through segments to reveal each feature of the idea properly and make it easier for the public to comprehend. I will begin in this post, in which I will illustrate my main characters that will be portrayed in the film. First I will provide examples of I would want or have imagined the person to look like; and then I will demonstrate the chosen candidate, his/hers background history and importance in the film. CHARACTER #1 & 2 tanned skin: Latino background average height skinny simplistic look short/ messy hair audacious rebel kindhearted young: 8-11 years old
Read more

Storyboard #2

Image
Since I had already decided on what the introduction of the film was going to be like, I began working on a storyboard to visualize the evolution of the film and to help me remember all the details of my though process to follow up on it more accurately. These drafts of my storyboard are still raw and do not have included the types of angles, shots, or camera movements yet because I am still trying to figure out how am I going to want to present it. However I had some thoughts on this:                     *For the first shot I want the domino centered on the frame for it to be the main focus for the viewer and I want it to look two dimensional only.                     *For the domino effect I want the camera movement to be hand held kind of shaky and from a dutch angle; following the fall of the the pieces and edit this part to be in slower motion than the original effect.                     *I want a tilt downward for camera movement at the end of the domino effect followed
Read more

Purpose

I thought it would be useful for my public to understand the origin of my posts and the purpose of their overall existence. So, to begin this journey I am about to explain the objective of the posts that I will be adding on to this blog. I will be recording my though process, which includes but is not entitled to: creative ideas general brainstorming storyboards illustrations, pictures or images inspiration sources etc I will be doing this with the objective of keeping track of the evolution of the creation of a film opening. For the next month or so, I will producing and directing from scratch a movie idea/pitch and actually recording a finalized film opening for that piece with an almost complete composition of original material. Beforehand, I will begin this journey by sharing some incredible knowledge I encountered through my initial research on film openings and effective approaches used for these; some words I thought wise, from Ken Miyamoto (screenwriter, former S
Read more