Narrative Applied

I tried applying Tzveten Todorov narrative theory to my own opening sequence. I thought it would be fairly simple to apply this to my sequence, but I found it difficult. I could not chronologically order it, as when there should be a new equilibrium it is actually a disruption. There is also no evident recognition of a disruption which again proves that it is difficult to apply this theory. However, it is possible to apply a binary opposites to this film. In my opening sequence my character shows her head poking through the door looking left and right. This suggests that she is being weary that someone unpleasant is watching her moves. This then brings the idea that she is the good person whereas there is also a bad person.

Feedback- Action Taken

One criticism that was mentioned from all the groups was that our opening sequence did not make sense. Having looked back at our opening sequence, we can see the confusion.
We used a POV shot for the ending of our sequence. This indicates that someone is watching+following Theos' character. We decided to add more POV shots during the rest of the sequence to make it more evident that someone is spying on him. We believe that this would solve our problem, as this gives our movie more of a story line.

Another criticism we had was Theos extended walk towards Mats character. There is nothing that we need to reshoot as we can simply edit some of the walking out. This also gives us an extra few seconds free to add any other shots we are planning on shooting.

Opening Sequence Storyboard

Storyboard/Schedule planning

On the 8/01/13 we managed to discuss and finalise what locations we would use to film our movie opening.  This is a picture of our plan.
We also began to work on our storyboard.

Distribution of My Film

Choosing a distributor for our film

I researched small independent companies that would be able to distribute our film. As the genre of our film is action/thriller, I was looking for companies that would be best suitable for this genre. I came across a company called Metrodome which has a microwave scheme. They give small British films a chance to make their movie giving them a budget of £100,000 and only 18 days to make it. Metrodome have worked with some big names in the business such as Jake Gyllenhaal (Donny Darko) and Kirsten Scott-Thomas (Leaving). I think that this company will be perfect for our film as they have distributed films with our genre and is also a UK company which is where our film is set.

First Cast List Draft