Group : Concept Development

There are some techniques we wish to replicate in our film opening which we have seen in other movies of a similar 'crime thriller' genre. I have compiled a list of techniques we wish to re-create if possible to fit them into our movie.

• In the opening to Layer Cake there is a transition where a womans hair is blended into a man in the next frames beard, this transition could easily be replicated for our piece of work I believe perhaps using a different subject as the transition however.

• We were also very excited to be able to create a bird eye view shot when we were filming, below are two scenes from American Beauty where a birds eye view/crane shot is used.

 

  

• Here are some examples of shots from TV show Breaking Bad which we may also attempt to replicate if possible 

• In this action match shot, we see a man filling up his drink at a fast food restaurant and then as the audience expects water to flow out, we see a man filling up a bucket with water in another shot, this would be an easy transition to create if we could think of a subject to do it with

• Finally, in these two shots we see the camera behind glass sheets, used in place of solid objects, in the first one the character is writing on a whiteboard, but the camera has been placed behind a sheet of glass to give the audience a different perspective, the second shot would be more easy to replicate, it is simply a camera under a glass table shooting the action, but when the shot pulls away we see the character is simply working on a plain wooden desk. Another simple, effective and creative shot technique