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28 days later; Review

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV6CXPVA_t4&feature=related
The use of actual footage of riots, foreshadows anarchy and how the narrative will have similar features to a anarchic environment. Unlike my opening sequence 28 days later tells the audience what's happened to cause the decline in human life and caused the infection to spread, whereas mine doesn't reveal to the viewer why or how the character John has woke up on the beach and there's no other signs of life, so it leaves him to investigate. Jim (the main character in 28 days later) wakes from a coma to a "empty" London scene unknowing that there's infected people in the city, he walks around the city looking for people, shouting "hello" in confusion, which John also repeats.

 My character, John, wakes up without any indication of wheter he fell asleep there or just woke up there, so it raises many questions to the audience so they'll want to watch the narrative as it develops and see if any of their questions get answered. In 28 days later it shows Jim walking around London, in my film opening John is walking around the beach, for the type of film I am making it's not needed to be on such a grand scale like 28 days later as it's about John's personal struggle, not about the devestation of the country, also with it being on a beach it adds to the possibility of it being almost anywhere, so it will effect a wider audience but later in the narrative I would've made it distinctly british, with a full british cast and a british town would be a main setting for the film. Jim finds Human bodies at the end of the opening scene, John doesn't find anyone during the opening so it leaves more questions for the viewer and it also doesn't start with an equlibirem so it doesn't follow a typical narrative structure.

30 Seconds to Mars L490 Part of this song will be played during the opening sequence, it have a very eerie and serious tone to it. It adds a very great sense of isloation to the viewer and adds to the narrative as the sound track really helps the clip be delivered in the correct sensee, to make the viewer feel a sense of curiosity and sympathy for John as he is searching for some sign of life and is song provides a perfect backing as it's not too loud, so it doesn't distract the viewr and it's not too low, so it has the right effect on the view without being too subtle but yet not being too in the viewers face. The mood is really set once you can hear the acoustic guitar and it's long drawn notes as John looks for other Human beings, so the song will be a reccouring thing during the entirety, or a song/songs of similar qualities. The fact that there's no lyrics also adds to the eerieness as most songs that people are use to involve lyrics of somekind but this songs doesn't so it creates the perfect atmosphere of loneliness and isolation.

British Film

My opening sequence will reflect a typical British film convention as it will be filmed on location with an entire cast of Brits, it will have the sterotypical grity atmosphere that most British films have as, I want the film to be very relateable to a British audience, so it has a more mature theme that will appeal to a certain group of people rather than just to make money and appeal to a mass audience as I believe that a film should be made to be enjoyed by people who truly appreciate the British genre rather than going for money. It has it's own sense of sincerity and genuine atmoshphere that can only really be translated and understood by people who are use to the genre and are fond of it and see it's beauty as a whole.

Revised idea

I have decided to scrap my initial opening sequence and i'm opting for a completely different type of opening. The idea that i'm going for now is quite similar to that of 28 days later's opening scene, with the main character waking up in a bewildered state wondering what's going on, without any signs of Humans anywhere. The shots used will be mainly extreme long shots to show the expansiveness of the area that he's in, the area will be a remote beach, the main character will be looking around the beach for any other signs of Human life and it will end with him running up to a massive victorian bridge towering above him to show the extent of his isolation and confusion. In the background of the soundeffects will be a very slow accoustic song with a very serious and calming tone to help the mood of the viewer so they can begin to reflect with the character and their despiration. Photographs will be taken of the production and a video will be made documenting the making of the opening.