Thriller Openings- Mission Impossible

The opening of mission impossible is inspired by the old television series. it starts with a close up of a hand lighting a fuse. the fuse lasts all the way though the opening credits, the fuse is used because people associate fuses as being a count down to an explosion of some sort, with the similar style to the original series kept in mind, they show brief moments later on in the film for a glimpse to what exciting thrills lie ahead. in 0this it  The music is very stylish and fits perfectly with the style of the film, its fast and catchy. They used the original music but gave it a more modern twist to show it's age. I think that this really works well, as it wouldn't be mission impossible with out it. The clip is very fast moving and energetic, which sets the atmosphere for the rest of the film.

This is our first attempt at the continuity exercise, we tried to use night cam to add to the mystery. I do not think this worked well, because of the way the light was used.

Thriller opening Idea

Ideas
. action scene
. James bond type opening
. lots of lights and effects
. Flash back
. non-chronological order.
. the credits appear after the opening scene
. pre-haps alternating between a questioning/interrogation scene and a action scene.
. explosions
.  create suspence and grip the audiences attention.
. close shots, mid shots, extreme close ups, long shots.
. start with a establishing shot, then a close shot of what is going on.
production logo/name
. Laughing monkey productions
. picture of a monkey
. drawing of a monkey
. rough drawing of a monkey
possible names action thriller
. unknown enemy
. unknown fate
. narrowing lanes
. darkening lanes

More storyboards

storyboarding

Alfred Hitchcock 'North by Northwest'

Alfred Hitchcock's 'north by Northwest', (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIlqatMQSgI) starts off with an animation of some lines shooting across the screen, the credits are on the the lines, the lines finally stop to form what looks like the bars of a prison, this makes the viewer feel uncomfortable and claustrophobic.


      The animation eventually ends up with a fixed pattern, it is at this piont that the animation stops and changes into a film, even though it is only  a small part of the building it is quite clearly a sky scraper, because of the glass and the amount of windows. soon the reflection reveals more by showing the reflection of the traffic below, at this point the viewer is able to locate the buildings location,  because of new Yorks iconic yellow cabs. Then the camera pans down slowly and changes the shot to the bottom of the skyscraper, where we see a crowd of people scurrying around. The choice of music is very clever as it is a very fast piece and it is in a major key, this almost sounds like scurrying which matches the scene we can see.


         The viewer can tell what time of the day it is by the amount of people rushing around. It seems as if it is the evening because of the way all the people are exiting the buildings instead of entering them. we are shown two middle class women fighting over a taxi, this adds to the chaotic surrounding and makes the viewer feel even more uncomfortable, and claustrophobic.