Our film was linked to a few features shown in other film openings

and title sequences such as The Walking Dead and Zombie Land. This is because due to it linking to an apocalyptic film, The Walking Dead’s titles looked decayed and helped make the look of the titles like they have been there for a while.

Other titles included production companies and this was to show that we followed the other conventions of titling in films where they include titles such as actors, music, directions, editors and production/distribution companies.

We also included music by, actors and also edited by titles to follow the conventions too.

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Titling (colours, fonts and timings)

Title evidence

There are a lot of Post-Apocalyptic genre movies and openings

throughout the research period which helped us gain information about what kind of things we could include during our opening and to also help us get views on what other typed of edits we could use too.

Some films that we looked at; The Walking Dead ZombieLand The Road 28 Days Later 28 Weeks Later

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Genres

Camera movements were one of the key parts during the filming process

and with this, we ensured that we had certain panning shots for some of the shots to show the entire environment and also scenery that was in the area and that we were aiming to shoot for that certain shot.

We looked at The Walking Dead’s opening sequence to see what shots they had during the opening and it was panning across but at different locations to show some of the locations of the film but to also show what had happened during the situation that was within the film itself.

A lot of the shots during the opening were all the same angles, movements and also zooms which kept it consistent and also helped us see a lot of what had happened as a whole during the apocalypse.

Camera Movements (tracking & panning shots)

We had seen a lot of different things to include for the shots

and with this, we chose to have the kind of shots used during The Walking Dead’s opening sequence and having the same consistent shots throughout to help us with it not looking too different during the opening titles. We also ensured that when shooting the shots, we had the same angles on each too which helped it all fit together and not look different.

The only thing that was different is the direction of the panning on some of the shots with some going left, some going right and others going in other directions such as up to the sky to transition into the next shot and so on.

Camera Movements (tracking & panning shots) [Extended]

We did a few Music researches for the soundtrack type that we wanted for

our film opening. For this, we looked at different films such as The Road and other apocalyptic movies to see what we could use and what they used to make it fit with the film opening itself or film overall.

Some of the main TV series and Films that we looked at were; The Walking Dead The Road Children of Men

All of these helped with the research of the music and showed us that the main things used for the music of these films were low and subtle music that included pianos or violins. This got us to the conclusion of using the music that we did as it fit with the shots used and also the theme of the film.

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Music (Soundtracks or Sound effects)

There wasn't a lot of research done for the props side of things and

only small amounts which included looing at the same films that we had before and seeing what they had included within their films and then going from that to see what we could use too.

One thing that we did use that wasn’t seen in any of the films that we looked at was a poster or multiple posters which were made to look old. I did this by designing some posters about the outbreak myself on Photoshop and then covering them in coffee and letting them soak and then dry. This was because it allowed them to become a murky colour and helped the old look appear.

The locations were an easy thing to research with most of the movies that we researched being in forests, cities, houses and fields. These are all accessible and were really fitting for what we were looking for during the filming and for the opening itself.

Props, Locations and Scenery

Props & Location Evidence

For the Mise en scene we didn’t really change the setting in which we

were filming at, nor did we add anything to the scenes or locations to change them either. The only think we did is added posters to a wall to make them stay there and show that they were pinned up by someone to analyse.

The settings and locations which we used weren’t changed in any way as we wanted them to be as original as possible to prevent them being out of place or not relating to the theme of the film or opening.

Mise en scène

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