However, for the opening sequence we are going to create it is just going to consist of the four friends walking through some school corridors early on a morning to reach the science room and during this journey the audience will have a chance to get to know the characters.
Scenario Breakdown:
- One clumsy character drops sheets and textbooks on school yard
- The clumsy character scoops up some textbooks and runs after friends who walk into the school
- Goes back to the dropped sheets spread across school yard and these are used to do the opening credits
- Cuts back into the school and follows the friends walking down the school corridors while a voice-over is used to explain each character by one of the characters in the future
- Dolly-shot used to follow the characters and freeze-frames and superimposed character names used to show each character to the audience
- The group of friends approach the door of a science room and walk in
These are good ideas, Flossi - I like the idea of using the notes for the credits. Will you cross-cut between the notes and the footage of the "Science Boys"? I would suggest that for each of the "Boys" you film short vignettes (three or four really short - 2-3s snippets - demonstrating their characteristics. You need to know how each of the characters are different (could use the Big Bang Theory as a model - the quiet one, the one who thinks he's a ladies man, the one who's socially inept and the one who's closest to "us". I would use this person to do the voiceover. You could really do with making sure you've got a script and storyboard sorted as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteThe opening sequence of "Hot Fuzz" might be a good one to look at. I can't find it online, so let me know if you need to borrow a copy.