My lighting in my film opening will be determined by the sun's positioning when we film at Las Olas. Las Olas is a boulevard, as I have mentioned in my previous posts. The area is outside and is either lit by street lights at night or by the sun, as it is an outdoor area. As I want my final part of my opening to be the two main characters in the street, I want the lighting to hit my female character's face to symbolize her "lighting up" the male protagnists world.
As we continue to film this week, my costuming and props will be finished, hopefully by the first official date. With my props for my male main character, little to no will be added to his person. I want this character to be bare for the audience to try and understand who he is, what he likes, etc. Movies like these will have my target audience intrigued and interested in wanting to know what the movie is about.
The movie listed below is the film "Before Sunrise", which is a beloved romance movie where the couple is madly in love with each other, with deep connections and character development throughout the film.
my sources-
Google. (2026). Search results for "Before Sunrise". https://www.google.com/search?q=Before+Sunrise
Marder, H. (2020, August 21). 24 of the most pure, swoon-worthy, unproblematic male movie characters of all time. BuzzFeed. https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmarder/best-unproblematic-movie-men
This blog post is going to be about my props and costuming. In my previous post, I talked about my locations and costuming. However, this post will be about how my characters will come to life with the costuming and props coming together. The idea for my male protagonist in the climax of the film opening is to have warm hues in his wardrobe. So with my outfit already inspired, as mentioned in my previous post I have done more research. Men in the 1970s wore bellbottom jeans with bottoms ups top downs. Many mismatched outfits showed others how you liked to be dressed. For my male character, I want a statement piece collar with light blue bellbottoms and his hair combed over to the side, as most men wore it in the 70s.
For my props, my female character will be having a type of bag that has trickets, particularly falling out of it. I want flowers, cds, and tickets, based on the storyline, to be in her bag but for the audience to see. This will create an interest in my male protagonist and show the audience why he has a liking for her. Research shows that props, particularly in romances, are supposed to symbolize emotion and the atmosphere of the scene within the film. Which shows that the props that I want for my woman lead will be perfect, as they are subtle for the opening and will be effective for the storyline to come.
This is from the famous movie Titanic. The necklace shown in this image is a significant part of this film connects the beginning of this film to the end when the credits roll.
This blog post is to show which media theory my film opening represents. My film opening is represented through the Binary Opposition Theory. As this film is to show a loss in a family, the film is to show the two main characters' lives together before one of them passes. The theory explains the experiences of life through the concepts of opposites, so my film will show this by showing the two main characters experiences with each other and showing how their relationship is built on their interactions.
Movies that have used this theory are Harry Potter and Twilight. In Harry Potter, there is a clear separation between "pure-blood", which are wizards with wizard parents, and ''muggle-born'', which are wizards with normal parents. This dynamic is between characters such as Hermione and Draco, which creates tension between the two. In Twilight, there is a clear dynamic between vampires and werewolves, for the two characters, Edward and Jacob.
This blog post is about my costuming and location setting for my film opening. Costuming will be an obstacle for this project due to my flashback taking place in the 1970s. With this flashback, my characters will be dressed in '70s attire, and I will go to thrift stores such as Goodwill to find outfits. I have found outfits on oxknit.com for my male protagonist. For my woman protagnist I am still deciding how to dress her. I want to dress her in a light color scheme as she is the "light'' of the male protagnist life.
My flashback will be in front of La Olas, which is a boulevard of restaurants and stores, and I believe it is a good place for the two main characters to meet. I want this meeting to be quick but also have a big impact on the opening as it is the entire point of this film, the woman walking into the male protagnist life. This scene is to build up to the rest of their interactions together, having the audience wanting to find out more about the two lovers' story.
my sources-
OxKnit. (n.d.). Men’s 70s brown retro knit polo. https://www.oxknit.com/it/products/men-70s-brown-retro-knit-polo
Google. (n.d.). Search results for “las olas”. https://www.google.com/search?q=las+olas
This post is to show how I want my film to be presented, visually. The storyboard is to help me outline how I see the film in my head. This storyboard that I have created has multiple scenes that are merged into montages so I am able to fit the 2-minute time duration and complete my plotline. I will be using my family for the majority of this opening. I will be going to my grandfather's house to film the first half, while in the next few weeks, I will film the second half.
The link to the storyboard is here. Three pages make up my entire scene, and I hopefully won't have to get rid of any or add any new ones. But still, this is just the outline and my vision for my opening. The name of this film is " As She Walked By". As I have mentioned in some of my posts, my inspirations are The Notebook, Forrest Gump, and Titanic. These films all gave me the idea and grasp of this project genre, and I hope you enjoy it.
My plotline starts with a family gathering after my
grandmother died, and we all visit my grandfather. I, ( his granddaughter), will have
a drink with him and ask about grandma. He’ll refer to her as the color of his
life, my Evangeline. Then transition to a strip mall. People walking around, and
while my grandfather is voicing over the frame. It will end when he starts
talking about seeing her, and then the opening ends with Evangeline's face in the
frame.
Inspiration would be forest gump and The Notebook. For
forest gump, the voiceover of Forrest telling the people on the bench his life
while the audience is visually seeing it. The notebook, the flashbacks of Noah
and Alison's life before she gets Alzheimer’s. The impact both these movies have on their
target audience was the reason I picked romance as my genre.
Romance is the type of genre to live their target audience in
tears. That’s how I want the opening to be. Of course, I would have to not
show the entire film, but I will have the heart-warming tone that these movies
brought me.
Credit seuqences in the beginning of a film production are extremely important in giving credit to the people who have worked on the movie. The following films are romance films that I have chosen to analyze closely to figure out why their credit openings are the way they are.
Moonstruck-
We start with MGM's famous logo, a lion growling at the center of their trademark. MGM is then shown, without the abbreviation, as the company that is presenting this film. Patrick Palmer and Norman Jewison Productions were two collaborators of Palmer, the producer, and Jewison, the director. The two main actors, Cher and Nicolas Cage, are inserted into the screen. While this is happening, there are various types of scenery in New York, which show the audience where the movie will take place. MOONSTRUCK is then illstrated benath the view of the city underneath the moonlight. Connecting back to the title of the film. The credits are now listing their starring actors while in the background show settings from places in future scenes. is now a character the camera is tracking, which hints to the auidence this character has an importance to the plotline. The actors are still being listed while this takes place. The rest of the people listed in the credit opening, such as the cast director, writer, and music composer names, are being inserted on the screen while many clues of the opera are being placed within the actual scene. From the beginning of this scene opening a song, "That's Amore", has been playing. When our first character starts their dialogue, the music comes to an end. This shows the audience is ready to begin the plot of the movie.
Notting Hill-
Notting Hill starts off witha female character having paparazzi surrounding her, she is portrayed to the audience as a celebrity. The production company, Duncan Kenworthy, is then inserted below her face as viewed through a camera. Roger Michell, a director, is not much later inserted below the woman's face. The celebrity is going through a montage of photos, magazines, and red carpets. The main actors, Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant are then inserted, however, we do not see Grant's actual character. Only seeing Roberts. This creates a dominant role for this character in the film. After the title of the film, Notting Hill is illustrated still beneath the charatcer face. The featured actors are then inserted for the rest of the montage of the woman celebrity.
Dirty Dancing-
During this black and white-toned opening is red color font of the text shows Veston Pictures, which is always associated with Great American Film. The Linda Gottliel Production is then followed by the title of the film, Dirty Dancing. All of these credits are in cursive, which connects to the background scene of people dancing with happy emotions on their faces. The starring actors Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swaynze with other featured actors, follow the montage of dancing. Directors of costuming, casting, music, and more are then centered on the scene to show the contrast of the red with the black and white montage. The montage then ends with a car on the highway, with a character introduced, Baby. The producers are the last mentioned in the opening credits. This shows that the movie is officially beginning.
