This is an animatic storyboard for our opening scene. One thing we discovered while drawing the scenes was that it was important to insure that we were drawing them from the correct perspective and to make sure they had no continuity errors such as it looking as though we were filming from above or running in the other direction from the last scene. Another thing we found useful was having the same person do all the drawings from one location to make sure that the continuity remained intact. Finally we edited it together including any sound effects we thought necessary to get a clearer idea of what we hope to achieve in our opening scene.
Next we need to look at what credits we will be including and how we will incorporate them into our opening scene.
Our colour palette has a mix of darker and lighter tones. The greys and the greens are representing the roads and the trees whilst the brown and brick red represent the houses of the suburban setting. We have chosen to use slightly darker colours as it will create a sense of verisimilitude and our film will not be the ordinary lighthearted and "cheesy" comedy films we often see. The blues and reds are for the actors clothing and the light blue is for the sky. Details such as the yellow lines on the road are on the colour palette as they will stand out. Since we will be doing close up shots of the characters we also added light pink/ skin tone colours.
Sound Palette
9 Frames These nine frames give an overview of the tone we are going for. It also highlights our colour palette and contains moments we wish to include in our opening scene.
Kingsman The general look and feel of Kingsman is fast paced and almost clinical in how clean all of the action sequences are put together. A key element to the action is non dietetic sound. This background music adds to the comedy especially in the scene with the heads exploding as it removed the audience from the gory horrific situation and made it lighthearted. Parkour scene
The look and feel of this scene comes off as very well put together and it runs smoothly, this is especially because the parkour moves are in time to the music. If we are to use a non diegetic background track this method of putting it in time would tie the scene together.
Although not a heavily comedic scene it still has hints of comedy including his facial expressions as he looks unaffected by the seriously extraneous activity he has taken part in. This highlights the importance of even the smallest elements of the mise en scene and how casting will be crucial for an action comedy.
Hotfuzz
Running scene
At the beginning the ticking music and increasing closeups of the standoff between the two men over exaggerates the situation and builds suspense for the chase that is to follow. The stark contrast between the tense standoff and calm DVD browsing of the partner shows the relationship between them much like our plans for a partnership where one is serious and the other a little goofy. The main action sequence is fast paced with dramatic music however, comedy is still weaved in through aspects such as the gold statue and the exaggeration of the threat of the approaching mothers. The fence jumping is the highlight of the clip, in the scene non-diegetic music is used to hype up the scene however, this cuts out at he falls trough the fence and his struggle continues for a time still in silence creating an awkward atmosphere adding to the humor. This sequence also highlights the relationship between the two men as you have the pro, and then the novice, much like the dynamic that we wish to achieve in our opening.
In our group we took it in turns to present our initial mood boards to each other. From this we created a collection of similar ideas that were within our mood boards. We then used these common ideas to come up with two initial ideas that we could use for our opening scene.
Idea 1
One theme we shared was parkour. We used this to create a lighthearted action film concept that revolved around two main characters. One mature and well versed in the action lifestyle and the other younger and less so. Originally we thought their connection could be father and son however, we decided on their relationship being brothers as we felt this would be a better dynamic.
Idea 2
Our second idea is very different to the first. We based this on the darker themes present in our mood boards. We started with a simply concept of a girl being chased through a wood or other ominous setting and went from there. An issue with this is it is very cliche and so we will have to research and trial ways in which to move away from the stereotypical thriller, or embrace it and use these ideas tastefully.
