Filming Log

Filming Log of our opening scene; Firewall

This is our first attempt at filming the opening scene to our film Firewall.



To improve:

- More camera angles, bird's eye view, close-ups
- Lighter
- Different shots of the hands
- More arc shots with a steadier hand
- Text on screen showing distributors
- Non-diagetic
- Change shots up
- Shot showing USB stick going into the computer
- Show something to do with the school
- Input titles


This is our second attempt at filming the opening scene Firewall.



After taking the above feedback on board, we re-shot a handful of the scenes with a desk light on and the curtains open to improve on the main problem that our first edit had.

To improve:

- Add a bird's eye view
- Cut to a close up of the keyboard
- No zoom in/out
- Curtain shot; shorten and straighten up
- As well as some of the above that we have not added in yet


This is our third attempt at filming the opening scene Firewall.



To improve:

- Add music
- Add titles
- Add institution

This is our fourth edit of the opening scene to Firewall



To improve:

- Add institutions
- Shorten the downloading scene

This is the fifth edit of the opening scene to Firewall



To improve:

- Make sure that the institution doesn't overlap the downloading scene
- Music jumps when the character is about to turn it down
- Shorten the downloading scene

This is the sixth edit to the opening scene to the film Firewall



To improve:

- Improve the readability of the institutions
- Try, as little as possible, to have the majority to not go into more than one scene
- Shorten the downloading scene
- Because it is an opening scene, get the character to stay in the room and carry on typing (don't have an 'end')

This is the seventh edit of the opening scene to the film Firewall



To improve:

- Fix ending sound and quick finish
- Add in director institution

This is the final product of the opening scene to the film Firewall



To improve:

- Add production company as Fox Searchlight distributes British films in US

Script

(Courtesy of James Lewis)

Shot List

Typography

These are some examples of the typography in our opening scene

(By James Lewis)

(Courtesy of Kit Fielder)

Sound

A playlist of Possible songs that we could use for our opening sequence:

The following songs are ones which we think would better suit our opening.

Kygo feat. Conrad Firestone Instrumental

This song works well with our opening sequence as it is a chill background music which would compliment our opening sequence without being too over the top. This song fits the purpose  of us having music which is to allow the audience to have something to listen to other than the sound of our character typing on the keyboard.

Nada Funk - Yuma King

This song makes our opening sequence more upbeat yet slightly changes the audiences views on how they view the character. it would make our opening more interesting and gain the audiences attention, but doesn't suit how we originally interpreted our opening sequence.
The song is a good length which matches up with our opening. It also gives the audience a better image of our character.

MitiS & MaHi - Tribute

This would be a good song for background music as it has no lyrics and has a quite consistent throughout and it isn't too upbeat or too depressing. Although, even though it does have good qualities it and would compliment our opening sequence as relaxing background music, it doesn't really suit our characters personality or his actions.

ACTIONABLE | ROYALTY FREE MUSIC

(From Bensound)

This song would work well with our opening sequence as it suits are characters objectives and create a tense atmosphere. This song also offers a different perspective from the other songs and completely changes the way the audience look at the character and the opening sequence as a whole.

(Courtesy of Kit Fielder)

Thinking of a Concept/Final Idea

(By Kit Fielder)

Audience Profile

(Courtesy of James Lewis)