Our brainstorming went really well and we managed to get lots of work done in this double lesson. We got all of our A3 sheets scanned and moved onto the computers so begin typing up everything we had discussed. After the lesson had finished we were so in the mode we stayed in during third period to get on with extra work and move ahead. I ended up staying in for the entire day, during lunch, fourth and fith period. In all of this time I had managed to type up all of the planning for The Narrative, Mise-en scene, Sound, and Backstory.
Mad Max begins with a pitch black background showing no titles. A voice over begins striaght away, "My name is Max". Straight from the begining it is establishing that we are listenign to the protagonist of the movie. The balck background still leaves a sense of mystery and suspsion to the viewer. The voice over goes onto say "my world is fire and blood." The black background fades up to this red gruesome colour resemberling splatters of blood on the screen. Here we see our first title. It is presented in a sans serif style in block capital blod letters. it is placed central on the screen making it clear that they want the viewers to read and comprehend it. Over the top of this a non diagetic recordings of screaming, radio transfers and new reports can be heard. This is doen to create tension and provide the viewers with extra information as to what is occuring in this world at that point. This helps to set the scene.
There is a small crescendo and at the slight climax we see the first real clip of the film. It is an establishing shot of orange desert, which is all can be seen for miles. Moutains of stone and dust can be seen within the distance. No life source can be found except for a man stood nearly central with his back facign the camera. This entitles a sense of mystery. As the voice over continues we are lead to beleieve that this vocie belongs to the male character stood in the shot. Now we know who our protagonist is. The camera begins to slowly tilt downwards and lands on what appears as a rock. Within the shot we see a lizard and whispers are are now heard. These sounds are not dialogue as they appear to be wihtin the characters mind. This plays with the idea of being mad, suggesting the film title 'Mad Max'. The lizards turn around and it is clear to the viewer that it has two heards. This automatically plays with the idea of abnormality and madness, a key theme so far. The camera angle establishes Max as a dominating character. The lizard begins to move quickly towards the protagonist. As this occurs we hear the sliver of the liazrd as it moves and the whispers increase in volueme and pace, it helps to create a chaotic and mad atomsphere. The whispers provide an affect that they are talking to you directly as a viewer. It gives a sense that you are understanding what it is like inside of the protagonists head and allows you to sympothise with him a little bit.
This is all taken as one long take. This plays with the ideas of how long Max's life has been like this for. It suggest that the end of time has been stretched out for so long and provides themes of loneliness and isolation in the viewers minds. The whispers build up to a small crescondo and are silenced at the point of build up by the protagonist squishing the lizards with his left foot. This suggest that he is killing the voices inside of his head, again suggesting that he is mad.
All of a sudden the pace of the film changes massively. All of the takes become short snippets and editted very quickly together. Max head to his car and kicks the mysetrious objects spilling out of it. He begins packing frantically. The sudden pace and urge to get away suggests a sense of danger which he must escape. The engine is running at this point of rapidness. The short takes are filmed with lots of close ups and extreme close ups of detailing of the car. The car helps to suggest what time it is they are living in. It can not be the past as history's technology was not as advanced to create cars of this standard. This then connotes that it is set in the future after the distruction of the world or some sort. 
Our project begins inside of a therapy room. This is where we are introduced to the character Benjamin Winters. The scene begins with the pair in mid-convocation, Benjamin is asking Jasper questions in which she is struggerling to answer to. Answers for these question will be included within flashback and childhood memories. To recreate these memories we have asked Alice is she could provide us with videos of herself and her family as a child.
The titles are presented in sans serif. The first set of titles appear on the screen seperately and in different colours of purple and white. The white font establishes the name of the production company, to represent that this is an important title it is shown with big lights streaming off the letters; this makes it very extravagant.
When editing our prelim task we noticed that one of the long shots taken of Paddy in the cubard was at a wrong angle. Because of this, when editing there was an odd black boarder around the clip. This made the video look unprofessionll and looked as if there was some sort of glitch. It also didnt help to give the menacing affect I was aiming for with the inserts of Paddy. 
This image shows how we worked together to gain the correct lighting and camera angle to get the affect we wanted.
In this long shot the car is now completely visible. The questions viewers are forced to ask themselfs extends which fits in with the Barthes narrative enigmas theory. This theory often comes into place with thriller movies and opening sequences. In this shot it becomes more clear to the viewer that the vehicle is dragging something behind it. The mystery of this scene completely fits the conventions of a thriller film. At this point the music adds in a drum instrument. This creates a dramatic change to the music and the extract. The large crescendo demonstares the dramaticness of the movie inviting in the viewers more and increasing there heart rate. 
Before we could begin filming we had to understand exactly what shots we wanted to use and editing inbewteen the shots. To do this we made a story board of 15 shots. When filming we were extending these shots as more ideas came to mind. In the prevoius lesson we had allready created a A3 sheet covered in ideas and planned out the story of which our intro to a thriller film would become.
This is a low angle of jodie foster climbing a climbing aparatus. This is now clear to the viewer that she is not running away from someone or something but running a course. This angle demonstrates the power she has gained over the track and the lengths she is willing to go to to progress. The climb symbolises an obsticle she may have to come across during the film. 
The use of fire in this shot relies on the viewers pragmatic understanding of fire and its effects on the environment and symbolic imagery. The vibrant red flame, also gives connotations of anger and pain, suggesting that the film will likely focus on these themes, themes which are common in thrillers. 
