Broadcasting research/plan

 

Research/plan for Broadcasting

The plan to make the (approximately) 2 minute long TV advertisement had changed and I started to look more at what makes a good opening scene and opening credits for a crime drama, being a crime ‘drama’ you can gather that the programme can/will revolve more around the characters themselves, with a theme of crime.
In order to split the editing work equally me and my partner decided that I would edit the opening credits and she would edit the first scene, the filming/planning would be made together so we would be able to produce 2 pieces of work that would perfectly fit together to make one piece of broadcasting.

Credits

We plan to make opening credits (under a minute long) to open into the first scene.
Similarly to the True Blood opening credits, we wanted to create an idea of what the programme is about, True Blood use a fair bit of gore, sex and religious imagery in their opening scene to hint at what the show is about. Taking inspiration from this the plan is to feature short panning clips of location and the MISSING poster prop to give the audience a sense of what the programme will be about, the kind of location it is set and the general feel of a crime drama.

Also, inspiration was taken from the way the True Blood credits feature no main characters directly, in the credits we plan on having none of the main actors except the title credits. A similar idea is used in the hit series Game of Thrones as they have a changing cast due to plot changes and character deaths, as this is a crime drama featuring murder, having only names not faces in the credits can be useful for plot change.

Another important feature when creating a successful opening credits/title sequence is audio/music, the chosen music should fit the pace and theme of the sequence its used in, this can enhance any ideas the audience has about the programme or can even make it memorable if it become associated with that show.

 The song I chose to edit the opening credits to is Kids with guns by Gorillaz,
I decided on this song as I could picture using the numerous build ups In the song to enhance different parts of the clips as well as using the songs pace to set the general flow of the credits, I also thought that the song lyrics could hint towards a crime drama in particular a teen crime drama as the lyrics refer to 'Kids' and the 'guns', 'taking over' could hint towards the crime/murder aspect.

 Opening(first) scene

The opening scene will be edited by my partner (http://rabiaahmed1997.blogspot.co.uk/) For filming we plan to have camera angles from both p.o.v of the actor as well as wider shots as if they are being watched, the scene should hopefully look as if the actor Is being followed and is paranoid about such. cut scenes from the actor to clips of the MISSING poster being typed should give the impression that the actor is about to go missing and to build tension with some tense music building up in the back ground, this should end with a fade to black ready for the next scene.