MUSIC influences: Mickybo and me, Trick or treat, Tyrannosaur, Submarine

Sound/Music

Music inspiration and research

Micky Bo and Me 
In Micky Bo and Me, at the start of the film they use slow music that builds up as it goes along to create tension during the chase scene. They also use a voice over to give use extra information about the date, time and setting and also gives us exposition. We have taken inspiration from this and have applied this dynamic to our own film as we thought that this was a very effective technique of informing the audience of key exposition. 

Trick or Treat
In Trick or treat we get rock music, mainly consisting of electric guitars, straight when the film starts until 5:48 seconds into the film. We have taken inspiration from this and have added the song Born to be Wild as non diegetic music in the Bad boy scene. As in Trick or Treat the rock music signifies that the character is an outsider as he is a fan of this genre of music however it is not the norm to listen to rock music in American 80s High school. It also signifies that he is a rebel. However in our film this genre of music is not used to indicate that Brad is an outsider as he is quite the opposite, but it does denote that he is a rebel.

Tyrannosaur

Music is one of he main components that we will use from Tyrannosaur. It uses slow acoustic instrumental music to create a sad and calm atmosphere but in comparison ours will get faster and more upbeat when we transfer into the shop scene. In our film opening however we will also have music running over the top but it will be soft acoustic guitar to start off with but then getting more upbeat as it progresses helping to signify our romantic aspect of the narrative. There is also a voice over which we will do also as we can hear what they are thinking which helps the audience understand key aspects about the character and setting.

Submarine

Sound and music are also other key factors that Submarine has. It uses slow acoustic music to set the scene as calm and relaxing whilst also connoting the romantic genre of the film. We can tell this by if we used the commutation test and replaced it with rock music it would have a huge change in the effect, as the genre would then be signified as a horror much like in Trick or Treat. We are going to get this effect by having a slow acoustic at the start eventually building up into normal speed.

SHOOT 1: Moor shots story board, call sheet, planning, inspiration

Story board and call sheet-     Even though these are pretty vague all the shot types were the same through out filming all the different sections of moorland as they were all panning establishing shots of moorland.                             This planning along with my previous practice shots and inspirations from films such as Submarine and American Werewolf in London (which I will later go on to explain) meant that I was fully prepared for the real shoot as I knew exactly what I wanted. 

The sky taking up almost 5/6th of the frame

 I wanted the sky to take up the more than half of the frame so the titles could be clearly seen.

Shots feature moorland 

As the shots are establishing shots, which hint at the location of our film (Yorkshire moorland hinting at Yorkshire countryside town) the shots all need to be extreme long shots and they also all need to be the same type of shot so that they can all be smoothly edited together.

Inspiration from Submarine

All the shots are panning as we have taken inspiration from the film Submarine (you can see my analysis of the film earlier on in my blog). In Submarine's opening there are panning shots of the inside of the main protagonists bedroom setting up the location and character.

This was my inspiration for the moorland shots

Another film that influences our opening shots is American Werewolf in London. As this film is also set in the Yorkshire moorland they use extreme long shots of moorland which show exposition much like we have.