Evaluation Activity 5

The Desperate Pursuit opening with annotations: For this task I added annotations so my film opening to show the shots we used that were inspired by films or TV programs we had watched. 

1) This is the establishing shot of a festive high street in L.A. in the opening scene of 'The Holiday' which we were aiming to recreate. The shot would have been perfect for our film as it shows a busy high street during the run up to Christmas. The Christmas lights are very bright and festive and there are plenty of cars on the road, therefore it conforms to the shot we initially wanted to create.

2) We were inspired by the quote which is used in the opening of 'The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.' This quote was placed here to obviously get the audience thinking for when they watch the film, the quote is eerie and reminds the audience that thousands of children were killed as a result of the holocaust. We wanted to create a similar effect however our story line is not as powerful as the story line of The Boy In The Striped Pajamas. We decided too open our film with the definition of Hope. We believe this makes the audience think of all the luxury things they have in their life however when they see the definition of hope, it reminds them that for some people hope is all they have got. 

3) For the introduction of our film title, we were inspired by the way the title for the film 'The Holiday' appears. We liked the simple font and choice of colour and also the basic transition between the two scenes so therefore this inspired us to use a simple font for out own title.

4) This shot is a shot from the TV program 'Life Unexpected.' The shot shows a young woman waiting at a set of traffic lights. We were inspired by this shot to use in our own film as it shows a busy crowed, this shot is exactly what we wanted to recreate when shooting our own film. 

5) This mid shot is very similar to the tracking shot we used to film out main character walking up the high street. We decided that the tracking shot effectively gives the character the main focus and helps to make the audience aware of their situation by seeing things from their perspective.