The Matrix Analysis (Research of Opening Sequence)

This is my research of an Opening Sequence. We researched The matrix because it is a sci-fi thriller which is the theme of our Opening Sequence. By researching The Matrix we found out loads of things that they had included in their filming which we would like to think about using. 

Shooting Schedule

This is our shooting schedule, this is what we are going to use as our plan to finding days and times which everyone can make so we are all involved with the making of our sequence. We have made this shooting schedule because if we didn't then our group wouldn't be organized and we wouldn't know what we were doing. We need to know what we are doing so that we would be able to complete all our coursework in time.

Storyboards

These are our storyboards which we used to plan our ideas for the order of our sequence, we tried to include conventions that we thought worked well as a sci-fi thriller by including: low key lighting, dark settings, the colour green and different parts of technology. We also included information such as the editing cuts, how long the shot is going to be, and another box made for showing what dialogue or extra details may be involved.

Font

The fonts above are the type of writing we would like to take part in our opening sequence, as they look connected with computers and technology. The colour of the font we want to be is green as with all the research we done, we found out the colour that is most common is green and seems to be the signiture colour for sci-fi thriller. The fonts above also seem very sci-fi looking and is something that you could imagine when you think of the word hacking or technology.

This is an example of the type of colour we would like to use, this type of font is from the film that we researched upon called The Matrix. This a sci-fi thiller which is why we wanted to incorporate this type of font into our opening sequence to  make it a convention of sci-fi Thiller.

Character Profiles

17

Male

Personality: Intelligent, secretive 

Looks: Dark, black curley hair 

Occupation: Unemployed/at College

17

Male

Personality: Intelligent

Looks: Dark, brown straight hair  

Occupation: Unemployed/at College

Costume Ideas

This costume idea is of simple dark coloured jumper and jeans, mainly to conceal their identity, however it also emphasises their importance in society, the dark and dull colours indicate they may be reasonably insignificant. Furthermore, I think that the colour black for the costumes are used for the way it connects with the background and the location. The location is made to be gloomy and dark, this has been done by the low key lighting. The costumes and the lighting all connect to make it link and show the personality of the characters, the characters being secretive and deceiving. 

Music

 I would like this type of music because it makes you feel relaxed at first which is what I want the audience to feel at the beginning of the opening sequence when nothing important is really happening, they feel relaxed until they find out what problems are going to happen later on within the film. Also makes the characters first impressions look good because of the relaxing music, which is giving the audience a false impression as later on in the opening sequence we find out that they are far from innocent.