The School Of Rock Opening Cedits

 

 

 School of Rock is a 2003 American musical comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, written by Mike White, and starring Jack Black.

 

The opening sequence is one of the most memorable in music films.

 

The ways in which the titles appear on screen are creative and different from the normal conventions. The titles are physically embedded into clothing, posters and lighting. This is a technique Paddy and myself are going to use in our opening scene. Also like in The School of Rock, we will have a mixture of physical and editing titles.

 

The main reason we have decided to produce our titles in this way is to reflect the main character-similar to in The School of Rock (these titles reflect the main theme of the film-rock music).

 

We have 7 titles to include in the opening scene. The first is the production company which we will present on the girls t shirt at the very beginning. The second is who the music is by, which we will have come up on an iPod screen. The third is the starring actor, which will appear on the wall as the main character on the bike goes past acting as a wipe. The fourth is editing which will appear on a badge on the back of the boys bag. The fifth is the producer which will be presented on a poster on the boys bedroom wall. The sixth is the director which the boy will type on a typewriter and the seventh is the name of the film (Cemetery Gates) which will also be typed on the type writer.

 

 

 

 

Costume

This is the decided costume for the main a male character in the opening sequence. The costume is very typical teenage boy clothing but has a slightly different style to it. This is the type of character we want to create in our media product. 

Casting

Main character 

Ben Pilston 

Age:18

Hair Colour: brown

Eye Colour: dark green 

Height: 5ft 10"

Location for Opening Sequence

1)Cemetery gates - Woodstock

2) Shipton Road- Woodstock

This road is great for our opening sequence as it shows the residential houses and a small town atmosphere that we want to create. An element we could include if we carried on with the film would be the main character wanting to get out of the small town they've always lived in and go somewhere new and stimulating. Similar to some elements of 'Cemetery Junction', a British coming-of-age comedy drama (the genre we aspire to portray).

Furthermore, this area includes lots of smaller roads with corner to go round. This will be useful when filming so that when we want the character to be in a certain place but previous to this shot they are in another place too far away from where we want them to be, corners will enable us to keep the continuity of the scene as the audience does not know what is around the corner meaning we can just then film in the new desired location.

The area in which the house we are going to film in is located on a quiet road with all fairly uniform housing. This adds to the idea of the character being bored with their current way of life.

 

The bedroom we are usual is very stereo typical teenage boys. We will add props like posters, radio, type writer and cigarettes to represent the character.

Storyboard

This is our storyboard for our opening scene. The purpose of having a stporyboard suring pre-production is so that when it comes to shooting we have a clear guide of the shots that need to be filmed and a plan to stick to. The storyboard helps to visualise how the shots will fit together and flow. When shooting we may not 100% stick to the storyboard but the storyboard is good basis to start from.

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