Final Draft

This is the final draft of the Parallel opening sequence. Since the first draft, it has had all of the titles moved around, edited and replaced completely. This version is a lot shorter than the previous one, having large sections of the film removed because not a lot happened in it and people said that found it too slow and a little boring. Several other shots have been trimmed to remove parts where the camera shook and some have been trimmed just so that they transition a little better. The music has been changed since the first draft and the sound has also been edited in an attempt to fix the numerous sound problems that came about during the first draft.

First Draft

This is the first actual draft of the Parallel movie opening. This is the version of the movie that we have put together going off a single edit and is not intended to be the final version by a long stretch. As such there are elements, such as the titles, that are there to be a place holder for the time being. All of the names in the titles were made up on the spot while editing and are not in any particular order. The music has also been added here to make sure that the quiet section of the opening doesn't remain totally silent for over a minute. It was not very carefully selected and so will not be used in the final version. This draft also uses almost all of the shots that we initially filmed; this means that the film is a lot longer than it needs to be as it hasn't been trimmed down or refined properly.

Location of Shooting

This is the park that our film opening takes place in. In this particular image is the tree where the first shot of the opening is. The park is appropriate for out film because, in terms of practically shooting, we were able to film at a time where no other people would be running around and interfering with our shooting. 

The outdoor space for our shoot allowed for some interesting and varied shots. The long shot above was an angle that shows a great span of area that we could not have otherwise been able to shoot, had we chosen to shoot at another location or indoors. This angle also shows areas that are filmed closer up at other points in the opening, this lets the viewer have a good picture in their head of how the area of the opening is laid out.

Another upside of filming at a park is that all of the moving equipment there allowed us to get shots that are moving while remaining on the tripod. The roundabout in the picture above is an example of this. By placing the tripod on the round about and spinning it, we were able to get a steady shot while the camera was spinning around.

Title Fonts

This is the typeface that we are using in our film. It is not a very fancy looking font and is supposed to give the film a clean look when they are on the screen. The point of them being simple like this is so that they do not distract the audience from what is happening on the screen at the time they are being shown. This is important because the shots that have the titles playing over them are the setting shots, showing the audience the area that the opening is taking place and, because of this, flashy looking titles in an obscure typeface would end up being very distracting to look at while trying to watch the opening.

Story Board of Parallel Opening

This is the storyboard for out film opening, 'Parallel'. The storyboard is made up of all the shots that we thought would make the film interesting to watch as well as clearly show what was happening in the film. The storyboard is made to show how long each shot will take so that, when filming it is easy to know how long to roll the camera for in each shot. This makes the entire filming proccess much more simple as it does not have to be done randomly on the day of filming as this has all been planned in advanced here, with the storyboard.