Preliminary Task - The Incident.

This is my preliminary task. This is the first media product I have produced this academic year.

Enjoy.

Place Beyond The Pines Opening Sequence:

“Place Beyond the Pines”, a crime drama, which was created in 2012, it tells the story of a talented motorcycle rider who resolves to bank robbing to provide for his newborn child. The opening sequence of this particular film is very interesting and actually tells the audience a lot about the main protagonist, Luke. This is done by using; different filming techniques, sound, costume, location and prop use. 

The scene starts with the diagetic sound of fair ground music; this sound is then accompanied by the sound of deep breathing and a flick knife. We see ‘Luke’ pacing around shirtless in his trailer, flicking his knife, which suggests that the character is frustrated or that he is trying to concentrate on the task ahead he has a number of tattoos. The lighting in the trailer is fairly dim. This choice of lighting not only suggests that the character is a dark character, but also establishes the films genre as maybe a thriller or a dark drama. 

Then there is a knocking at the door, alerting Luke that it is his time to perform. He than stabs the knife into the wall, and grabs his red leather jacket, the colour red suggests danger, and the fact that his clothes are torn shows he is edgy and has been in situations that have ripped his clothes. 

A tracking shot is then used to follow Luke from his trailer, through the Fair ground, to his stage. The Fair ground is full of neon lights and people. The opening sequence concludes with ‘Handsome Luke’ performing a death-defying trick on a motorbike.

 The opening scene is able to grab the audience attention, because they would want to find out more about the character of Luke, for example his background or where he learnt to be such a talented motorcycle rider. There is very little dialogue in this sequence apart from the man who knocks on his trailer door. The titles, presenting the names of the characters featured in the film, during the opening sequence. The first name is in narrow font and the second name is in bold, this gives an 'indie' feel to the film.

Preliminary Task 'The Incident' Story Board

This is the story board I used when filming my preliminary task. I found that the use of a story board helps the overall filming run smoothly and gives basic structure to how the filming takes place. I liked using a story board as I knew what I was doing before I even picked up a camera to film.

As this was my first media production I wasn't entirely sure on how to construct a story board and what to include in it, but after a few attempts I believe that I created one which really gave assistance on the day of filming.