Production Notes - Alex and Bradley

Production Notes

Over the past couple of weeks, myself and Bradley have produced a number of notes about our production (opening sequence of a movie).

We also designed three storyboards, one scene for each of the characters in our opening sequence.

We have also discussed possible titles for the movie, but have yet to decide on a final name.

We have also decided how we would present the title of the film in the opening sequence. The idea we had came from other superhero movies which we are making a spoof of. The idea we have is that one of the characters punches the camera, their fist leaving an imprint on the camera, which reads the name of the film.

Another aspect of the opening sequence we discussed was potential locations. The locations we have established (there could be more in the near future) are:

  Disused car park
Room in school - dark, small room - hostage scene
Old performance hall.

We have also decided on our "superheros". I play "Spider-Thing". This is a parody of Spiderman, as instead of gaining spider-like instincts, abilities and reflexes I only gain the ability to produce a small, harmless spider.

Bradley's superhero is named "Trainer Boy". His superpower is the ability to change the colour or design of his clothing.

"Hot Fuzz"

Hot Fuzz

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The movie "Hot Fuzz", covers the story of a police officer who is moved from London to "Sanford", a fictional town set in rural countryside. The contrasts between his antics in London and Sanford are massive. For example, when Nicholas, the protagonist played by Simon Pegg, is in London, the editing is fast-paced with lots of frantic diagetic sounds of shouting and violence. This changes when he re-locates to Sanford, as the sounds of violence are replaced with sounds of wildlife and peaceful, tranquil village life.

The movie aims to play off the stereotypes laid down by dramatised American action films, for example Bad Boys and Point Break. The director of Hot Fuzz uses similar techniques but in a satirical way, as shown in the picture above. Whereas in these American movies the protagonist is regularly portrayed in slow-motion effects, always being the hero/god like figure, Hot Fuzz uses this technique of over-dramatising almost every scene. Another example of this would be the excessively violent scenes towards the end of the movie pictured above.