Location

As we have modified out tile sequence idea, we would now need a new location to film. For the office scene, we found two possible rooms to shoot in. The first scene was quite a large room with table and computers, out ideas for it was to move the table and keep a table and laptop in the centre to look like a work area. However on our way out we found a great office space which looks more 'lived in' so it would look more realistic for our sequence. We have decided we are going to use this room instead.

This was the first office we looked at.

This is the office space we have chosen.

Roles of Filming

Now we have finished our storyboard and animatics, all we need to do is make the title sequence. Below is a list of roles that is required to make the sequence and who is fulfilling them.

Cinematography- Michael
Director-Michael
Actress- Amina
Location Managers- Amina & Michael
Costume- Amina
Producers- Amina & Michael
Editors- Amina
Sound- Amina & Michael

Costumes

There is only one character in our title sequence and this is our main character, Louise Brown. In the title sequence, we have her in two locations, an office and in her home. The office scene and the streets of London, Louise will be wearing smart office wear or a blazer, blouse and pencil skirt. This shows that she is professional woman who takes her job seriously, even though she hates it. In the scene's where Louise is at home she will be wearing pyjamas as they show that Louise is a laidback person. The pyjamas will have no branding or motifs on them as that could make her look childish (i.e. Whinnie the pooh pyjamas) or could make her look like a higher/ lower class then she is (Gucci pyjamas shows she is upper-class).

Order of Credits

This is our proposed order of credits in the title sequence of the film. The reason why we have not included all of the typical credits in the film is that we want to show focus to the title sequence and not to the typography in the title sequence.

1. Working Title studio logo
2. 'Working Title Presents'
3. Title of film 'The Journey of Self Discovery'
4. Cast and crew 'Eva Myles' 'Cillian Murphy' 'Rubina Ali' 'Allen Leech'
5. Producer/ director 'Richard Curtis'

Final draft of Title Sequence Idea

This is the final draft of the storyboards for the title sequence. We have changed this since the last storyboard draft because we believed that the previous storyboards would not work as it doesn't convey the feel good drama genre, boss shouting. This storyboard does fit the film and genre as it shows how Louise doesn't like her office job but it also shows how Louise got the idea of going to India and her preparing to go to India, and looks more light-hearted then previously.

Second Draft of Title Sequence Idea

First Draft of Title Sequence Idea

This was our first draft for our title sequence idea showing the contrast of her mundane life and horrible experiences at work compared to her dream of traveling the world and deciding on India; as you can see near the end, her dream starts effecting her work  and shows she is getting closer to it. However, this doesn't show the suffering she endues at work so we are going to add extras clips at the start to show her breakdown and finally deciding to get away and to live her dream.

Soundtrack

The soundtracks we looked at for our title sequence are:

• West Meets East
• Chai Wallah
• Vipassana
• Bombay Remix 9
• Bombay Beach

 These are the soundtracks we have chosen that we think would fit our title sequence. We have chosen that the best one out of these is the Bombay Beach because of its uplifting nature and interesting twist of western music. The soundtrack had to fit the genre and themes of the film which we believe they do.

Typography

Now we have decided our film idea, we have now started looking at the typography for the credits and title of our film. we selected out top six favourite font as and asked fifteen people what one they thought best suited our genre and themes of our film. The most popular ones was the third font which we now going to uses for the typography of our film. We got the fonts from Dafont.com

Set for "The Journey of self-discovery" title sequence

The initial idea for our title sequence is to recall the actions of Louise in the morning to show her boring, mundane life in London. These images below are some of the set where my title sequence will be taking place (bedroom & bathroom). The first pictures are of the bedroom we plan to shoot our title sequence in, as the setting of our film is London city. This bedroom is set in  greater London and you can see the building in London which shows it is a miserable place to be in (links to the narrative). however, we have decided not to shoot the film in this bedroom as it is too masculine for the main character. in stead we have decided to use a more feminine bedroom in Greater London instead so the bedroom matches the personality of the main character. Underneath the bedroom images is ones of a bathroom which is another setting for our title sequence. We think this bathroom is right for our sequence as it is basic and simple, which shows that Louise is a normal woman with basic necessities. Also, the room has a mirror which would be good to us in different shots to show the characters expressions more easily.

Narrative Idea- The Journey of Self-Discovery

For my AS media coursework title sequence I am working with Michael knight to create a title sequence for a feel good drama. we have been heavily influenced by the following films:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller, US, 2013)
Jerry Maguire  (Carmon Crow, US, 1996)
Forest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, US, 1994)


film title
Me and Michael have decided that the name of our film is going to be 'The Journey of Self-Discovery'. we have decided this name as it is the basis of the narrative, as the main character is on a journey to India, whilst finding herself and her purpose in life as well.

Genre
Feel-good drama

Conventions to consider

• Subplot of romance
• Miserable/sad beginning
• Happy ending
• Main character following a path/ journey
• Moral or character has learnt something

Todorov Narrative

Equilibrium
a women (Louise Brown) is stuck in a dead end office job which she hates, which involves endless amount of work, unpaid overtime and sexist comments from the staff/boss in a patriarchal society. one guy who is the main perpetrator of these comments is Mike Healy She dreams that one day she could travel the world and experience new cultures and sharing her own experiences, as well as finding herself in the world she lives in, not just the office she works in.

Disequilibrium
After having a massive breakdown at work, Louise is fired from her job and kicked out of her flat shared with her friend, as she count afford to pay her rent, Louise had no where to go and decided to travel the world to get away from her depressing life in London.

Recognition
Realising she has nothing left in London, Louise uses her life saving to travel round the world to try and 'find herself' and a new purpose for her in life.

Attempt to repair equilibrium
She ends up in India where she managed to find a place to stay with a local Indian family. There, she bond a young Indian girl who dreams of becoming a teacher. The woman then has a epiphany and realises how lucky she was in London and decides to help the girl fulfil her dream buy helping girls get an education, even though the odds/government is against her. This is her new goal.

New Equilibrium
Louise managed to break though and now all Indian girls  in that village can get an education for free so all girls can fulfil their dreams of life. Louise now stays in India and lives a happy life as the founder of an organisation, which helps girls in India get an education. Louise meets a missionary there which she has a relationship with together.

Main Characters/ Propp's character type
Louise Brown
Age-36
Character: main character, protagonist
Occupation- unemployed
Function/ relationship to other characters- (main character) helps girls get an education in India

Mike Healy
Age- 42
Character: supporting role, antagonist
Occupation- office work
Function/ relationship to other characters- antagonist to Louise, makes her work life a misery

Anita Davar
Age- 11
Character: supporting character, helper
Occupation-pupil
Function/ relationship to other characters- friend of Louise

Matthew King- love interest of Louise
Age- 39
Character: supporting role, damsel in distress
Occupation- missionary
Function/ relationship to other characters- love interest of Louise

Comparable films

• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
• Eat Pray Love
• Forrest Gump

Target audience
Age 13-40
Gender- women
Personality traits- likes romance films, companionship with main character

STINCS For Title Sequence

These are our STINCS for our title sequence of a feel good drama. This will help us layout the basic structure of our film and what we need to include in the title sequence.

Setting
London Office Buildings
Rural India

Theme
friendship
human rights
politics
self discovery

Iconography
London- sky scrapers, taxis, modern technology, grey/dull officewear
India- shack houses, cultural clothing, rickshaws, little/no technology

Narrative
(Refer to previous post)

Characters
Louise Brown- main character
Mike Healy- villain
Anita Davar- young Indian girl
Matthew King- love interest of Louise

Style
uplifting
credits planted around the scene
slow pace

Planning for Film Idea