Week 2 - Post 1

    My first weekend after the project began was pretty straightforward, I got everything I wanted to get done minus one thing. I could not get in touch with my friend Cesar, whom I want to ask to be the leading actor in my film. That was my biggest disappointment so far, I hope to see him on Thursday instead (Tomorrow). I also watched a few of my friend's projects from previous years. I loved Alex's project and my other friend's project; Martina's. They mainly showed me that at the beginning of your film, your audience should have a good idea of what your movie is about and the characteristics of your genre should be present and clear. 

    

    So since I wanted to do a psychological thriller I wanted to revisit some of my favorite psychological thriller movies and rewatch their openings. I created a list of my favorite ones;

Donnie Darko

American Psycho

Taxi Driver

Black Swan

Joker

Memento

Shutter island

I will update this list as more come to mind.

    I also LOVE the beginning of Joel Schumacher's Falling Down 

    I think this intro is an amazing example of using atmosphere in order to truly inspire a feeling from the audience, it instills an uncomfortable feeling of being stuck in traffic with the irritating sounds, overstimulating environment, and most importantly the OVERWHELMING heat that you feel while watching this intro, you feel the discomfort of the main character. All the while posing questions that keep you engaged in the movie (why does he need to go home so desperately?). It does all of this while also using nearly no dialogue just using visuals. I also adore the way it rises to a climax.

I will draw some heavy inspiration from this intro. On Thursday I intend on finalizing the idea I want to actually film and writing the first initial opening so that I have an idea of how it's going to go.

    All this talk has got me very excited to finally be able to film and edit it, I genuinely think I will like the final product. I intend to update my blog tomorrow,

Signing off, 

    Nico, Wednesday 2/15/2023