In class we created a storyboard for Chapter 4 11:05 secs to 11:42 secs in Juno.
This is the draft storyboard i created whilst watching this clip a few times.

Juno Storybaord and Timeline

Title &
Time





"For searchlight pictures presents"
16 secs


"A mandate pictures/ Mr Mudd. Production
21 secs


"A Jason Reitman film"
26 secs


"Juno"


29 secs


"Ellen Page"
39 secs


"Micheal Cera"
43 secs


"Jennifer Garner"
49 secs


"Jason Bateman"
56 secs


"Allison Janey"
1min 1 secs


"J.K Simmons"
1min 5 secs


"Olivia Thribly"
1min 11 secs


"Casting by Mindy Marin, csa, Kara Lipson"
1min 17 secs


"Costume desginer Monique Prudhomme"
1min 21 secs


"Music by Mateo Messina songs by Kimya Dawson"
1 min 26 secs


"Music Supervisors Peter Afterman and Margret Yen"
1 min 32 secs


"Co-producers Jim Miller and Kelli Kenop Brad Van Arrogan"
1 min 40 secs


"Film editor Dana E, Clauberman"
1 min 43 secs


"Production designer Steve Saklad"
1 min 49 secs


"Director of photgraphy Eric Steelberg"
1 min 53 secs


"Executive producers Joe Drake Nathan Kanane Daniel Dubleki
1 min 59 secs


"Produced by Lianne Naylon John Malkovich Mason Novich Russell Smith
2 min 5 secs


"Written by Diablo Cody
2 min 10 secs


"Directed by Jason Reitman
2m 18 secs






Overview





When looking in detail at the timings of the titles at the beginning of Juno it is clear that the director has purposly created a slow intoroduction to the film by using this big lead up at the begginning of the film.
The whole introduction includes the main character making her way from home to school and we can see that there is nothing else to it. It is obvious that she is making her way somewhere and eventually she gets to school and the titles stop there.


This is an effective way of attracting the audience into the film as it engages them into thinking what the introduction may lead to and what could possibly happen. The director has specifically created it like this in order to please the audience.

After thinking of films that i could use as inspiration for my opening to a film, i decididon using the 2004 movie called Cellular starring Jason Stratham, Kim Basinger and Chris Evans. I feel after watching this film that this is going to be the main inspiration to what i am to achieve with my opening to a film. The genre of the film is action and throughout the film we see guns, fast paced chases and scenes of violence.

The story is based around a young mum (Kim Basinger) who is kidnapped by Jason Stratham and his crew and thrown violently into a mustery house and then the attic and the phone is then smashed up so she has no contact to the outside world.





Jason and his boys are unaware of the fact that she is a secondary school science teacher so she is able to fix the phone. She then makes a random call to a man who hangs up after thinking it was a prank call. She then calls him again and this is where the story begins. s

Preliminary task

Last lesson myself, Danny, Molly and Dean went around school to film our preliminary task. We found an empty classroom and began to film our short film to get practise for our final film opening that we have to do.

We first filmed Molly sitting at a desk acting as a secretary and then i came into the shot and the camera then followed me into the room and we did a match and action shot from my shoulder down to me opening the door handle and then entering the room. We then changed the camera so it was focused on my worried face from inside the room as i entered. The camera then went to a extreme close up of my eyes twitching and then zoomed out to pan as i sat down at the table. Danny then used the 180 degree rule whilst myself and Dean had a conversation at the table. He used fast paced shots to show the tension in the conversation as we did not use sound. We used a variety of camera angles and techniques to make the short clip more intersting.

From the task i learn't how to apply the camera techniques rather than just knowing how they work. I also learn't that making the individual clips flow is a technique that takes practise to get the hang of.

Overall i think the perliminary task has prepared me well for the final film opening i have to do and it also gave me an idea of what would be possible when making my film and what kind of film i will make. The camera practise has also made me feel more confident about filming by myself as it allowed me to have first hand experience of using the camera.