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Call Sheets
I've created some call sheets to help me organise which shots I'll film in which days. There's quite a few locations to get to, and so...
Oct 3, 20251 min read


Budget
The budget for my film opening isn't so much related to the filming process itself, it has more to do with travelling to each shooting location. First, I'll have to film the cemetery scene, which I will film in M ă n ăș tur Cemetery in Cluj-Napoca. From where I live, the bus ride to there and back costs 140 lei (roughly 28 euros) . Next up, we've got the scene on the forest road. I'll be travelling to there on my motorcycle, because I need it for filming anyway. I'm estimati
Oct 2, 20251 min read


Script Changes
I wasn't quite satisfied with the script, I felt like it lacked something, and it felt more like a short story than a film opening. So I...
Oct 1, 20251 min read


Risk Assessment
The risk assessment will be divided in two, based on the filming location, because the two scenes won't involve the same kind of...
Oct 1, 20252 min read


Props
My film opening is heavily character driven, so there aren't really any props that are necessary for the plot, besides the motorcycle...
Sep 30, 20251 min read


Characters
My film opening will only have one character, as its main theme is personal growth and character development. The character will be...
Sep 30, 20251 min read


Location recce
The first location for my film opening is in a cemetery, I chose M ă n ăș tur Cemetery because it was pretty accessible and also suitable...
Sep 28, 20251 min read


Storyboard Animatic
I put together the storyboards I drew before the script and made them into an animatic, just to roughly test out what the film opening...
Sep 21, 20251 min read


Script & Storyboard Development
I got started writing the script for my film opening, but I was having a pretty hard time visualising it in my head, so I decided to draw...
Sep 20, 20251 min read


Main idea - plot, story, narrative
I want my story to be about battling mental health struggles, such as depression, and most importantly, overcoming them. I want the whole...
Sep 17, 20254 min read


Moodboard
In this post I want to focus on the visual aspect of the film opening. I've created a moodboard consisting of some images I found that...
Sep 16, 20251 min read


Viewers' profile
I shared the target audience questionnaire with some close friends and on my social media. After waiting for about a day, I got 31...
Sep 10, 20251 min read


Target Audience Questionnaire
This post is dedicated to finding out what the audience for my project will be, and what they are interested in. This will help me decide...
Sep 8, 20252 min read


Film Opening Analysis
I've looked at and analysed three different film openings, two falling under a genre similar to my own film opening, which is drama, and...
Sep 4, 20253 min read


Research Into Film Conventions
After doing some research about film openings and conventions, I have a better idea of things I want to include in my own film opening....
Sep 1, 20251 min read
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