Film Opening - Storyboarding and Animatics

This post links to the post about title sequences.
We went through a very large amount of ideas, producing many sketches and idea for storylines, some of which we put onto storyboards. The reasons for change was the problems we encountered during the production process, as locations and scenes would be impractical to film, so we had to think of shots that would achieve a similar effect without comprimising our intentions.When we felt we had come up with a good ideas that were feasible to film, we put the storyboard together and uploaded in an animatic-esque style.

Film Opening - The Briefs

Here are the four breifs we where given the option of using as a guide. We where given a reasonable amount of freedom to change these ideas to get a more creative and well made product.

Film Brief 1

A mainstream action film that will appeal to 15-25yr old males. Your film should appear to be based on a "fictional" comic book(Opening to Dark Knight, Kick Ass, Sin City etc)


Film Brief 2
A supernatural thriller that will appeal to female audiences. Your film should appear to be an international co-production
(Opening to The Others, Gothika, Shelter etc)


Film Brief 3
An independent movie featuring a young protagonist. Your film should appear to be financed through regional funding
(Opening to Fish Tank, This Is England etc)


Film Brief 4
An  art house feature to appeal to adult audiences. Your film should appear to be based on an actual event in the last 2 years.
(Opening to Elephant, Milk, Che etc)