Our group made a short film using the concept of enigma. The idea of our short film is that a box is delivered by a delivery man (the antagonist in disguise) to Charlie and Tom. Upon receiving the parcel, Tom and Charlie begin to look around the box, trying to find both a sender and whoever ordered it. Once they have finished going over the box, they take the box to the 'lab' where they proceed to open it. Upon opening it they discover a decapitated head, taking both by surprise. The final moments Tom exclaims something along the lines of: 'Who sent us this?' and then the camera pans to the antagonist (no longer in disguise) waving and smiling in a creepy fashion at them.
We used a number of camera angles (courtesy of myself) to make the recordings look quite cinematic. We used a tripod for most of the shots to give it a steadier pan movement and made it easier and better-looking because the camera wasn't shaking. We cut a hole out of the bottom of the box so Ben could put his head through, whilst hiding out of shot from under the tables. We also put bubble wrap around his neck to hide the hole so it looked authentic.
Your task was to do concept development for a film opening with an enigma narrative code. You made an excellent director and your team was most innovative: when the head is revealed to audiences, I'm sure they will gasp and laugh!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to the final edit and will award a mark when you feel that it is finished.