The Ritual Animatic

This is the animatic that is illustrated on this post showing the storyboard as well as the time each image will be displayed for as well as sound that will be heard within the actual opening sequence. One effective key point of this animatic, is that this is our first draft and for a first draft it has a lot of effective key points as well as what is involved within what’s being shown, like sound, Mise en scene, the variety of shots as well as editing techniques. This being our first draft which is good, also means that from this if necessary the group can make any improvements to make it more successful as well as receiving higher marks from the examination board.  Another key successful point about the animatic is that the audience by watching this have an ideal understanding of what will be shown within the opening sequence. This shows that they have a developed understanding of what will be conveyed within the sequence instead of just hearing the idea verbally which can potentially be less easier to get an idea of the whole narrative and the purpose of the sequence referring to the title and meanings hidden underneath. Another successful moment of the opening sequence is that, there is a good amount of sound attached to the animatic, this shows that the group have carefully thought about what will be heard as well as played, so not only the audience can see but they can hear which is more effective and have an understanding of what will be performed throughout the sequence by people within the group.

The titles that are included within the opening sequence are successful for the following reasons:

Distribution title: Lions Gate

Lion’s gate is a successful distribution title to include within the opening sequence. This is because this is already used for over 100 film openings, to show the professional and the distribution of the film making. So by using this it shows not only have we researched and found the most suitable distribution title for the sequence but it gives it a professional appearance within the first few seconds and also settles the audience when watching the opening sequence. 

Production company title: Lost Productions
this is a suitable production company title as well as being effective as it makes the opening sequence look effective and professional as it has also been made on Photoshop. By creating this title on Photoshop, it shows that the group as a whole have carefully thought about how this will be displayed, the meaning of this, the reasoning for the colours, like the specific shade of redness to refer to blood then the meanings of pain, torture sadness ect. Also by having the word ‘lost’ in capitals shows that this word is empathised, also referring to the purpose and narrative of the opening sequence. 

Title: The Ritual

The title ‘The ritual’ is a successful title that we have constructed within the opening sequence as a group. By including the word ‘Ritual’ this has several purposes, but most importantly it shows that it has religious purposes also meaning someone sacrificing something for a purpose. So people making sacrifices as well as being religious it links to the idea of having different views on to a subject, and then the whole idea and understanding of a sacrifice which relates to the focussed character of Mary Shaw who’s vulnerable and suffers an awful lot within the opening sequence.