Research into dolls & filming

 In preparation for our opening sequences, I researched into dolls and costumes in order to make our characters convincing. I also did research on opening title sequences for ideas of the structure of our sequence.

FILMING IDEAS 

A product I think that could be similar to what we are trying to achieve is a previous year group whos opening sequence is 'Copse Hill'. Although the content of our sequences are completely different, there are some elements in it that we could incorporate or get some inspiration from for our sequence. 

A section that I particularly liked in this opening sequence and something I feel would fit into our scene quite well is how much attention and detail they give the props, yet keep it simplistic. The reason I feel this fits so well is because we had the idea to keep our sequence minimalistic yet detailed, and have a big focus on the props. I also like the way there is a blurry focus on the shots at first before the clear image. 

We want our sequence to have short, quick close ups of different elements you would find in a dolls house, for example a china tea cup. This is similar to Copse Hill as they also have close ups and lots of cuts to different props. Also, the reason I like the close ups is because it clearly shows they have some importance and set up the scene for the rest of the movie. 

Another thing that I found appealing from this sequence was the calm, mellow music that played over the top. I liked the atmosphere created for the sequence and felt that our group should spend some time researching a song that will fit our sequence. I did some brief research and thought that we should have a song from the 1940s as I feel that it would set the scene, and have a few in mind. 

Lastly, our group have not yet talked about the animation of titles, but I liked the way the titles appeared on the screen as they looked crisp and sharp, giving the sequence a clean feel. I thought they looked simplistic but effective and it gave some inspiration on always having a clear space in our shots for where the titles can go. Although this may be difficult, it is something my group have not yet discussed and we can take into account.  

COSTUME IDEAS 

for our characters to look like dolls, I envisioned the girls wearing long blue dressed with a pink or ribbon around the waist as well as in the hair. I also think they should wear white long socks and their hair in bunches. 

To make them even more doll like, another member of my group is doing independent research into makeup to see how we could make our cast look the part. 

I think the colour blue for the dresses is the perfect colour to use as it symbolises innocence, imagination and intuition which goes well with our scene because we are giving very little away to the audience and want them to be imaginative and creative. I think it also goes well as dolls are seen as young and innocent.