B-More inspiration for our film opening, sound and shots- Black Swan

Black Swan (Aronofsky, 2010)

Trailer-

Film overview
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile the Black Swan, daughter of an evil magician. A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile the Black Swan, daughter of an evil magician.

Inspiration from shots

• I really like the quick cutting rate between shots, i think that this is a good way to grab the audiences attention and create a sense of tension.
• I also really like the shot in the bath, we were thinking of using a shot like this within our opening but this has given me some ideas as to how we would be able to do a shot like that. (Here is a still of the shot i like)

• The idea of bruises gradually appearing is a really nice effect, we could use this in our opening to represent the break down of the main character, possibly using cracks.
• The shot of the girl in the mirror moving but in reality she is standing still is another shot which i think is really effective and would like to look further into doing.

Sound

• The sound in this trailer is mainly voice over, i do not think that this would work for our concept.
• I do like the soundtrack which is used with the voice over , it starts of very slow to create a sense of tension.
• The music then increases with a constant beat to give intensify the feeling of tension, the loudness of the music also increases in order to intensify the tension even more until eventually it reaches a screaming sound then slows down again.
• I think that this is a really effective use of sound and is similar to the soundtrack that i image for our film opening.

Overall

I think that this trailer has some really nice shots which i would like to look further into using in our film opening. I definitely think that the soundtrack would work well with our film opening as well and is a definite consideration.