Weather Forecast

It's a few days before we start filming. Currently, the weather is showing cloudy for the day and sunny for the second, which is perfect for our scenes as our only requirement is no rain.

Planning

We made notes on the basic plot of our post apocalyptic opening scene. The mood board helped us decide the location of our scene; abandoned areas, alleyways, forests.

• Waking up, sat down, build a den?
• Taking image out of bag, same place
• Beth's upset
• Starts with a good memory, like a flash back, blended in with a bad memory
• Good memory of Lilly and Beth walking and laughing, walking through the alley (good memory )
• Cutting scene with an edit of Beth nearly breaking down.
• Bad memory; Lilly and Ellie running then Ellie dragging Lilly close up
• Go back to Beth, Beth breaking down then freezes, having a moment, then carrying on.
• Slowly going mad, madness ids the infection

Opening Titles

I analysed the opening titles of some famous films.

Regular Examples -

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory:

Skyfall:

Post apocalyptic Examples - 

Zombieland:

Mad Max: Fury Road:

In Charlie and the chocolate factory, Skyfall and Zombieland the actors names in order of importance in terms of the film and acclaim are presented before the director - the director is last. This is to emphasise the priority of the director in the film. In Mad Max however, only the two main characters are titled, which is unusual in todays society. This could be because the introduction of the main characters is important to the story and the director isn't, or just an editing choice to limit the amount of titles in order to introduce the story sooner.

Mood Board

We collated some ideas into a mood board as shown below:

This shows items and ideas generally associated with post apocalyptic genres. This mood board inspired us to choose our location as an abandoned area such as an alleyway, train station, tunnel or forest. This would ensure the lonely and desolate feel of a post apocalyptic film. Dark tattered clothing such as those shown above will also be featured in our work; the main characters will have layered, dark clothing to show the lack of resources available and the need to survive.

28 Days Later - Ending Scene

Resolution
In the ending scene of 28 Days Later we first see a montage of the characters trying to save the man's life from the beginning of the film. After this, 28 more days pass and the man wakes up in a peaceful cottage. The roar of a jet engine can be heard overhead, the characters race to position a large piece of cloth in the shape of an 'O', changing the already written world 'HELL' to 'HELLO' suggesting resolution is a major theme at the end of this film and hope has now been restored to the characters because of the positive connotations of the word hello. This suggests they will survive at the end of this film and therefore gives resolution to the audience, and a sense of hope for the future. Hopefulness at the end of post apocalyptic films is common as we as viewers like to believe there is a chance for us if this day ever comes.
Shots
When positioning the cloth, it deliberately doesn't cut to the word 'Hell' or 'Hello' until the plane is overhead to create suspense and mystery for the audience. When the plane is overhead, a crane shot is used to present the word, and possibly to give the POV of the helicopter.