Opening Title Sequence Ideas - BBC + News Articles

 opening title sequence idea - inspired by bbc news story 

- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59303410

blue and red lights (police lights) on the face of a woman in her 40s with a suit on and bruised face, hand held extreme close up on her face and sat down on a bench outside in London. Another woman comes over and puts her hand on her shoulder, first woman looks up at her. Close up low angle looking up of other woman looking out with straight face, not looking at camera nor woman. First women looks away and also looks out in front of her, close up, lets out a sigh and closes her eyes sitting back, fade out to black with the title in white font, then fades out to the phrase "2 years earlier" as police sirens also fade out. Police sirens have been playing the whole time  

- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-59290706

Shot of woman walking towards camera late at night in Brighton with a few other people walking. POV shot from behind her walking at same pace as her. As she turns corner close up on person's shoes with the footsteps, then cut to close up of her face as she hears the footsteps, shot from behind her as she looks around, over the shoulder shot as she sees the man and close up on her face from front as she looks back to the front. Calm music is playing, however it is also sinister. Music then cuts out as she starts walking faster, close up of her feet walking with the blur of the man's feet behind her also walking faster with pleonastic sound of footsteps. Mid shot when she comes out into a pavement with cars driving past. Close up on her hands as she takes out her phone and presses record, then she stops and hand held POV shot when she turns around and says "why are you following me, who are you." Close up on his face, has a hoodie up, extreme close up on his mouth as he smiles and does a quiet laugh. Cut immediately to black screen. 

- opening title sequence idea:

Older woman walking down a pavement outside at night time while it is raining. Shots from behind her while she is walking. Shots from the other side of the road as a car drives past her. Calm, melancholy music as the woman is walking on her own. Shot of the crossing light going to red as she gets there and she pressed the button, as more cars pass there are shots of her looking out in front of her while it is raining. The crossing light turns green so she steps out to the road as a car comes speeding through and hits her. There is then a shot of the old woman lying on the floor next to the car after having being hit, and from there we see shoes come out of the car and the car door slams shut, and we see the person move towards the body and stop just before it, standing over it. Close up on the person's face as they smile psychotically, and their smile has no teeth, with their hood soaked so water is dripping down off of it, and a shadow over the rest of their face. 

Opening Title Sequence Ideas - BBC + News Articles

 opening title sequence idea - inspired by bbc news story 

- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59303410

blue and red lights (police lights) on the face of a woman in her 40s with a suit on and bruised face, hand held extreme close up on her face and sat down on a bench outside in London. Another woman comes over and puts her hand on her shoulder, first woman looks up at her. Close up low angle looking up of other woman looking out with straight face, not looking at camera nor woman. First women looks away and also looks out in front of her, close up, lets out a sigh and closes her eyes sitting back, fade out to black with the title in white font, then fades out to the phrase "2 years earlier" as police sirens also fade out. Police sirens have been playing the whole time  

- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-59290706

Shot of woman walking towards camera late at night in Brighton with a few other people walking. POV shot from behind her walking at same pace as her. As she turns corner close up on person's shoes with the footsteps, then cut to close up of her face as she hears the footsteps, shot from behind her as she looks around, over the shoulder shot as she sees the man and close up on her face from front as she looks back to the front. Calm music is playing, however it is also sinister. Music then cuts out as she starts walking faster, close up of her feet walking with the blur of the man's feet behind her also walking faster with pleonastic sound of footsteps. Mid shot when she comes out into a pavement with cars driving past. Close up on her hands as she takes out her phone and presses record, then she stops and hand held POV shot when she turns around and says "why are you following me, who are you." Close up on his face, has a hoodie up, extreme close up on his mouth as he smiles and does a quiet laugh. Cut immediately to black screen. 

- opening title sequence idea:

Older woman walking down a pavement outside at night time while it is raining. Shots from behind her while she is walking. Shots from the other side of the road as a car drives past her. Calm, melancholy music as the woman is walking on her own. Shot of the crossing light going to red as she gets there and she pressed the button, as more cars pass there are shots of her looking out in front of her while it is raining. The crossing light turns green so she steps out to the road as a car comes speeding through and hits her. There is then a shot of the old woman lying on the floor next to the car after having being hit, and from there we see shoes come out of the car and the car door slams shut, and we see the person move towards the body and stop just before it, standing over it. Close up on the person's face as they smile psychotically, and their smile has no teeth, with their hood soaked so water is dripping down off of it, and a shadow over the rest of their face. 

Belstone Pictures History and Filmography

 Belstone Pictures: powerpoint presentation:

- https://hurtwood-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/r/personal/penny_ogden_hurtwood_net/_layouts/15/Doc.aspx?sourcedoc=%7BE04377D4-2603-4C39-A3DA-92237A8CB7CC%7D&file=Belstone%20pictures%20powerpoint.pptx&wdOrigin=OFFICECOM-WEB.START.REC&ct=1634741252694&action=edit&mobileredirect=true

Belstone Pictures History and Filmography

 Belstone Pictures: powerpoint presentation:

- https://hurtwood-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/r/personal/penny_ogden_hurtwood_net/_layouts/15/Doc.aspx?sourcedoc=%7BE04377D4-2603-4C39-A3DA-92237A8CB7CC%7D&file=Belstone%20pictures%20powerpoint.pptx&wdOrigin=OFFICECOM-WEB.START.REC&ct=1634741252694&action=edit&mobileredirect=true

"No Time to Die" and "Black Widow" Comparison

James Bond and Black Widow comparison

James Bond - "No Time to Die"

< official "No Time to Die" poster 

Marketing and production facts:

Release date of no time to die - 30th September 2021 (UK), 8th October (US), Autumn time

Production - MGM eon productions

Distributed by - Universal pictures (worldwide), united artists releasing (North America)

Marketing budget - approx $100 mil

Production budget - approx $250 mil 

How much has it made - globally, the film has collected $313 million

26% of the movie was filmed in IMAX

Was released in cinema only, will most likely be on streaming platforms and DVD

A high concept blockbuster, and was this company's "tent-pole" strategy movie as it already had a massive following and audience guaranteed to watch

release date postponed costs - £30 - 50 million wasted marketing

Trailers and adverts:

Nokia advert with Lashana Lynch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMQ7JEk-Ydw

Release date trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIhNsAtPbPI

Omega 2020 007 watch - https://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/c/Brands/Omega/Seamaster?q=%3Arelevance&page=0&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=G%20-%20GS%20-%20Search%20-%20Brands%20-%20W%20-%20LW%20-%20Omega%20-%20NRU&gclid=CjwKCAjwk6-LBhBZEiwAOUUDp7yszIN-PM9WXEGK8i93PSPVvWEw74dkdmE5v97wFLCaxUMLjO2cNRoC6RQQAvD_BwE

Heineken beer advert "worth the wait" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51iNsTs9jMM

 Cast, crew and cost facts:

Director (1) - Cary Joji Fukunaga

Writers (5) - Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Scott Z. Burns, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Phoebe Waller-Bridge

A list cast - Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Wishaw, Lea Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ana De Armes, etc.

Above the line costs: Daniel Craig was payed approximately $25 million before the film even started filming. This is most likely because this was his 5th and final James Bond film as the leading Bond man himself. This is also his 14th year playing James Bond since Casino Royale in 2006

Merchandise/Marketing and pre-sold elements:

Originally books about the character "James Bond" written by Ian Flemming

"No time to die" is actually the 25th Bond movie made overall, however it is 5th in the Daniel Craig franchise, before then it had movies dating back to 1962, with Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan all playing the James Bond character.

Locations in the movie - Italy (Matera, Gravina in Puglia, Sapri), Jamaica (Port Antonio), Norway (Nittedal, North Atlantic road), London (Pinewood studios, city centre), Kalsoy (Faroe Islands), Scotland (Aviemore)

Link to James Bond official merchandise store - https://007store.com/pages/no-time-to-die-guide?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5JSLBhCxARIsAHgO2SfF0eaAm-Zn8Qyewq9nN45fIwuLm0YkBrd3-RPPGoys1rSZLWvnK7EaAi4VEALw_wcB

Merchandise includes: 007 advent calendar, prop replicas, Ashton Martin DB5 book which is about the                         official relationship between James Bond and his Ashton Martin DB5, “no time to die” making for the film book, character funko pops. 

Marvel - "Black Widow"

Marketing and production facts:

Release date - 9th July 2021 (US + UK), summer time 

Production - Marvel studios 

Distributed by - Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Marketing budget - $150 mil                   

Production budget - $200 mil              official black widow poster > 

26% of Black Widow is in IMAX also 

How much has it made - worldwide with $371 million 

Was released in cinema as well as Disney+ on a preview for $29.99 in the US, £19.99 in the UK, Disney's new streaming platform, and will most likely be out on DVD soon 

Release date also postponed from July 9th 2020 - May 7th 2021, then again to July 9th 2021

Also a high concept blockbuster and was one of Disney's "tent-pole" strategy movies for 2021 as black widow as a character has gained a massive following in the past 20 years

Marvel has an instagram page where they uploaded frequent clips from the film, which were mainly action sequences and comedic lines from the lead characters 

she is the first female marvel character who is capable with self defence without super powers who has now got a solo film.

                                                                          

Cast, crew and cost facts:                                                                   

Director (1) - Cate Shortland 

Writers (3) - Jac Schaeffer, Eric Pearson, Ned Benson

A list cast - Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, Ray Winstone, etc.

Above the line costs: Scarlett Johansson was payed approx $15 million before the movie even started shooting

This is most likely because she is a massive name and has been playing Black Widow for 10 movies, it is her last marvel movie as black widow

Trailers and Adverts: 

release date trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybji16u608U

BMW advert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl2l8v7Rrto

Team liquid x Black widow sponsorship - https://store.teamliquid.com/pages/black-widow

< Black widow teaser poster with original release date 

Merchandise/Marketing and pre-sold elements:

originally a comic character from the marvel franchise written by Stan Lee, who died November 2018

The first black widow comic was released in 1964

Black widow as a character was the first female avenger and is an extremely inspirational female role model, we have seen her in 9 other films before this one, and this explains and portrays the back story of black widow that we have only heard snippets about. 

Scarlett Johansson is the only black widow and is the first person to play her character, there is now talk of Florence Pugh's character, Yelena Belovia, is going to become the next black widow now that Natasha Romanoff is dead

Locations in movie - Norway, Morocco (Tangier), Hungary (Budapest, Etyek), Russia (St. Petersburg), Georgia (starts and ends in same place) 

Merchandise includes: Disney store, clothing with black widow logo, black widow action figures and funko pops, mugs, golf balls, pendants, necklaces and keyrings with logo, cosplay costumes, posters, antidote replica

"No Time to Die" and "Black Widow" Comparison

James Bond and Black Widow comparison

James Bond - "No Time to Die"

< official "No Time to Die" poster 

Marketing and production facts:

Release date of no time to die - 30th September 2021 (UK), 8th October (US), Autumn time

Production - MGM eon productions

Distributed by - Universal pictures (worldwide), united artists releasing (North America)

Marketing budget - approx $100 mil

Production budget - approx $250 mil 

How much has it made - globally, the film has collected $313 million

26% of the movie was filmed in IMAX

Was released in cinema only, will most likely be on streaming platforms and DVD

A high concept blockbuster, and was this company's "tent-pole" strategy movie as it already had a massive following and audience guaranteed to watch

release date postponed costs - £30 - 50 million wasted marketing

Trailers and adverts:

Nokia advert with Lashana Lynch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMQ7JEk-Ydw

Release date trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIhNsAtPbPI

Omega 2020 007 watch - https://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/c/Brands/Omega/Seamaster?q=%3Arelevance&page=0&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=G%20-%20GS%20-%20Search%20-%20Brands%20-%20W%20-%20LW%20-%20Omega%20-%20NRU&gclid=CjwKCAjwk6-LBhBZEiwAOUUDp7yszIN-PM9WXEGK8i93PSPVvWEw74dkdmE5v97wFLCaxUMLjO2cNRoC6RQQAvD_BwE

Heineken beer advert "worth the wait" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51iNsTs9jMM

 Cast, crew and cost facts:

Director (1) - Cary Joji Fukunaga

Writers (5) - Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Scott Z. Burns, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Phoebe Waller-Bridge

A list cast - Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Wishaw, Lea Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ana De Armes, etc.

Above the line costs: Daniel Craig was payed approximately $25 million before the film even started filming. This is most likely because this was his 5th and final James Bond film as the leading Bond man himself. This is also his 14th year playing James Bond since Casino Royale in 2006

Merchandise/Marketing and pre-sold elements:

Originally books about the character "James Bond" written by Ian Flemming

"No time to die" is actually the 25th Bond movie made overall, however it is 5th in the Daniel Craig franchise, before then it had movies dating back to 1962, with Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan all playing the James Bond character.

Locations in the movie - Italy (Matera, Gravina in Puglia, Sapri), Jamaica (Port Antonio), Norway (Nittedal, North Atlantic road), London (Pinewood studios, city centre), Kalsoy (Faroe Islands), Scotland (Aviemore)

Link to James Bond official merchandise store - https://007store.com/pages/no-time-to-die-guide?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5JSLBhCxARIsAHgO2SfF0eaAm-Zn8Qyewq9nN45fIwuLm0YkBrd3-RPPGoys1rSZLWvnK7EaAi4VEALw_wcB

Merchandise includes: 007 advent calendar, prop replicas, Ashton Martin DB5 book which is about the                         official relationship between James Bond and his Ashton Martin DB5, “no time to die” making for the film book, character funko pops. 

Marvel - "Black Widow"

Marketing and production facts:

Release date - 9th July 2021 (US + UK), summer time 

Production - Marvel studios 

Distributed by - Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Marketing budget - $150 mil                   

Production budget - $200 mil              official black widow poster > 

26% of Black Widow is in IMAX also 

How much has it made - worldwide with $371 million 

Was released in cinema as well as Disney+ on a preview for $29.99 in the US, £19.99 in the UK, Disney's new streaming platform, and will most likely be out on DVD soon 

Release date also postponed from July 9th 2020 - May 7th 2021, then again to July 9th 2021

Also a high concept blockbuster and was one of Disney's "tent-pole" strategy movies for 2021 as black widow as a character has gained a massive following in the past 20 years

Marvel has an instagram page where they uploaded frequent clips from the film, which were mainly action sequences and comedic lines from the lead characters 

she is the first female marvel character who is capable with self defence without super powers who has now got a solo film.

                                                                          

Cast, crew and cost facts:                                                                   

Director (1) - Cate Shortland 

Writers (3) - Jac Schaeffer, Eric Pearson, Ned Benson

A list cast - Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, Ray Winstone, etc.

Above the line costs: Scarlett Johansson was payed approx $15 million before the movie even started shooting

This is most likely because she is a massive name and has been playing Black Widow for 10 movies, it is her last marvel movie as black widow

Trailers and Adverts: 

release date trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybji16u608U

BMW advert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl2l8v7Rrto

Team liquid x Black widow sponsorship - https://store.teamliquid.com/pages/black-widow

< Black widow teaser poster with original release date 

Merchandise/Marketing and pre-sold elements:

originally a comic character from the marvel franchise written by Stan Lee, who died November 2018

The first black widow comic was released in 1964

Black widow as a character was the first female avenger and is an extremely inspirational female role model, we have seen her in 9 other films before this one, and this explains and portrays the back story of black widow that we have only heard snippets about. 

Scarlett Johansson is the only black widow and is the first person to play her character, there is now talk of Florence Pugh's character, Yelena Belovia, is going to become the next black widow now that Natasha Romanoff is dead

Locations in movie - Norway, Morocco (Tangier), Hungary (Budapest, Etyek), Russia (St. Petersburg), Georgia (starts and ends in same place) 

Merchandise includes: Disney store, clothing with black widow logo, black widow action figures and funko pops, mugs, golf balls, pendants, necklaces and keyrings with logo, cosplay costumes, posters, antidote replica

Opening Title Sequence "Dead Man's Shoes" Analysis

- old camera tapes of baby growing up in between shots 

- keeps cutting to 2 men walking on dirt track in field 

- credits shown during the walking in field scenes, producers, title of film, cast, editors, writers, etc.

- medium tempo country song playing as non-diegetic sound, nostalgic, sounds old, a bit melancholic

- kids being shown in the films are the two older men walking in the field, possibly brothers, cross cutting 

- family footage, 

- never saw the character's faces, emotional connection through music, more complex 

- music starts on black out screen, half way through into of music video of baby in a pushchair comes in

- vintage style, static on it, looks like real footage from 1970-80s, heavily affected some footage to make it look like old film footage 

- opening line of song is "I can't be held responsible", lowkey, slow paced song and gains pace as opening title sequence goes on

- wide establishing shot of field and two men walking, right to left, something unusual is going to occur or is occurring, feels like they're returning from somewhere, establishes the idea that they're returning, British countryside, don't really know where they are, forces us to focus on the fact they are going back from somewhere 

- fade/dissolve into more vintage footage, links the two characters to the fact that they are the kids in the videos 

- older brother in videos hugging younger brother, sets tone for their relationship 

- wide depth of field shot of brothers walking away from camera, shows distance they are walking/scale of journey, don't see them talking whole journey, always a little bit of distance between them or one leading the other 

- camera is always still and characters walk away from camera each time, disconnect/shows contrast between the sweet childhood videos and these shots

- shot duration is slow paced of just two men walking, shows that the journey is long 

- clips showing family, Christmas opening presents, happy memories, small Christmas tree, not a lot of money/not very privileged, quite a big family, all about family

- cross cut back to the field shots, which are colder feeling than the vintage films

- one brother is wearing walking clothes and carrying the bags, military looking, other brother wearing tracksuit, doesn't look very suited for a long walk

- the one who is always leading is older, about 2-4 years apart, which we can see from the videos as them as kids 

- they aren't holding a map so they know where they're going, shows they have possibly done the journey before 

- shot of them coming towards the camera, but camera tilts round as they walk past and they're walking away from the camera again, faces seen briefly but not enough to form a connection or gain any information 

- somebody is recording everything, emphasises idea of happy childhood as someone wants all of it being recorded for memories 

- final shot, music is at the end and fades/dies down, the bag is off his shoulder, we see them walking up to an old looking house, we get the impression that they arrive as they are also no longer on a dirt path, shot fades to black, sense of journey is over and its night time, returning back to a place they possibly hadn't been back for a while

- brother's relationship possibly not as good as it was when they were kids so they're not talking