PLANNING: Media To Draw Inspiration From 1

DONNIE DARKO 

COLOUR PALETTES

-DARK, COOL TONES 

-HARSH SHADOWS 

-CONTRAST (BEGINNING: DARK AND COOL, THEN BECOMES BRIGHTER AND WARMER AS THE SCENE UNFOLDS)

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SHOT TYPES / CAMERA MOVEMENT

-WIDE SHOT TO REVEAL A BODY ON THE GROUND :

EERIE AND CONFUSING, THE AUDIENCE ARE MADE TO QUESTION WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE CHARACTER

-MID CLOSE UP: NOT REVEALING OF THE CHARACTERS FACE, BUT SHOWS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, KEEPING TO AUDIENCE INTRIGUED AND CONFUSED. THE CHARACTERS EXPRESSION (A SMILE) CONTRASTS WITH THE OPENING SCENE, HIS BODY LYING IN A DESOLATE AND STRANGE ENVIRONMENT.

   + INTRODUCING CHARACTER 

-POV SHOT: MAKES THE CHARACTER MORE RELATABLE TO THE AUDIENCE, AND ALLOWS THEM TO SEE THE WORLD FROM THE CHARACTERS POINT OF VIEW.

TRACKING SHOT- CLEARLY SHOWS THIS IS THE MAIN PROTAGONIST, INTRODUCES THE IDEA THE FILM WILL FOLLOW THE CHARACTERS JOURNEY

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SOUND

- EERIE SOUNDSCAPE, NON-DIEGETIC SOUND TO OPEN THE SCENE

-CONTRASTING SOUND TO CREATE TENSION AND CONFUSION IN THE AUDIENCE (PIANO MUSIC CONTRASTED WITH ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN)