Updated Film Opening Idea

After my last blog post, we thought of a different idea for our film opening which is completely unrelated to our last one. As we only make the opening 2 minutes of the film, we wanted a lot of the focus to be on introducing the main character, and showing the set to the audience, as both of these help to set the tone of the film. The character shown is a clumsy, geeky teenage boy who has dedicated his life to the discovery of aliens. The beginning of the film is set in the garage of the family home, which has been turned into a shrine to his discoveries with posters and books covering the walls. Both the character and the set are going to be quirky and lovable, giving a fun, friendly feel to the rest of the film.

The Set
The garage would be filled with UFO related objects such as posters, newspaper clippings etc. One of the feature points of the set is going to be the large OS map placed in the middle of the wall. The map will be set up to look like an investigation board with strings leading to photographs and other pieces of 'evidence' for various UFO sightings in the area. Below are some examples I have found:

The Character
For this idea, we would prefer for our lead character to be male as we feel the role would be best suited to a teenage boy. He would be made out to be a typical nerdy/ geeky character but also clumsy and lovable.

The Opening
We decided we would like to make a title sequence rather than 
going straight into the main action of the film, and have been inspired by Jared Hess' 'Napoleon Dynamite'. The way in which the titles are displayed in this sequence appeal to us both as it is a creative and different way of presenting them. As the character is quite unique, we thought this style of title sequence could relate well to the character.