Animatic

Concept idea for title sequence

The concept idea for our title sequence is based on a kidnap/murder mystery.
A loving father becomes obsessed with his daughter due to lack of contact with her during her early childhood years. After a divorce with his wife he was denied custody of his beloved daughter causing him kidnap his daughter out of desperation.
The title sequence starts with the father's memory of his daughter on a swing playing with her friends. To show it is a memory the first two frames will be very bright and dream like.
The third frame shows where the father is staying. It is a dim lit shack, the only light source being candle light. In this frame we can see pictures of his daughter on the wall and in frames showing his obsessive behaviour.
We show a close up of the father holding the childs doll which the flashes to her holding it and then back to the father. This is to create mystery as we do not know who has the doll or why.
From the father holding the doll, you see a medium shot from behind him as he throws the doll onto the bed. The camera will the pan around the room. This allows the viewer to become familiar with his surroundings. We also get an insight into his obsession with his daughter as this shot shows the pictures of the child on the wall.
After the pan shot, we see a close up of the fathers face. However we do not see all of his face as his eyes and nose are disguised by the shadows. This keeps the viewers guessing about the fathers full identity.
We then see a close up of one of the pictures on the wall showing the girl on the swing. The camera will then track forward getting closer to the picture which fades into the shot of the moving swing, however the swing is empty, suggesting that the girl is now missing.



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