My Film Opening

My film does not fit under one standard genre, but more the travel documentary area of film. The main ideas i wish to explore are a journey to and/or experiences of Thailand. The idea of travel and experiencing a foreign place. It would be nice to attract the audience by causing them to think wistfully of the images they are seeing and make them interested in what I am showing them so that they, too, may be interested in going to Thailand. I am considering doing something along the lines of the house of travel tv add: Powered by the People.

The story would probably not involve any major characters and would be shot from the perspective of the protagonist who is never actually seen. Instead, the audience would see what the protagonist sees and see Thailand through their eyes. It would be set to appropriate (mellow) music, yet to be decided on. It would include snippets of film, perhaps some from the perspective of the protagonist walking, as if the audience too is walking through Thailand and it would be cool to include some stop motion, a lot of photos of beautiful scenery, random people and other up-lifting things.

I would like to include photos of what I am doing and also while I am doing them, for example elephant trekking, so that would include jerky shots if done in stop motion. I would start my film with photos of the lead up to Thailand, to create antiocipation and so that the audience has a clear idea of what is going on. This will probably just include photos of all the luggage, perhaps in stop motion as it moves around the house towards the door. I would also like to include the tickets and the calendar to fully create the atmosphere and then some shots at the airport before I leave, for instance getting coffee, to create the feeling of more anticipation and idle boredom as we are waiting for the real excitement of Thailand. The lead up to leaving would be only a small portion of the movie though as it is not the really interesting part and the audience would likely get bored. After this intro I would perhaps change the soundtrack but this remains unknown as any songs have not been decided on yet.

I did not end up including the lead up as it would have made my movie too long and was kind of irrelevant to the idea that I wanted so I figured the other stuff was more important to include.