Group discussion...

Yesterday we had another talk about our plans, and we came up with a couple of ideas for our film opening, such as having the first shot fade in from black and have diegetic sound (e.g. sound of cars driving past/police sirens?/etc.) playing for a bit before any image is seen on the screen. This will make the audience wonder why these noises are being heard and who is hearing them.
An example of this can be seen in the start of this clip from the film 'Sin City';


When I was searching for another example of diegetic sound being used before the first shot is shown on screen, I remembered the opening credits of 'Monty Python; The Holy Grail' and how the humour of it is enhanced by the sound, although it is non-diegetic it will still help us to understand different ways in which sound can be used to create a feeling in the audience members.

We also decided that we'll be meeting up over the christmas holidays to plan every shot, make our storyboard and sort out everything about our film, that way we will be ready to start filming as soon as we get back to school in the new year.