The story of our opening!

Hi guys it's me Santi
Before I get to scripting, I want to explain what our film opening is actually about, specially since I've been talking so much about it in my past blogs.

Here's a short synopsis of our entire story:

A girl is doing her groceries in a very mundane fashion while she listens to a song on her headphones (we don't know what song yet). She's vibing subtly to the song while she gets her groceries, while in the background people seem to be in a panicked mood, stocking up on food, and being very fast and anxious in their movements, the girl notices but remains unfazed. As she exits the grocery store, there is revealed to be a large planet in the sky, obviously making it's way towards Earth, it looks beautiful, and almost haunting, yet the girl keeps walking, not batting an eye. She's clearly aware of the planet, yet it looks like she's forcing herself not to care. As she gets in the car, the radio sparks up, and for a moment, we get exposition: the planet will crash onto Earth in 5 months, and panic has begun to spread. Before we get to hear more, she connects her phone's bluetooth and the song she was listening to on her headphones begins playing in the car. She closes the door to her car, and begins driving away. The opening ends as she sets her phone down and starts to drive.

Still from "Melancholia" (2011) showing a rogue planet in the skyline of a shot, I want our opening to look similar.

AI-Generated image by OpenAI's "DALL-E" showing a concept for what the planet would look like in the opening, yet much smaller. (Usually I would steer away from using AI in any capacity but this was a quick way to get a visual concept for what we want without spending a lot of time photoshopping concept art.)

If any changes are made to the story I'll update the blog as we progress with production, but this is the story for now! Me and my group are very happy with it.

Until next time, Santi :)