Adaptation A: Updates

A animatic draft for the witch idea which I gave up on, as I felt I couldn't get the irony of it right, nor make it enticing. The lay out was based around the design of a ouija board and would have shown the amount of signs represented.

Directors title designs

A couple of ideas for the directors' signs:

Steven Spielberg

Family issues
Light rays/flashlights
Reflection shot/Rear-view mirror
The “Spielberg” face
Shooting star
Dolly zoom

Alfred Hitchcock

Leading blonde lady
Cameo appearance
Opening titles by Soul Bass
Suspense
Elaborate deaths

Quentin Tarantino

Glorified/gratuitous/commercial violence
Unusual music choices
Non-linear storytelling
Trunk & Hood POV Shot
Pop culture references
Martial Arts movies influence
Cinema hommage
Feet shot/fetish
Torture scenes
Dance scenes

Stanley Kubrick

The Kubrick Stare
Absurdity of war/misanthropy
One-point perspective
Three act structures
Classical music
Bathroom scene

J.J. Abrams

Lens flares
Dolly shot
Shaky cam aerial battles
Sparks
Canted angle

Jean Luc Godard

New Wave
Jump cuts
Homage to cinema
Alienating use of yellow/white, red and blue
Ignoring the 180° line rule

Michael Bay

Bayhem/Explosions

Roman Polanski

Trauma
Claustrophobia
1st person perspective
Dark humour

Orson Welles

Stars in his own films
Narrator/radio tribute
Shakespeare
Depth of field

David Lynch

Irrationality
Pastiche/Remodelling of the traditional
Dreamlike imagery
Over/Underexposure
Lighting
Stage performances
Split Personalities/Cast swap
Ambient sound

Scorsese

New York setting
Slow-Motion
Freeze frame

Wes Craven
George Méliès
Fritz Lang
Frederico Fellini