Richard Morrisons interview

We watched an interview of Richard Morrison on Art Of The Title giving tips on film openings. We were then told to make a few notes on the advice he is giving throughout the interview...

• Don't overcomplicate the idea to start off with. Keep it simple then build from it.
• "Simple is good"
• After storyboarding and written ideas, make a model so its more lifelike and more realistic. This will make you more engaged in your own idea.
• If you get an idea come into your head quickly, try to distract yourself as much as possible. An idea will subconsciously come into your head even when you're distracting yourself and develop into a bigger and more interesting idea. Once it has developed you should then write it onto a piece of paper and also include all the new ideas that come into your head whilst you're writing.
• Don't plan Mise en Scene before you have tested the idea and made sure it will be successful. Draw out your idea before you plan costumes and settings incase it is unsuccessful.
• Make ideas as a team. It will be more successful than if you were to think of an idea yourself.
• Before the idea is tested , be sure to test perspective of objects to make sure it will work.