Influences

 This blog entry will show the four different influences that made us create the idea of 'I can see you'.

'Tumblr' sensation- Video clip

This is a video clip that we used as an influence for our opening sequence. The video clip is about a couple that met on 'Tumblr' and how in love they are. The idea of having 'Danielle Burke and 'Khari Paterson' for our main actors came from this video we thought the couple in the video look adorable together and therefore we should demonstrate that in our opening sequence. 

Here are pictures of the actors

     Danielle Burke                                                 Khari Patterson

Here are pictures of the actual couple within the video.

Girlfriend                                                                               Boyfriend

Here displays pictures; one of the actual couple which I took from their video and another showing Danielle and Khari doing more or less the same pose, I am showing these two pictures to illustrate that we have been influenced by the couple in the video, which we have used in our actual opening sequence.

The couple                                                                    Danielle and Khari

Secondly we used the idea of using jump-cuts in our opening sequence from the music video by Rihanna called we found love. This music video shows various different jump-cuts to illustrate the couples love for one another and how it all eventually goes wrong. Each different shot is different from the other showing different events occurring but at the same time it is similar to a thriller-romance opening sequence as it tells a love story turning noisome.

'Rihanna- We found love' music video

Obsessed- Film 

Thirdly we used the idea of having a female stalker from the film Obsessed. This is because we thought to make our opening  sequence different from most thrillers therefore we came up with the idea of a stalker within a thriller stalking a couple, although we thought to exchange stereotypical gender roles rather than stereotypically using a male as a stalker, so used 'Obsessed' as an inspiration. 

Kidulthood- Film

Lastly the idea of using teenagers as the actors came from the idea of 'Kidulthood'. Kidulthood is a drama about teenagers living within London going through various obstacles, difficulties and trauma. This film was highly successful mainly because audiences are not introduced to teenager based films, which is why the idea off teenagers was used. Using teenagers will also appeal to our target audience.