Film Acre- For Film Makers: Into Darkness - Feature Film Pitch & Opening Scene Shoot

This January I shot the opening scene of an action feature film I have been working on called, 'Into Darkness'. The scene consisted of some opening dialogue and then a burst of action to end the sequence.

Below is the pitch presentation I used when pitching my film. It includes my Directors Statement, the logline for the film, some visual references for our shoot as well as some visual, story and theme influences. At the bottom is a basic shooting floor plan for the opening scene and a single page pitch document that I left in the pitch room.

Into Darkness - Pitch Package

Sam Prudence - Into Darkness - Logline

Sam Prudence - Into Darkness - Director's Statement

Sam Prudence - Into Darkness - Visual References Opening scene

Sam Prudence - Into Darkness - Mood & Style 1

Sam Prudence - Into Darkness - Mood & Style 2

Sam Prudence - Into Darkness - Influences

Opening Scene Floor Plan

Sam Prudence - Into Darkness - Floor Plan 1

Sam Prudence - Into Darkness - Floor Plan 2

One Page Pitch Document

Sam Prudence - Into Darkness - One Page Pitch Document

Into Darkness Feature Opening Shoot

The shoot took place on the 20th January. I decided to shoot in a studio space and build wooden flats to construct the two adjoining spaces we needed. I had a small crew and two actors. All the military props and costumes were bought from Amazon. The shoot went extremely well and I am very happy with what we shot and the way the finished sequence has turned out.

Here are some stills from the sequence (ungraded):