Post 1 MAIN task

      For this main task post 1, I shall be carrying out research on conventions of an opening sequence. I shall be doing this as for my main task it will be too create an opening sequence. I shall be analysing the opening sequence for two films of different genres in order to show the conventions used so that I could use them for my task.

 

 The first opening sequence I looked at was 'Skyfall'. In this opening of this trailer the credits of who stared/made the film appears ontop of a clip of a man being dragged down to die. The background music is played through out of this trailer, which creates tension and suspense. The colours are dark throughout to present mystery and death. This trailor mis-leads the audience in to believing that 'James Bond' is drowning and has been killed. 
 Conventions uses in this scene:

Credits of the characters and Directers.

Music is non-diegetic

Dark death like colours used throughout.

Name of the film.

 

 

 

The second film opening sequence I watched was the 'fight club'. This trailer is fast moving with the camera constantly moving at a fast pace. The music is non-diegetic and is the same throughout the film. The way the camera and the music are both fast paced it makes the sequence tense and builds up excitement. The way the directer has designed the trailor makes it exhilarating and makes the audience want to watch the film. The background colour is also very dark with little light creating suspense and tension. The conventions used in the opening sequence are;

The names of both characters and directors,

the name of the film.

and the non-diegetic music.

 

2012 Main post 1: Coventions of an opening sequence

 

Your coursework main task is to produce the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes. All video and audio material must be original, produced by you, with the exception of music and audio effects from a copyright-free source.

Post 12: independent work

Above is a picture showing myself doing independent work.

Post 11

Post 11: Targets

1)  To ensure that the group and I are confident that our idea is good and that we are happy with the way the script is written before we film. 

2) In our next task another target is to learn from what the feed back from the class was, so that  the next task is perfect.

3) I would to edit the film so that I can learn new skills which will help me in the main task. 

4) In our last task I did more acting than filming etc so in my next task I would like to use the camera and to learn new camera skills. 

5) To choose a different location from the school so our film can be more realistic and this will create an interesting film.

Post 10

Below is the link to youtube of our video to our prelim task:
We had trouble trying to inbed our film into this task so we had to just supply the link to the clip.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij-8BuG5Ix4


Creative Skills

My group and I have each learnt new skills during this task, such as to work as a team to come up with different ideas and learnt how to take account of everyones ideas and put them together to finalise our film.

Personal and Technical Skills

In my opinion i have been able to learn new skills during this task such as how to edit a film and the different techniques used when filming such as high angle shots. My understanding of how to film correctly using the camera and the way you insert music etc when editing, has grown hugely since starting the course which we will help me throughout the year. Also i feel that the group and I were able to work very well together which gave us no problems when filming and editing

Post 9

Below is the link to my group and I post production task. We decided to change the style of how to do this task, and decided to make a video.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY8CgbvCMV5VL5rTcM5elWg

Post 8

PRODUCTION PROCESS

How did the shoot go? and What problems did you encounter?

The footage we shot as a group was good. We came across a number of problems during filming, one being that we laughed alot which stopped filming, which caused problems during editing as our shots we captured were very short.

How did you over come these problems?

We over came these problems by staying calm and organised, making sure that everyone in our group knew what they were doing and what needed to be done.

How well did you work as team?

I feel and believe we worked well as team because we were able to complete at a high level. We were able to help and guide one another and was easy and comfortable to share thoughts together.

What do you think of the footage you shot?

Overall I would say our footage was of a high standered for a first attempt, but we also now know what we must do to make it even better.

Are there any areas for improvement in the technical execution?

- leave around a 5-7 second pre-role in between each shoot which would have left more time between each line and director saying action, making it slightly easier to capture our shots during editing.



Have you abided by the rules of continuity?

I believe we have followed the rules of continuity as we have not crossed the 180 degree line and have made sure that our eye lines match up. We have included everything that was specified in the brief which included of match on action, 180 degree rule and the 30 degree rule in our short film.