MAIN Post 3a: Further look at opening sequences

To extend my wider knowledge i looked at another sequence and I have attempted to pick out as many parts that do and don't work in it.

I have chosen Taken's opening sequence. This sequence is very good I believe as it very interesting throughout and hooks the audience into it and makes them desperate to see the whole of it. The cuts for each clip in it is fast which fits in with the film as the film is fast moving and exciting. Throughout it shows who the main characters in it and shows the naivety of young girls in just the opening sequence! The music is non-diegetic and is very fast beat which again fits in with the film. Also it continually show little clips of the action in it which again hooks the audience in to it. This opening sequence in my opinion is very good as it lures the audience in to it which makes them want to watch more, and gives them a message of what it is about.

However a negative thing about this opening sequence would be that it is quite fast and could get the viewer confused as they wouldn't quite get what its about unless they keep rewinding it. Although this is a very good sequence in my opinion some people may disagree with me by saying it gives away to much of what the film is actually about.

Below is a link to this scene and the video of it;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Ph7QrEJAc 

MAIN Post 3: Research into Opening Sequence Designs

Below are the links to the two interviews which helps my group and I choose our opening scene. Also are the notes I took from them.

Kyle Cooper Interview (Part 1)

Kyle Cooper Interview (Part 2)

 

The main objective when making a film opening scene is to attract the audience so that they want to see the film. It is said that it is importance to "hook the audience" so that they will really want to see the rest of the film. It was said that it was better to use simple methods when creating the opening scene. It was important that the opening scene must not be tedious and non original as it would have a negative impact on the viewings. This was a key thing which will help my group and I, when making our opening scene. However Kyle Cooper said that editing shouldn't be ruled out as its cheaper and will help my group and I save time. In conclusion I feel that this interview will be very beneficial for the group and I as it will give us a guidance of how to make a really good opening scene which we draw in the audience and keep them fascinated and interested throughout and not bored.

post 2: Genre

When choosing the genre my group and I found it hard to choose one as there are so many different genres. Below are a list of the most popular genres my group and I could come up with;
1)Action Adventure

2)Crime

3)Horror

4)Romance

5)Sci-Fi

We then narrowed it down to which genre would be the most popular  genre and which wold be best to base our film on it. These were, action based film as many are of this and comedy as this is also a major genre for films. However as a group we decided that the best way to find out other peoples opinion would be to make a questionaire asking the people what they thought. We gave the questionaires to people from our school. Below are the questions we asked;

1) what is your favourite genre?

2) How many times a month do you go to the cinema?
 
Below is a link to a website which helped my group and I to understand what the Top genres of 2012 are going to be. The hobbit and the hunger games both were high up in the chart as expected. 
http://www.rantingdragon.com/twenty-anticipated-genre-films-in-2012/

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.