This is a PowerPoint I have created with an analysis of four film openings that either fit with our chosen genre or have a style that we would like to emulate in our own film opening. They are all very different but include the same creative style that inspires me. The target audience for all of these films are generally young women (teenagers to young adults) who enjoy romantic films so we have decided that our film opening will have a similar target audience as we are attracted to this genre and we also fall into this age bracket. This means that we will have lots of experience of what works well and will create our film opening according to what our friends and we would be attracted to watch ourselves - so we will be fulfilling our target audience. I have also made a timeline and title sequence grid for each film opening...
Saturday, 29 October 2011
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Film opening examples...
Here are three examples of student produced film openings from Hurt wood House Media department; Hurt wood House school has incredibly advanced media technology, so I had high expectations of the quality of work. The examples I've chosen are all thrillers and are all effective in their own original way.
My favourite one is; Immersed as it uses a simple concept of a girl swimming, but transforms it through well framed shots, smooth continuous editing and good close ups that create tension and suspense. I really like the underwater shots of the girl swimming as this creates an isolated atmosphere that reinforces the whole mood of the opening.The tracking of the camera following the feet of the stranger looks really professional and enhances the mystery, while the typography of the titles are classy and sophisticated.
My second favourite is; Aftermath as the "story telling" feel at the beginning is unique and grabs the audience's attention - it makes them want to find out what the boy is talking about. I think the interrogation theme is very successful as it creates a tense atmosphere needed for thriller openings. I like the way the boy's voice is occasionally used together with the girl's voice to give the effect of the girl replaying the event in her mind. I also like the ending where there is a point of view shot of the girl through the video camera; this reinforces the interrogation theme together with the tape player as a prop.
My third favourite is; One as I like the effect of the camera following the woman around her house while revealing out of the ordinary things occurring. I think the diegetic sound of the alarm buzzing at the beginning is an effective sound bridge and also ignites the suspense of the scene. To improve this film opening I think the students could have played incidental music in the background to reinforce the atmosphere and make the shots more interesting, they could of also made sure the lighting was a consistent good quality throughout the shots to make it seem more realistic. Apart from this I really liked the end shot of the girl outside her home, as the camera tracks to reveal her neighbourhood; this makes the audience want to find out what happens next, which is what a good film opening should achieve.
All of these film openings have impressed me as not only is the editing and camera work of a high quality but all of the ideas are different and very creative. Watching these has made me realise that it is possible to reach a professional standard while at the same time I know that not every school has the technology that this school benefits from.
My favourite one is; Immersed as it uses a simple concept of a girl swimming, but transforms it through well framed shots, smooth continuous editing and good close ups that create tension and suspense. I really like the underwater shots of the girl swimming as this creates an isolated atmosphere that reinforces the whole mood of the opening.The tracking of the camera following the feet of the stranger looks really professional and enhances the mystery, while the typography of the titles are classy and sophisticated.
My second favourite is; Aftermath as the "story telling" feel at the beginning is unique and grabs the audience's attention - it makes them want to find out what the boy is talking about. I think the interrogation theme is very successful as it creates a tense atmosphere needed for thriller openings. I like the way the boy's voice is occasionally used together with the girl's voice to give the effect of the girl replaying the event in her mind. I also like the ending where there is a point of view shot of the girl through the video camera; this reinforces the interrogation theme together with the tape player as a prop.
My third favourite is; One as I like the effect of the camera following the woman around her house while revealing out of the ordinary things occurring. I think the diegetic sound of the alarm buzzing at the beginning is an effective sound bridge and also ignites the suspense of the scene. To improve this film opening I think the students could have played incidental music in the background to reinforce the atmosphere and make the shots more interesting, they could of also made sure the lighting was a consistent good quality throughout the shots to make it seem more realistic. Apart from this I really liked the end shot of the girl outside her home, as the camera tracks to reveal her neighbourhood; this makes the audience want to find out what happens next, which is what a good film opening should achieve.
All of these film openings have impressed me as not only is the editing and camera work of a high quality but all of the ideas are different and very creative. Watching these has made me realise that it is possible to reach a professional standard while at the same time I know that not every school has the technology that this school benefits from.
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Film opening research...
Here is a power point presentation I have created about different film openings. I searched for examples of ones that I thought were effective and then analysed them; this has helped me to decide which genre I would like to make my own film opening, it has also inspired me as they are all unique in their own way and helped me to create some ideas for my final task.
Film opening research
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Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Art of the Title - useful website...
This website is absolutely brilliant for general resources about film and television title designs. They have a huge variety of different film genres that you can view, with discussions, feedback and analysis available - this has proved very useful with my film opening research and I will definately continue to use this website for inspiration in the future. Not only is it incredibly helpful but its also easy to navigate and designed to a high quality, I especially love the screen shot montages from different films of the same genre - very unique!
http://www.artofthetitle.com/
http://www.artofthetitle.com/
Monday, 10 October 2011
Preliminary task: Evaluation
We have finally finished editing our preliminary task - our group experienced a few problems but I have definately learnt a huge amount of useful skills and I also feel pleased with the overall outcome as I think it includes all of the requirements as well as many other creative elements that I never knew how to do before this. I now feel confident and excited about starting the final task as I have many ideas and I also know who I am going to work with. Here is my full evaluation of the preliminary task...
Preliminary Task: Evaluation
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