Risk Assessment Form...

Due to the fact that we are going to be filming in various locations with expensive camera equipment, we must consider the safety of the equipment as well as the safety of our actors and also the safety of ourselves. Therefore I have filled out a risk assessment form that highlights all of the potential hazards that we could face while filming. I have also taken into account any safety precautions that we could put in place to minimise any danger; this has definitely made us more aware of hazards. We will follow the safety guidelines and we will also be extra careful when filming to make sure none of the people involved with the filming process get injured or non of the equipment gets damaged.

The Treatment Sheet...

I have filled out this sheet just to give a brief outline of our film opening sequence. The sheet includes information on; the main storyline of the sequence, how we want the audience to feel when watching our opening, the structure of the opening, the main roles of the characters, the locations, the mise en scene, the style of camera work and also the type of editing. This sheet is a useful resource to refer to through out the film making process to remind us of our initial ideas; however we may want to make alterations later on during the editing process. Overall this sheet has helped us to get our ideas down on paper; thus making us discuss and critically analyse our concept.

Film Concept Feedback...

This is feedback from our target audience on our film opening concept; we filmed them sharing their opinions. This has been incredibly helpful as we can take into consideration the improvements they have suggested, and we can then make alterations to our main concept. This will then make our film opening more appealing to our target audience.

Our film inspiration...

This is a Taylor Swift music video of her song 'The Story of us' which we found on YouTube. The whole concept of her song has inspired the plot of our imagined whole film and it has proved invaluable in helping us create our film opening. It tells the story of a doomed teenage relationship; although this contrasts with our happy relationship film opening - the plan for the whole film would be to show the 'ups and downs' of Katy and Luke's relationship as we want it to seem as realistic as possible.

Film Opening Concept...

This is a PowerPoint presentation that Molly and I have created to present our film opening idea to our class, it includes a lot of detail on everything from our lighting and sound to the locations and the actors.

Film Opening Concept

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Film Opening Analysis...

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...

Film Opening Analysis

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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.