Question 7

Question 6

Question 5

Question 4 - Target Audience

Question 3

Question 2

Evaluation Question 1

Individual Storyboard

  Based on our groups idea for our opening sequence i did a story board of how i think we should film it. I adjusted the story board to our chosen location and basic plot. I think this could work when making our opening sequence. This can be adjusted and worked on.

Opening Sountrack - Billy Elliot

Opening Soundtrack - Billy Elliot ( Cosmic Dancer)

This is the opening scene from the classic film 'Billy Elliot'. This film was very popular then and smashed the film market in its time. The film is about a young boy who secretly has a passion for dancing but with his family wanting him to box and bullying him about being a dancer. The film shows his struggle with chasing his dream and the break up of his family, but in the out come he becomes a dancer and his dream is achieved.
The opening soundtrack here is very important as the lyrics relate to the film and it sets a calming mood to the audience. The soundtrack is 'Cosmic Dancer' by t.Rex. This song has the lyrics 'I was dancing since i was tweleve' , this is very convenient as it relates to billy as he loves dancing and is around the age of twelve. The film is about dancing and so is the song, this is good as they relate and the soundtrack instantly tells the audience that billy is going to be a dancer as he listens to this and jumps on his bed.

Soundtracks

Every movie has a soundtrack at the beginning and end of the film. The beginning one is the most important as it sets the mood and genre of the film. The opening soundtrack is the first peice of music the audience hear so it is important to show the genre and to set a mood for the beginning of films.
The soundtracks of films are all diffrent. This can depend on the genre, the plot, the set etc. The soundtrack has to grab the audeinces attention as it is the crutial point to grasp them into intrest to the film. The opening soundtrack should always match the mood that is shown on screen, and flow with the MES.

Credit And Ttiles Research Outcome

After looking at previous opening title credits i have leaned that they must be clear and relate to the film and the title. The credits should also relate to the genre of the film for example for a comedy fonts are usually bubbly and big and coloured but with a horror or thriller the font is much more blunt and still usually all in the same colour. The credits help create the mood of the play before it has even started and feeds the audience the creators and actors and directors etc in a creative way.
I will consider my research when creating a title sequence for our opening.

Opening Credits - Catch Me If You Can

This is the opening credits for the film 'Catch Me If You Can'.

• These opening credits are animated and themed to the film very well
• The credits are shown very clear and are made so that they are part of the animation. For example the credit that becomes part of the swimming pool ladder.
• The names and in formations sometimes link together.
• The credits are in the common credit order to begin with but then they change.
• The credits start of being part of an air port, in the air port the important information is shown, like 'Tom Hanks' 'Lenardo D'caprio' the title of the film and the film director 'Stephen Spielberg'. There are planes flying around, this relates to the title as it gives a sense of getting away. Also when the tile is shown the word 'Can' turns into a cloud and fades away also relating to the fact you cant catch it.
• The Co-Producers etc are not shown in the common credit order as they are abit mumbled up, how ever the credits are still understandable and names are stated under the correct titles.

These credits run very creatively. They roll smoothly and link together well.The credits are also symbolic as they relate to the title and the blue back ground when the title is shown represents the sky. The credits work very well and are good, they have a smooth flow witch is good. This will be taken into consideration when we are working on our credits for our opening sequence.

True Blood - Opening Credits

For our opening we will add credits to open it, explaining the directors editors actors etc. I have looked at some opening credits to see how we should make ours and to possibly get some ideas from them.

This is the opening Credits from 'True Blood' , a thrilling vampire programme.



• The credits start off with the actors names, with the soundtrack running behind them. As each name changes so does the background of the shot. Each actors name has a different back ground. This could be symbolic relating to there character?
• The backgrounds are all rustic American, they show diners and American scenery showing us that the programme is set in America.
• After the actors names have been on screen the film crews names come up but all together instead of on there own. They are on screen for a less amount of time and the font is smaller than the actors names.
• All writing on the credits are all the same font.
• The credits move around the screen each time they change, they move from corner to corner and central. They are easy to read.
• After the cast and the film crews credits the screen goes red representing blood and the title 'True Blood' appears big and clear to read in the centre.
• After that we begin into the programme and the Writer and Directors names are shown. In the same font but more notice able and on screen for a longer amount of time. This is done because they are showing the audience who wrote and directed it as they are proud of it and want the audience to notice that they are most responsible for the film.

The  credits are easy to read and fit into the opening well. However the programme is about killing vampires and is suppose to thrilling and scary. Therefore i think the credits should have been a it more scary, this could be done by using strange fonts and changing the music and the back grounds.  

Opening Sequence - Trial And Repbrutation

This is an opening from a detective thriller programme called Trial and Retribution. The programme is about crime and detectives. In this opening sequence we see the incident that sparks the detectives and what the programme is going to be investigating.

• First we see a young boy riding around a courtyard on his bike, the camera films him from a variety of angles and focuses on him. This tells us that the boy is going to have something to do with the accident that is going to happen.
• We then are shown a man driving in his car recklessly fast. The radio is on and he is driving fast and unaware of his driving.
• We then go from shot reverse shot between the man driving and the boy on the bike a few times. This tells us that the man and the boy are going to meet or collide in some sort of way as each shot gets shorter as they get closer together.
• After we then go to another man driving, much more slower and sensible. He drives past the road where the little boy is and looks down it, as he looks down it he sees the women fall from the flats above
• We then are shown the women falling, time slows down as she falls and the camera is level with her. The effect of this shows the audience that the falling object is a women and then gets the audience wondering who she is sparking an enigma. 
• Time then speeds up and the women falls and crashes into the reckless drivers car just before he almost hits the boy on his bike.
• Then we see the boy staring at the woman on the car, then the other man gets out of his car and covers the little boys face so he cant see the accident.
• Then time slows down as the car smokes and the man holds the little boy.
• Then the opening credits start.

This opening sequence creates allot of enigma and wonder. It uses a variety of shots and effects. The most effective effect used is slowing down of time this is because it lets the audience focus on the woman and the man. It relates to our opening as it has the same structure which is showing the crime to make the audience wonder then the credits would roll and then film would be about how they solved the crime.

Harry Potter Evaluation

Harry Potter Evaluation.

Our task was to create a sound track for the opening of Harry Potter The Order Of The Phoenix. To do this we used garage band. I worked with Chloe and Ryan.
The first part of the sequence was the credits this was of the words 'Harry Potter' that was in the clouds getting closer and larger. For this credit run we used the sound of a heartbeat which started of quiet and got louder as the words became closer and enlarged onto the screen. We used the heartbeat  sound because it is a good way to represent  the impact of the words enlarging because the heart beat got deeper and louder as the words got closer and closer. As well as the heartbeat we had a synth that faded in and then sound bridged into the next scene of the city landscape. The feel of the music built up the title sequence and drew attention to the film. Out of 10 I would give the title sequence soundtrack a 6.

The playground soundtrack was the dialogue of the characters speaking and a naturalistic synth faded in the background that set a sad mood as the boys were bullying harry. As harry got angry and brought a storm upon the boys the sound was of a thunderstorm and raging winds. This was parallel with the scene. The feel to the music was naturalistic and flowed well until the storm came and the sound changed dramatically as the surroundings changed as well. The playground science flowed very well and was naturalistic therefore I would give it a 8/10.

When the Dementors came to take harry and the other boy under the subway the sound changed from the thunderstorm to a shrieking synth which was scary and loud.  As the Dementors inhaled the boys faces we used a swooshing sound to imply that they were sucking in the boys souls. With the shrieking sound this developed the fact that they were in danger as it was a dark and shocking sound. The feel we tried to create was a scary one which also made the audience realise that the boys were in serious danger of the Dementors. Because the sound developed the mood and overall feel of the clip  and the fact that it flowed well with it also conquering that we wanted to make them feel shocked and scared I will rate the demetors bit a 7/10.

If i was to redo this task i would have used some more symbolic sounds which symbolise the mood and the feeling of the sequence. I would also involve some more voice of the characters so that the sequence isn't just music running all the way through.
I was very pleased with the overall extract  as it was creative and matched the mood and feel of the video clip. The sound was relevant to what was happening on screen and the sound never became boring or  repetitive. I think it helped me imagine sound a lot more and made me think more about the soundtracks for films and I am now noticing when I watch Films I pay attention to the soundtracks behind the films and wonder to myself that doesn't match that mood or if the soundtrack is contrapuntal or parallel to the video. Overall I do think my soundtrack for Harry's Potter was a success and I rate it 8/10.

Audience Research

Our audience is for teenagers aged 15+. We are around the same age of our audience and our friends are as well. The teenage audience are the biggest target market for cinema today, as they are free a lot they go to the cinema with their friends or convince others to go with them. The majority of teenagers don't work 9-5, 5 days a week so they always have time to go to the cinema. We think 15+ is the perfect age for our target  market as they are the most common audience to knife crimed story plotted films. Films such as 'Kidulthood' 'Ill Manors' 'Shanked' and 'Sket' are related to knife crime and there ratings are all 15 so this has given us a guideline on what we would rate our film.

Soundtrack Research

Today myself and Chloe looked at sounds and soundtracks to give us ideas for our opening soundtrack. We explored some sound effects and we have lots of ideas for our soundtrack. We are going to start making it next lesson.

Editing

Today we edited our opening sequence shots. My self and Chloe are now currently looking at previous sountracks from other thriller movies to be inspierd for the soundtrack for our soundtrack. We have explored that the sountracks help to build suspence along with the action.

Opening Sequences - Jaws

This is the opening sequence from the first Jaws movie. The opening sequence introduces the notorious shark as it eats a drunken young female while shes taking a midnight dip. 


The opening starts with a Universal Studios logo, this shows us that the film is made by universal. We then see some credits and fade to being underwater, we see coral and sea life underwater and it feels as if we are swimming along. This is showing us that the film is set around the sea or under water, the credit text is white and in the centre of the screen with the underwater behind it. Then as we are swimming along under water a sound starts, it is a jumpy and loud sound that disturbs the wildlife in the sea. This is telling us that whatever it was it is scary and disturbing, relating to the shark. This starts to set the genre of the film. We then go to a group of people partying on a beach drinking and smoking etc. A happy mood is set as they are all having fun and having a laugh. We know its cold as the people are all dressed sensibly and some are wrapped up warm and warming up of the fire, couples are cuddling and kissing. Then we are introduced to a couple who are both very drunk, the camera focuses on them as they run towards the beach to go for a swim, they take their clothes of as they are running. As they are running they pass a pointed wooden fence, this symbolises the sharks teeth. The camera follows them to the beach and then the girl runs into the water and swims out. The boy is to drunk to swim so he lays on the beach. The camera shows the girl in the water from diffrent angles and we can hear her rippiling in the water. Then we see her from the sharks point of view from under the water, her legs and arms moving in the water, now the sound from the credits starts again.  The music starts to get lounder and faster as the shark gets closer to the girl, the effect of this music brings suspence and makes the audience believe something bad is about to happen. Then the shark attacks the girl, we can only see the girl from above the water. We see her splashing and we hear her screaming, she is being dragged around in the water by the shark and eventually is dragged under by the shark. When she has been killed and taken under by the shark the water is still again and the sound stops. We then see the drunken man on the beach oblivious to what had just happend.

The effect of this opening sequence is to tell the audidence that the film is about the shark. It sets the scence and the location of the film. We are introduced to the sound when the shark is near, this tells the audience that when that sound is played the shark is near and going to attack.
The opening sequence relates to ours as it is thrilling and it has the same aim, to set the story to the aiudience.

Soundtrack Task

Myself and Chloe are going to create a soundtrack for our opening sequence using Garage Band. We are aiming to build up suspense and tension with out soundtrack and we are aiming to make it suited to the film.

Opening Sequences - Wire In The Blood

This is an opening from ITV's hit criminal detective show wire in the blood. Wire in the blood is about murder crimes that are solved by Robson Green and his detective crew.
This opening sequence shows  the crime of the woman being pushed and shoved into a suitcase and then set on fire. The shots are disorientated with a fuzzy and dizzy effect with the woman screaming over the top, the effect of this makes it seem as if the audience feel like the criminal who is torturing the woman as they are seeing what he is from a point of view shot. Then we see the fire with the criminals hand clench up, this is telling us that he has set her on fire as the screaming stops we realize she is dead as then we can only hear the fire crackling. Then the credits roll and the actors names appear on screen with the 'Wire in the blood' theme tune. Then we go to a extreme long shot of the crime scene but in the following morning with detectives and forensics examining the crime and the dead body.
This is similar to out opening sequence because 'Wire In The Blood' is a detective thriller genre and so is our opening sequence. Also the order of the crime then credits then the crime scene is similar to the order in which we hope to have our film.     

Filming Day 2

On Saturday 19th January we filmed our second lot of shots. I feel as if this day was very productive and successful. We re filmed the previous shots from day 1 in the light so now we can use them as they are not too dark. This time round we filmed each action from a variety of angles and distances, we filmed close-ups and point of view shots, we now have a wider variety of shots to chose for when editing. We are confident that we have filmed everything we need to make our film as we have lots of different shots, how ever if we do not have enough or we are missing something we will film the missing shots. 

Lift And Stairs - Editing Practice

To practice editing and understand how to use final cut we were given a practice task. The task was to make a realistic film on final cut with a number of clips that we were given. i put the clips into the right order and cut then together to create a effective film. i cut the clips and rearranged them to create a film that worked. The film consisted of a girl rushing to get somewhere, she came through doors and into a lift. There was many shots of the same action from different angles and views but we had to select the right ones that made the film work.
From this task i have learned the basic tools of Final Cut and how to edit effectively, i have also learned how important it is to be precise on match on action shots.

Filming Day 1

My media group and i went and filmed part of our opening sequence on Monday 14th January. It went very well and smoothly as we were very organized and focused on what we were filming. I feel it was a success and that we had a productive day. Despite the cold weather and snow we managed to all stay focused and get our work done.  We filmed the stabbing part of the film a number of times as we wanted to get it spot on and make it seem as realistic as possible.
When we took a look at our shots on a computer and spoke about them. Some of the shots are good and we are going to keep them but some others may have to be filmed again as the lighting in the shot is to dark. 

Representation

In films and TV programmes male and females mostly have stereotypical representation. Males are usually represented as strong, masculine, hero, good looking, hunk, villain etc. Females are usually represented as being a victim, feminine, stupid, weak, venerable, heart broken, bitchy, emotional etc.
 These stereotypes appear in allot of films today for example the film Taken.

• Family at home young daughter saying goodbye 
• Girl on holiday gets kidnapped
• Father is a old detective so flies out to save her
• He fights the villains  that have his daughter 
• Saves daughter
• At home happy again.

Liam Nelson plays the father. He is represented as a stong, fearless, protective and masculine father. He is a protective and intellegent father and can fight and our run any villan that approches him. The film makes him seem indistructable as he dosent lose any fights. He flies out to france to recue his daughter and becomes a hero.

Maggie grace plays Kim. She is young and looks up to her father. She is vunrable and weak. She is very femine and emotional. She is weak when she is kidnapped and cries emotioanlly. She relies on her father to come and rescue her. She how ever is clever wich is not sterotypical.

These represented sterotypes relate to our film as the victim is shown to be weak and vunrable as hes stabbed and attacked by the killers. Also the killers are reresented to be big and fierce as they dominate the victim.