Final Opening Sequence

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Evaluation Activity 7

From filming and editing my preliminary task to doing my final sequence I have found that I have become a lot more confident with using the equipment and computer programmes needed to film and edit. I have used a much bigger variety of camera angles and shots in my final opening sequence than I did in my preliminary task.
In the preliminary task we had to make sure we used shot reverse shot, I think I incoorperated this into the task well and although I didn't use it in my opening sequence I am comfortable with using these shots.
When editing I used a lot more effects and had to put in a lot more work on my opening sequence than I did in the preliminary task. I think just from watching both video's you can see how much I have progressed and the difference in their quality. When cutting the scenes I had a lot more work to do as I had much more footage than I needed and had done the different scenes a few different times to see which one was the best.
My preliminary task took about an hour to film whereas my opening sequence was filmed over a few days. I had to do more filming after looking at the footage I had collected all together because I felt there was something missing. As my preliminary task was only short, I got it done quickly. I used a big variety of shots in the opening sequence including; Close up, following shot, pan shot, wide shot, Mid shot, Medium close up, zooming and tilt.
When filming the preliminary task I had to be careful to stick to the 180 degree rule.  The 180 degree rule means that when filming the shot reverse shot, the characters should be facing the same way in every shot, if the camera crosses the imaginary axis you have not used the 180 degree rule correctly.

I used a lot of different shots and camera angles in my opening sequence than I did in my preliminary task and this made the opening sequence a lot more interesting.
This is one of the close up shots in my opening sequence.

This is a screen shot of a pan shot. I think this shot was used much more effectively than in my preliminary task.

Evaluation Activity 6

This is the camera I used to film all of the shots I needed.

I have used many different programmes in the process of editing my opening sequence. Some of these include; Adobe Premiere Pro, youtube, blogger and photoshop.

A screen shot of how I embeded my youtube video to upload it to blogger.

A screen shot of my completed opening sequence in adobe premier pro.

I used the apple mac computers to edit my opening sequence.

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Evaluation Activity 4

The genre of my film is thriller. I would imagine that the rest of the film would be a lot more intense and serious. It would be the type of film that I imagine would appeal to wide audience. Teenagers/adults. I think it would appeal to both men and women.


I imagine that she would prefer films with a dramatic story line and a lot of danger. My opening sequence shows all the events that eventually lead up to the school girl being approached by an unknown character, this character could be the person that has been sending the text messages and making the phone calls or it may not be, this keeps the mystery going to make the viewers want to watch more, I imagine this is the kind of film she would like to watch.
She is a student who likes to go out with friends to the cinema or for meals but also likes to stay in and watch films from home. She buys a lot of music and dvd’s, usually purchases these at places like HMV. Her favourite TV programme is CSI.

Evaluation Activity 3