The script for our film opening consists of short sentences and all dialogue is kept to a minimum. This is to draw the attention away from the action occurring in the sequence.For example, we only have 2 scenes that contain dialogue between characters, which are when packing the van and when riding inside the van. It clearly shows who is the boss of the operation and allows each character's personalities to shine through.
Scene 1
Jess: We leave in five, pack what you need.
Harry: Alright boss.
Jordan: Gang gang
Scene 2-In the van
Harry: Oh yeah guys, I've got this as well.
Jess and Jordan: WOAH!
Jess: Put it down, Jesus!
Harry: ...Sorry
(Jordan's phone rings)
Harry: For fuck sake!
Jordan: Mum! I told you, don't ring me when I'm with my friends...(Hangs up) Sorry about that guys.
Scene 3-Outside the bank
Harry: (Goes to open the bank door, finds out it is locked) Shit.
Today we were doing further research into what our genre and
film plot usually includes.
A heist film usually consists of 3 acts, which include; a
briefing of preparation and planning, the heist itself and finally the outcome
of the heist. Due to this we are including clear but brief reflections of each
act within our film opening to maximise the clarity of our genre.
Also, a heist film includes characters with a clear
identity, this can be down to their personality costume or skill.
Finally, a heist film will usually include a mode of
transport to and from the location of the heist, props such as guns and robbery
tools. Throughout a heist fil there is a clear reflection o the characters
living outside the law.
We ensured that we had included the comedy aspect of our
film opening by adding clear flaws to the planning scenes, the randomness of
the props and skill level difference. In order the effectively do this we
analysed films such as “Central Intelligence” and “21/22 Jump Street”.
Here are different types of marketing that we will use to promote our film. We will have both physical and digital avertising to appeal to a wide range of teenagers. The first type of marketing we will implement is the use of billboards and advertising on buses. This allows the posterto be seen by a large amount of people in urban areas. The other mehtod we will use is to create a website, which appeals to a younger, more tech-savvy audience.
Here is an example of some feedback that I gave to a group. I kept my feedback concise and to the point, in order to make sure that my advice is clearly noted.
In today's lesson we chose films that had a similar genre to our film opening and analysed the poster. Annotations were added where key information on the poster was.
Today as a group we were reviewing and analysing the feedback we were given. With this, we would take the constructive advice and negative points to improve our final film opening.
Our feedback received a variety of both negative and positive points. Our positive feedback was mostly based around our clear representation of our genre, our titles font and placement. Also our story line was positive. However our negative feedback was greatly based around one scene, which was the one in the van. We need to improve the sound quality in the van and make it easier to hear. The clarity of the image in some scenes also needs to be improved.
Finally we received some feedback on how our music was a great fit to the genre and was applied in suitable areas, however the volume became distracting as it appeared to loud.
Our film opening had unique camera angles and the music fit well to the genre. We decided to use "You really got me" by The Kinks and also some royalty free action music to add a happy, fun effect at the start and a tense mood towards the end. The use of both high and low camera angles added variety to our film. The way in which the titles were implemented was creative and unique,with some reacting with what was going on in the sequence. This helped set us apart from other groups as not many had used the idea of dynamic titles.
To improve, we could increase the lighting in some scenes. For instance, in the van it is very hard to distinguish what is going on due to the low light. Also continuity was a slight problem as the footage was filmed over 2 separate days, resulting in the natural lighting being much different where 2 scenes follow on from each other.This could be overcome by using artificial light when filming, or changing the contrast of the footage in post-production.
