This task is related to the storyboard, and what I learnt is that it needs to at least matched with it. Our shot list is a little longer than the story board because we have lots of short cuts in the same scene that made it looks like we had lots of different shots. In the middle of filming our opening sequence; we changed plans. As we have filmed before, we then need to update it with the new one, hence why the new updated one is longer that the older one.
For our 1st cut, this is good but there are improvements to make to make it better. These are the feedbacks we got:
The duration of the opening is a little bit short, so it needs to be longer - 2 mins max.
Maybe put on the music at the start so it doesn't feel too quiet and empty.
The size of the text are too big; a slight change in size, maybe reduce it a little.
The title 'HUMANOID' needs to come earlier in the opening.
There is a gap that needs to be filled to make the continuity consistent after the boys walked in through the gate.
Might need to slow down a couple of clips - when Michael turned the clone body and when the clone open its eyes - to make the opening not too rushed.
After we received those feedbacks, we came up with another idea to make the opening sequence longer and edits to enhance the quality; we tried to improve the changes on our 2nd cut.
What I have learnt
Props also important to the final product. It was quite hard to look for 80's props as it's so old and we used the one that's close to look like it's from the 80's. From this task, I have learnt that props really supports the opening sequence and could also represent the characters social class.
What I have learnt
For this task, we have done research on the clothing that were popular back in the 80's. As we have done big preparation for filming before, for this one, it was quite easy to do. Although, what makes it hard is that, most of us has moved on from 80's clothing. In the end, we managed to gather what we need. The fashion/costume really has a big impact on the opening sequence as it would represent the character and with the style, it could show the time the opening was set. So having the right costume is crucial to our final product.
What I have learnt
During this task, we were planning on doing it on the old location, but then we canceled it as it was not easy to get accessed because the actors and us would need to catch the bus to go to that location and it's unpractical for us to bring all the props all the way there and back. That's what I've learnt from doing this task, it is that we don't just need the perfect location, but also it has to be easy for the actors and us to access it. The (updated) second location was more accessible and it was a good location to film.
What I have learnt
Looking for the music for our final product is a little tricky as we came across some good music that would fit the opening sequence. I have learnt that music does makes any media product to be more interesting to watch. Also, looking for one is not easy, as our final product have certain elements that by putting the right music on, it would make it more engaging to watch.
This is our first try on using a green screen and we decided to do a lip sync to a song.
What went well
The camera positioning was good, wasn’t too far and not too close. When we do the filming, we only used the room lighting and I think it looks good because it goes well with the background. The green screen covers all the screen which is good, so there’s no gaps for the parts that didn’t get covered.
The editing was quite tricky, but we manage to sync the music with the clips. The music was easy to put in the clips. Also, we picked an animated background to make it look realistic.
Problems
Most of the clips are out of focus, so some parts of the video are blurry. Also, trying to sync the clips and the music was tricky and on the last part of the video, the lip sync didn't match with the music - so we need to work on that.
I have spent some time to do research on types of fonts for our final product, and it's not as easy as it looks because I would need to make sure it's easy to read and more importantly, matched with the genre/theme and looks engaging to the audience. As I gathered the fonts that suits for our final product, I need to make a research paper to give out to our target audience to see if they liked the fonts and for them to tell us which one they would prefer for it to be used on our final product. I also have learnt that by asking to our target audience, it would make them to be more interested on watching our opening sequence.
During this task, it's is quite tricky to do as we need to really think that it's clear for the actors to read, and also making sure that the story goes like how we wanted. I've learnt on how to construct a script; what to write on it, how to write it and how to put them in order. I also noticed on how important clear descriptions are so it's easier to read,.
What I have Learnt
For this task, we have to do some research for our final product audience profile. I need to see from different audience perspective on what would interest them, and how they might get interested on watching our opening sequence. I also need to look from our film ideas; which audience would be interested on the genre we chose. From doing that, I now know what primary and secondary audience is, and gender and social class of the characters influences the type of audiences.
Final idea for our opening sequence; we picked Sci-Fi for the genre of our opening sequence because that genre is popular in the 80's. Our opening would be 80's themed, and we are going to merge the film idea 1 and 3, which will be about a group of boy teenagers who discovered one of their clone.
What went well
As the cuts were on point, after we edited it, the clips looked really fluid and we also tried to take a couple shots from different angles, which I think worked so well.
We put some non-diegetic music in a couple of scenes to make it more intense and interesting. There's also a diegetic sound of the jingling keys which adds the snatched affect.
The editing is great; as you can see it looks like this scene continuously happen. This wasn't hard to edit as well, because we had experience and practiced a lot.
Problems
We found some slight problems that's almost not noticeable. Like the part where the boy actor looks like he stands still after he puts on his bag for half a second, and the part when gets into the car, after he opened the car door and just before he gets in, you can see on the left side, there's someone shoes caught in the frame.
What I have learnt
This task shown that our cut scene skill has improved by a lot. It also has improved our editing skills to make this sequence looks fluid. Our first plan for this sequence was actually quite simple, but as we are filming, we came with a new idea that we thought would make it more interesting, and it did.
During this task, I have learnt how social groups are represented in films. The mise en scene (clothes, body language, setting) does have a major factor on how the social groups are represented in films, followed by the sound, camera angles and editing; they are also important. The sound could indicate the type of the film, the camera angles could show the narrative structure, and the editing (cuts, transition, animation, etc.) could make the film more interesting. These elements can show the audience how different range of social groups looks like.
From this task, I now know in coming of age films: how the equilibrium goes, what different characters are used, binary opposites, and what kind of actions need to be revealed to make the audience interested in watching the film for more. Doing these research also allow me to know how much each of those were used and shown in the film.
For this task, we surveyed 16 males and females of ages 13 to 41 using paper survey about various questions. We then added it to a survey monkey to evaluate our results and establish what type of
films, and what about films, people liked and disliked.
From the research, we can see that most of 'Coming of Age' films are aimed for teenagers, mostly for the ones above the age of 17. It is because in most of the 'Coming of Age' films, there are scenes where it's not appropriate for teenagers below the age of 15.
This is the original title credit sequence of Footloose.
This is our title credit sequence of Footloose.
What went well
Planning
We planned to do the Footloose title credit sequence for this creative task - It looks cool and simple to do.
The shoes - As we need 23 pairs of shoes for the filming, we gathered our family collections of shoes that looks identical to the shoes that are shown in the original title credit; and we managed to gather most of the shoes. Although some of the shoes does not look identical, but we think it would not make much difference. We asked number of people as well that has got the shoes that we need.
The location - We looked around the school for the location and we found a room, which was G1, and it has got the plain background that we needed. We also used a whiteboard for the floor as a stage - it matches with the white wall background.
The dancers - We asked number of people to do some of the dance as well, since we have got different kinds of shoes with different sizes. ^Fun fact: We didn't practice for the dance.
The lighting - We used natural lighting for the first shot, and the white fluorescent light in the room for the second shot.
Other props - Such as the socks; we also gathered most of the socks that look identical to the ones shown in the original.
Make the title credit sequence
We made the title sequence in After Effects, an neither of us had any experience of using After Effects. So it took a while for us to figure out how to use After Effects. We figured out how to use it, eventually, with the help of Youtube tutorials, Google search and try random clicks to see if it does anything. We found the font that looks identical to the original - download it and use it. It took about 4-5 lessons for us to finish the title credit sequence, since we have to make sure the timing and the placement of the texts is on point, and the result is great.
Filming
When we did the filming, it took longer than we thought it would. The dances are not easy to do, but we managed to create similar moves. We got to do it in 2 different days, as we didn't have all the shoes that we need in the first day and the camera was low on battery, so we had do another one in different days.
Editing
Made the title sequence (just the text) in After Effects, putting all the clips together and add the background music in iMovie. Move the text file from After Effects to iMovie and sync it; does take a lot of time, 8 lessons to be precise. We also struggled putting the text into the clip, because we didn't know how to import the After Effects file into iMovie. After a while, we instead use a green screen background and put it under the text, move it to iMovie and removed the green screen. Also, as we filmed the opening in different days and used different lighting between the two, we had to brightened the clips so when we put it all together; they have similar, bright lightning.
Problems
Other than struggling with the program, we hardly found any problems during this task.
What I have learnt
From this task I have learnt a lot of stuff. From how to use After Effects, to how to sync 2 different files. We tried different things in After Effects and figured out how things work and what does what from scratch. That is a really good skill to learn as we will need to use the same program for our own opening sequence. I also have learnt that opening sequence can describe the type of a film, so it is very important. The font style is important as well, so when choose one for our opening sequence, we must choose the one that matches the narrative.
What I have learnt
From this task, I was able to see how typography is important and it helps the audience to know what the genre of the film is. The placement of the text, the font and the colour also do have an affect on how the audience would think about the narrative and the genre of the film.
As now we know what order and aspects mentioned on the opening sequence, we will apply the typography on our own opening sequence in the following order:
It is a scene about a student having his tutor session. It demonstrate the match on action, shot/reverse shot, and the 180-degree rule.
This is the edited version of the clip:
The dialogue
The Teacher: "Hi Ethan, how are you doing?"
The Student: "I'm doing okay."
The Teacher: "How was school?"
The Student: "It's going okay, but, Media is a bit hard. Mr. Howell has been putting a lot of pressure on me for Task 3."
The Teacher: "He always was a bit crazy. I'll talk to him for you."
The Student: "Okay, thank you."
The Teacher: "See you in our next session."
The Student: "Bye."
The Teacher: "Bye." What went well
The shot went very well, we filmed it without struggle and it was a very quick filming as well. And while we're editing, it's not that hard to do too, just need to cut the scenes and out it in order, also add a non-diegetic sound too make it more interesting, The lightning was not bad as well, we didn't use any lamp to support our lighting so it's all natural lightning. Diegetic sound of the two actors talking was a little quite, so we had to increase the volume up while editing, and now you can hear them just fine.
What I have learnt
During this task, I have learnt on how to shot a 180-Degree shot without having to move around quite so much. so instead, we did 2 long of each of the actors talking through the whole conversation, rather than having to move around when the dialogue of the actors changes. That way, it is much easier, because we just need to cut the clips when editing and put them all together in order. I also learnt new technique in editing, which is how to fade and reduce parts of the non-diegetic sound that I have added to the clip.
This is the original opening of The Perks Of Being A Wallflower Opening.
And down below here is the remake of the opening scene.
What went well
The non-diegetic audio, fits in the clip very well. The background noise sounds perfect; we got the same music like the original, and the voice over sounds great. Although the voice over sounds a little bit more quiet compare to the background music, and we had to do a some edits on those. Also, we turned off the background noise from the clips, so we could hear the non-diegetic sounds better.
The clips are spot on. We had to do 3 takes of each clips, which I think makes it easier for us to improve from the first take, see the difference, and compare them to see which one is better and looks similar to the original. The zoom is good too, although I think it needs improvements - for our opening sequence; practice to not make jumpy zoom.
The lighting is great. We used the flash from our phones to make the effect of the study lamp, and another lamp to support the whole lighting. Even though it is a little bit hard to take the shot from the exact same angle like the original clip; it looks great.
When we do the editing, we had to make the clips and the sounds fits together clip by clip. It took some time to do it, but the result that we get is amazing. We also edit the clips where it zoomed in and out; so to make it look like more of a smooth zoom.
Although we struggled while we're doing the shooting - when we try to take the shot from the exact same angle like the original, and we struggled while editing - because the iMovie wasn't working properly, I think our remake of the opening scene has come out really good.
What I have learnt
Through this task, I have learnt on how to shot from a different angle and practice on how to zoom in and out without it being so jumpy. I also learn a lot while editing, even though we struggled a lot to figure out other ways to do the sound editing, I learnt on how to add effects to the clips and I have improve my editing skills. Using simple things as camera flash to imitate a study lamp, has also made me realise that we don't need to use over the top things / props to remake the opening scene.
John Hughes was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter that died at the age of 59. He was born February 18th, 1950 and died on August 6th, 2009. Hughes was know for his work on teen films and helped numerous actors to launch their career. He has directed and/or scripted some of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s and early 1990s, including; Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Trains, Planes and Automobiles (1987), Uncle Buck (1989), Home alone (1990) and its sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).
He moved around a quite lot when he was little, and when his family moved to Northbrook, Illinois, his father found work selling roof materials. There, He attended Glenbrook North High School, which gave him inspiration for the films that made his reputation in later years. He began his active career from 1970-2009, but he retired from the public eye and moved back to the Chicago area in 1994. He was considerably shaken by John Candy's sudden death of a heart attack that same year. his friend, Vince Vaughn says, "He talked all about how much he loved Candy-if Candy had lived longer, I think John would have made more films as a director."
Since his films are about teenagers at school times, in his opening sequence, typically, he always shows a school and how life at school would look like - with a pinch of comedy in it. Also, there are lots of dialogue between the parents and their children (student) on the opening scene. And the way he take a shot of a building, it is always in the same angle; from the distance, and not centred - always at an angle from the left. He re-use actors on a couple of his last film. Like, John Candy, he's in his film twice, and also little Macaulay Culkin starred 3 of his films.
What I have learnt
Through this task, I have been able to recognise how a producer do their film professionally in their own style, and how other producers has got their own style as well. I now also know how to add a little bit of comedy in an opening sequence to make it more interesting to watch. John Hughes has a great sense of humor, in my opinion, and I think I'm going to use that idea for my opening sequence, so it won't look so boring to watch. Although, I might not use a lot of dialogue straight away on my opening sequence, cause it's way easier to do without, but I'll try it anyways to see the difference so then I can compare.
During this task, I've done lots of research and now I know more about producers and distributors films. It helped me to understand / see the difference between major and minor producers and distributors. And I realised that lots of the major producers and distributors are based in America.
From this task, I now know how to analyse an opening sequence, although my analysis for this task is still not good enough, in my opinion. I am able to talk about more than just the typography and sounds, but also the lighting, the position of the shot, and some noticeable things on the scene.
This is a scene about Abil's first day at school; experienced a really embarrassing experience. Using Match On Action.
First Shot
Abil's First Day
What went well
Audio
The non-diegetic sound that we put into the clip went very well; matches the scenes. Think using different sounds made it better and more interesting. The diegetic sound, compare to the first task we've done, is less. We put non-diegetic sounds throughout this clip.
Shot
The clips that we put in together went really good and looked fluid. The cuts were on point, which made it look like it happened on the same time and we filmed this clip pretty fast and easy as well.
Problems
The problems that we've had:
After we filmed the first shot, we had problem uploading the clips to the computer. Because of that, we need to film again with a different camera.
The first scenes we've done are not met our satisfaction, so we delete all of it and made a new one with an improved story board.
We overlapped clips. so when we went editing, we need to carefully picked the right one to edit.
All in all, we don't think we need to do another shot for this task, since this clip is already looking good.
What I have learnt
From this task, I get to learn different new technique; how to shot match on action. This one is easier to do, because you just need to record short clips and no conversation. Although now i realised that background noise is important to look at, cause it could affect the clip, and when editing, putting some non-diegetic sound could make the clip more interesting. We, here, have done some experiment, adding some sort of comedic scene to the clip so it's not all boring, and it's quite fun to do!
This is a short scene of someone asking where Media Class is - a conversation, breaking the 180 Degree Rule shot.
First shot
Problems
When we put all the clips together and began to edit, we have noticed a few slight problems:
The "looking at the watch" scene; was not clear on who's looking at the watch.
When the girl actor drops the book, it looks like she dropped it on purpose. Where on the script, we planned it to be 'accidentally dropped it'.
When the boy actor runs through the hall, he is not using glasses, yet when he opens the class door, he uses glasses.
To solve / To improve
We have planned on re-do the shot when the boy actor was looking at the watch. Going to change the point of view to make it clear who's looking at the watch. Re-do the shot where the girl actor coming down the stairs, showing her turning from the corner so the viewers knew she was coming. Also, we're going to re-do the 'Dropping book' scene, to make it so it looks like she's accidentally dropped it. We might as well re-do the 'Running down the hallway' scene, so the viewers don't get confused about the glasses.
Second shot
This second shot has been re-touched and improved in some ways.
Improvement
This scene is much better than the first one and much more understandable, even though the first one was really good, just by adding (+ edit) extra shots to the old clip; the extra shots makes it more clear for the audience to understand. We have solve the all the problems from the first shot, also, we have added some things on the clips to make it more dramatic -since the scene is about being late.
All in all, the improvements makes this clip more understandable and much better, although we noticed a few problems still.
When the girl actor showed the time table to the boy actor, the audience will be able to see me standing in the frame on the background.
Also the same on the next clip, where the boy actor took the diary and looked surprised, the audience will still be able to see me in the frame on the background.
On the clip, where the boy actor pushes the girl actor, we have to mute the sound, because there was someone laughing (me) in the middle of the clip.
These problems are "minor" and mostly unnoticeable (for most people; i think), but we agreed that this second shot is good already, so we might not do some improvements to this clip.
What I have learnt
After this task, I now know how to structure an opening scene, and make it so the audience understands what's going on. I have also learnt a new technique; how to do a shot reverse shot using the 180 degree Rule. Even though we have break the rule, I think it is a good experiment to do, so we know how to do the shot reverse shot without breaking the rule and with breaking the rule.
This task made me do lots of research of different coming of age films, which then I need to compare to each other. By doing lots of research and comparing them, I get to know lots of different films that I didn't know / haven't heard before, and I get to see the similarities / common media elements in between the coming of age films.
Opening sequence - These are the production companies and the names:
Columbia Pictures
DreamWorks Pictures
A Vinyl Films Production of
A Cameron Crowe Film
Untitled
Billy Crudup
Frances McDormand
Kate Hudson
Jason Lee
Patrick Fuqit
Anna Paquin
Fairuza Balk
Noah Taylor
Zooey Deschanel
Jimmy Fallon
Bijou Phillips
and Philip Seymour Hoffman
The first text was large, white coloured and centred on the screen. The rest of the texts was shown close-up and handwritten on a lined paper.
Camera
Close up shots showing someone hands writing the names. After the production name has been written, the camera shots a drawer being opened; the drawer were full of stuff like books and miscellaneous, which suggest that the character is a teenager. In between names, the camera show close up – moving shots showing several of personal stuff and collection. The writing and the books indicates that the character is a writer or a journalist.
Sound
Diegetic sound from the hand writing names and background noise of a non-diegetic sound; a simple, calm, fun music, which suggest that it’s not a very serious film and it was aimed for any age.
Boyhood
Opening sequence – These are the production companies and the names:
IFC Production Present
A Detour Filmproduction
Boyhood
Camera
Black screen at the start, and it starts to show a blue sky. In the middle of the sky background, there’s an animation of writing the production company, followed by the title. The camera then shot a boy starring to the sky, which suggest that he’s daydreaming – the shots starts from up close shot and slowly zooming out. And it changed to shot the mother –moving shot, and shots both of them having a conversation – still a moving shot from the right side. After that, the camera shots both of them from the right in a moving car having a conversation.
Sound
It start off with a non-diegetic sound of a song called ‘Yellow’, and it starts to fade away after a diegetic sound of walking heels starts, followed by the conversation. The music fades/stops when the scene changes to both having conversation in the car.
My Girl
Opening sequence – These are the production companies and the names:
Columbia Pictures Presents
A Brian Grazer/Imagine Films Entertainment Production
A Howard Zieff Film
Dan Aykroyd
Jamie Lee Curtis
Macaulay Culkin
Introducing Anna Chlumsky
My Girl
Camera
Start off with a full screen Columbia Pictures. Next, it shows a black background, with a large font white coloured text of the production company names. Followed by the actor’s names – in a large font and white colour. After the names, the camera shots this girl’s head from the front. Nd it chang to a more wide shot, showing the girl and the father in the kitchen. The last, it shows the title in the same large font in white black background.
Sound
Non-diegetic sound of a light, peaceful music throughout the names introduction. Next, diegetic sound of the girl talking to the audience and when the camera shots both of them; the father and the girl talked to each other. This suggest that the film was aimed for family and children.
Dazed and Confused
Opening sequence – These are the production companies and the names:
Gramercy Pictures
Gramercy Pictures Presents
An Alphaville Production in association With Detour Filmproduction
Dazed and Confused
Casting by Don Phillips
Costume Designer Katherine (K.D.) Dover
Editor Sandra Adair
Production design John Frick
Director of Photography Lee Daniel
Co-producer Anne Walker-McBay
Produced by James Jacks, Sean Daniel, Richard Linklater
Camera
First, it shows an animation of Gramercy Pictures, followed by a medium font, white text of the production name at the centre of the screen. Next, the camera shots this moving yellow car from a distance and follows it. Then it changes to show the bottom part of a woman’s face, licking a paper roll, and changes the view again – from behind, to show the girl’s hands rolling the paper roll.
That suggest, this film was not aimed at children, but young adults and adults. The camera then shows short clips of school environment.
Sound
A non-diegetic sound of a rock music throughout the opening sequence. In the middle of it, there are some diegetic sound of people doing their things.
Clueless
Opening sequence – These are the production companies and the names:
Paramount
Paramount Pictures Presents
Clueless
Camera
It starts with an animation of Paramount Pictures, and it changes to this un-matched colour background with the production name in the middle, followed by the title with the un-matched colour choice, which indicates some sort of confusion. The camera then shots a panning shot of the car from above, changes to show the main character’s life – having so much fun. Then the camera follows her around, showing what she’s doing.
Sound
Non-diegetic sound of a music called ‘kids in America’ and in some parts, as the volume of the music is reduced, there are some diegetic sounds of people laughing, followed by a non-diegetic sound of the main character talking. Near the end, diegetic sound of a conversation between the father and the girl.
An Education
Opening sequence – These are the production companies and the names:
BBC Films Presents
A Finola Dwyer Productions/Wildgaze Films production
In association with Endgame Entertainment
A film by Lone Scherfig
Peter Sarsgaard
Alfred Molina
Rosamund Pike
Dominic Cooper
Olivia Williams
Cara Seymour, Sally Hawkins
Ellie Kendrick, Amanda Fairbank-Hynes, Matthew Beard
Emma Thompson
Carey Mulligan as Jenny
An Education
Casting Director Lucy Bevan
Line Producer Caroline Levy
Music Supervisor Kle Savidge
Make-up & Hair Designer Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
Costume Designer Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Music by Paul Englishby
Editor Barney Pilling
Production Designer Andrew McAlpine
Director of Photography John De Borman BSC
Executive producers; James D. Stern, Douglas E. Hansen, Wendy Japhet
Executive producers; David M. Thompson, Jamie Laurenson, Nick Hornby
Based on a memoir by Lynn Barber
Screenplay by Nick Hornby
Produced by Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey
Directed by Lone Scherfig
Camera
On the screen, it shows a black background and an animation showing what looks like ‘subjects’ that are taught at school and some other school-play activities. And after a while, it shows clips of the students activities while at school.
Sound
Non-diegetic sound of fun music throughout the opening which suggest that this film was aimed for children, family or any age.
Submarine
Opening sequence – These are the production companies and the names:
4 Film
UK Film Council, The National Lottery
Film 4 and the UK Film Council Present
In Association with The Wales Creative IP Fund and The Film Agency Wales
In association with Optimum Releasing and Protagonist Pictures
In Association with Red Hour Films
A Warp Film Production
Submarine
Prologue
Camera
Start off with 4 Film animation and followed by the UK FILM | COUNCIL animation. It then changed to a blue background with a large spacey white text of the production companies’ names. After the text the camera shots a panning shot, in the bedroom. In the middle of the panning shot, there are some text (the production company names). After the panning shot, it shows pretty views of the seaside and the title was shown in a large white text – with a background of the ocean.
Sound
Just a non-diegetic sounds from 4 Film at the start. And a diegetic sound of seagulls, followed by another non-diegetic sound of a boy talking in the background. After he stopped talking, a non-diegetic sound of a calm music.
This suggest that it aimed at teenagers or family, and the film might a sad film.
Stand By Me
Opening sequence – These are the production companies and the names:
Columbia Pictures presents
Stand By Me
Camera
Starts with a black background and white large text of the production company names, followed by the title in the centre of the screen. Next, the camera shots a long distance shot of a car, and get close and changes the point of view to showing a man in the driving seat. The camera then show a glimpse of a close up look at a newspaper, and back to the man. After that, the camera zooms in to the man’s face slowly, and changes the image to a close up shot of a boy taking a magazine. The camera changes the view again to shoot a boy coming out from a building – camera took panning shots.
Sound
Silence at the start, and a diegetic sound of chirping bird’s starts, followed by a non-diegetic of calm, peaceful music plays throughout the opening; and fades. And as the music fades, another non-diegetic sound of a man talking in the background starts. Garden State
Opening sequence – These are the production companies and the names:
A Jersey Films/Double Feature Films Production
Camera
A back background with a white medium text of the production name at the starts. Followed by a moving shot of an intense moments of an airplane that looks like having a major problem and about to have an accident – in slow motion. After that, it changes to showing a white bedroom, with a man lying in bed – looks like he’s having trouble sleeping.
This suggest that his film wasn’t aimed for children.
Sound
A non-diegetic sound of people talking and in radio, followed by a non-English music – quite dramatic, which makes the audience think that it’s going to end badly at the beginning. After, a diegetic sound of a ringing phone sound and there’s an old man talking on the phone.
What I have learnt
During this task, I have learnt how the structure of an opening sequence is structured. It always starts with the name of the production company, followed by the names and so on; sometimes they don't include the names. I have also learnt that, different shots angle, lighting, sounds can effect an opening sequence. How it can give the audience different feelings or can give them an idea of what the film is going to be; sometimes it can confuse the audience as well.
