Evaluation.

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Preliminary Sequence embedded.

"http://www.youtube.com/embed/wlHCQ862K3U"After watching it back, one of the things I would change would be the location and this is due to the fact the preliminary task required to produce a piece of film in which a character opens a door, walks across a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character and exchanges two sentences of conversation. It would have been better if we had set out the plot in a classroom, in a more confided space as the audience would have had more of an opportunity to focus on the two characters rather than being outside in a large open space area where the audience would probably not focus on the character much but look at what is around them.

At the start the continuity from Fay texting to Olivia waling to the stairs can make the audience assume that Fay has contacted Olivia to come and meet her. I think it would have been better to have kept the camera on Olivia's shoes instead of getting a medium shot of her as she approaches the end of the stairs because it could have left the audience thinking who and what the character looked like then continue with the over the shoulder shot as she approaches Fay then get one of her face so the audience eventually can see what the character is like.

The 180° rule was not clear in our task and I think once Olivia had sat down with Fay, I think we should have stuck to the rule throughout the whole time the characters conveyed and Olivia's character should have spoken up a bit louder.

The storyline is clear that Olivia has fed the fish, meets up with Fay and agrees to go shopping with her. I think our story-line should have been more of a dramatic one, so Fay could have been more of controlling, harsher character who gets Olivia to do her errands. As the preliminary task required an understanding of continuity, I think we managed to achieve that quite well

Individual response to the idea/thoughts about group choice.

I was happy with our chosen idea and was looking forward to how our ideas would unravel.

Own initial idea submitted to group for consideration - storyboard.

page 1 of my own initial idea - storyboard.

page 2 of my own initial idea - storyboard.

Personal response to the brief.

I am looking forward to creating an opening sequence to a film because I am interested in how the film and television industry works. I also hope to get some understanding from this task of how the camera crew, cast etc cope and work especially within a timetable. I am looking forward to the following weeks and the outcome of our project and matching it up to other opening sequences out there.

Analysis of title sequence 1*

Era, genre, story lines, topics, characters, location:

Ocean's 11 is a 1960 heist film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring five Rat Packers: Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin,Sammy Davis, Jr., and Joey Bishop.

Centered on a series of Las Vegas casino robberies, the film's other stars included Angie Dickinson, Cesar Romero, Richard Conte, Akim Tamiroff, Henry Silva, Ilka Chase, Norman Fell, Harry Wilson, and Buddy Lester, as well as cameo appearances by Shirley MacLaine,Red Skelton, and George Raft. 

Analysis of credit sequence 1*

Era, genre, location, story line, topics, characters:


Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper played by Kyle MacLachlan, of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer played by Sheryl Lee. Twin Peaks' pilot episode was first broadcast on April 8, 1990 on ABC, which led to another seven episodes being produced and a second season, which aired until June 10, 1991. The show's name came from its setting, a small fictional Washington town. Exteriors were primarily filmed in Snoqualmie and North Bend in Washington, with additional exteriors shot in southern California. Most of the interior scenes were shot on standing sets in a San Fernando Valley warehouse.


Sound-dialogue, music and editing style, features and camera movement, framing and credits,text:


The slow music in the background ties in with the slow editing style of the credits. The credits show the main characters involved instead of showing all the camera crew and extras. The angles of the credits are all medium shots. The credits are also the same colour and font but alternate in size.