1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e of film openings)

The aspects we would like you to consider are:

The title of the film
Setting/location
Costumes and props
Camerawork and editing
Write about how typical or not of opening sequences your particular design is.
Title font and style
Story and how the opening sets it up
Genre and how the opening suggests it
How characters are introduced
Special effects

How does your opening sequence develop or challenge the conventions of an opening sequence?

Does your use of conventions indicate that other opening sequences have influenced your work?
If so, then be specific with examples.

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

What are the social groups represented in terms of gender, age, class, race, etc?

Pick a key character from your opening. Think of one or more characters from other films with some similarity to them (but maybe some differences too!). Write about the similarities and differences in terms of appearance, costume, role in film etc.

So for example if you have a lone cop type character, look for other lone cops to compare him with...

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Would this be something that could be produced by a major Hollywood studio, if yes then why? Is it similar to existing products?

Would it be a TV movie?

Would it be an arthouse film?

Would it be an internet only release?

Why would it be released? Does it offer opportunities for franchises and/or merchandising?

Where might the money come from for a film such as yours?

What films are similar 'institutionally'?
(Name some films which would be released in a similar way.)

Link your conclusions to a discussion of the mise-en-scene (visual style) of your opening sequence.

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

Consider the age and gender of your target audience.
(Link this to the narrative and style of your film.)

What kinds of taste might your target audience have : Where would they shop? What music would they listen to? What would their favourite TV programmes be? etc.

What other films are similar to yours? Who do they appeal to?

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

Are there particular points in your film that would appeal to a certain age or gender? If yes then explain them in detail.

You should refer to genre conventions, use of music, similarities with other movies and what you have identified as the Unique Selling Point of your imaginary film.



Link this into your audience profile (I.e. what age and gender they are)

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?

Talk about the filming process. Were there problems you faced? How did you resolve these issues?

Did you get to use new equipment that enhances your opening sequence? I.e. the dolly.

Editing software - Final Cut Express. What have you learnt about editing?

Photoshop - What have you learnt about using the software?

Garageband - was it a useful programme for creating a soundtrack? What challenges did you face during this process?

7. Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Concentrate on editing and camerawork.

Show what you know about shot types, edit terms and techniques.

Discuss the planning stage, storyboarding, and explain how this helped you to produce your opening sequence.

Make sure you mention the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot/reverse shot

Has your use of specific shot types improved? I.e. match on action, point of view?

Do you feel more confident with the equipment?

How successful do you feel your end product is as fulfilling the task?

feedback from childrens film

this is our film feedback sheet, it shows the other groups comments on our film and said whats good/bad about it.

main feedback...

the good feedback:
- music
- camera work
- opening sequence
- concept
- comments on the good timing, for when he puts his ipod in and the music changes and also when the ipod crashes.
- and they liked our title with the spaghetti

the improvement feedback:
- background noise (even though we liked that)
- better fluidity between cuts
- they didn't see our title, could have been bigger.
- shoes where already on

FINAL OPENING SEQUENCE / PEER FEEDBACK

T2-55 CHILDREN'S FILM OPENING FINAL from SATMEDIASTUDIES on Vimeo.

opening titles photoshop edit

fonts, - Silom, Myraid pro.

Filming evaluation

How the filming went:
On the whole the filming was a success. We got all but one of the shots we wanted and generally the cinematography is good. the weather was also fair, reaosnably dry and miserable day, something which helps force the sympathy for the chatrecter and to not be idealistic.

What went well:
things which went well with the filming where the conditions and generally the things which had the potential to go wrong. For example one thing we thought could maybe go wrong was the spagetti opening credit writing, becasue we hadnt tested it before, however it went very well and looked jut as we would have liked it to.



Difficulties when filming:
Problems which occured during filming where mainly technical difficulties, such as lose of footage of our first scene, which was frustrating and bad for our project as we then need to recreate the conditions of the rest of the footage as best as possible, clothes and weather etc. other difficulties inculuded location and angles of shots. Because when your our filming you change you mind, things which first seemed good ideas dont work, & so you have to make changes. At this point you need to be be clearful not to make bad chioces or change things for the worse, so you do need to think hard about them, to aviod the need to refilm.

the plot of the childens film

Though it might not be essential for your opening to know exactly how the story would unfold and end, through the process of planning our opening, we have been able to come up with a rough idea of what could, or would happen.

the story behind the film is that a young boy (15/16 max) who has lost both parents and so is gardened by a Friend of his parents. However he is reluctant to take on full responsibility, but allows the boy to live in the school grounds he looks after as the grounds keeper. The boy get by from snatching from the canteen, dressing from lost property and he sleeps around the school grounds. However, as we find out this is all unbeknown to his school Friends.

This isn't a problem though, that is until he falls in love and is caught in a difficult situation of being asked about 'home' and why he wont have her round for tea, or to meet his parents. the situation then worsens hugely as the school bully (who fancies the same girl) finds out his secret and is threatening to reveal all if he doesn't cut off his relationship with his girlfriend.

solutions could include:
-revealing all and hoping she loves him for who he is.
-school finding out and having him taken into care away from the only thing he has left he can call family.
-sad ending prompting for a second film to solve the problems.


this in mind the opening only focuses on introducing the main charecter, his surroundings, and ends on the bombshell that his freinds are completey in the dark about his grim situation.

photos of filming

images of locations

outside building location.




This is the location for our 'toilet' scene.