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You need to do a LOT more writing, answering the questions set and analysing what is there. Just having the video clips is not enough.

CASE STUDY OF A FILM OPENING

This opening scene gives nothing away about the film, but it gives a feel of mystery and tension which would intrique the viewers. It names all the cast and crew with the most important role in the film. This could be quite boring the viewer and may lose interest. Titles appear in this order, the most important roles are shown first.
Arnold Scharzenegger
Michael Biehn
Linda Hamilton
Lance Henriksen
Paul Winfield - Lt. Traxler
Rick Rossovich, Bess Motta, Earl Boen
Mark Goldblatt-Editor
Adam Greenberg-Director Of Photography
Brad Fiedel-Music
Stanzi Stokes-Casting
Bruce M. Kerner-Executive In Charge Of Production
Stan Winston-Special Terminator Effects
Fantasy II-Special Visual Effects
James Cameron with Gale Anne Hurd-Writers
Johm Daly and Derek Gibson-Executive producers
Gale Anne Hurd-Producer
James Cameron-Director

I think we did this shot very well. The position of Juno on the screen is the same as ours and the blue backround is also the same.

We filmed the opening sequence of Juno. The first thing we had to do was planning. For this we drew a storyboard, wrote a list of all the camera shots, and camera angles. Also the props we would be needing. Then we went out and shot our footage, and we could only film on the coleridge site. It was quite difficult finding a place suitable for some shots. Then on tuesday me and sophie edited the shots we had in Final Cut Express. We have never used it before so i think we did pretty well. I learnt some good editing skills such as getting rid of audio from the clips we filmed. We didnt have enough time to add titles, but I have learnt how to. Overall i think we did a good job of the of the editing, and although we didnt get some shots the film looks pretty good.

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Good points on the two film openings, though I think you can go a bit further in what you say about them. For the post on Shifty, you need to say more about how the moodboard task worked and how it was based on a particular scene and trying to give a sense of atmosphere from that. Later you will be creating moodboards for your own project ideas.

This blog will be the evidence of your research and planning for the AS coursework, so there needs to be lots on it and lots of detail to it.

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I have also looked at some as meia students film openings. I found this one that i really liked. I liked the way the titles were placed to match the shape of the backround, and i also liked the different camera positions of one scene making it look like they had multiple cameras filming. I found the whole opening alongside the music contiously built up the tension. The negative thing i found about this openeing is it was more like a trailer.

I have watched the opening scenes to 'the lord of the rings', 'casino royale' and 'visioneers'. My favourite was 'casino royale'. I chose this one because it made me want to watch more. It starts of with an action scene immediately, which made me intersted. By not knowing why there is the chase, i wanted  to keep watching to find out. I think one of the most effective shots is the extreme long shot when there are on the cranes. This shows the surroundings and further shows their high up and there is danger.

Postcard

This is the postcard i made on photoshop by combining several images into one. I used different tools and techniques such as curves and glowing edges. I used the skyscraper as my backround and used curves to make the colours more interesting. I added a film strip and effected it with glowing edges, and rotated it slightly. I added creative media text and put media down the skyscraper. Finally i added the long road logo. I have learnt many different ways of doing things, and some basic editing.

Final Cut Express

In tuesdays lesson i learnt the basic skills of final cut express. I learnt how to put music and video clips into it, how to cut them down, and putting transitions between clips. I also learnt how to put titles to the clips, and make them move around the screen.

This is the moodboard my group made on friday for the film shift. We wanted to give it a real grimy dark look. We added dark buildings for that effect.

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