Evaluation of my film opening

'When I Changed' takes up the form of a media product being a film opening sequence. It follows the forms and conventions of real media products, following the main protagonist post-death journey. I used my titles in a chronological order I thought suited the film. As the focus is on the main protagonist, we sense the isolation of her character, through the use of 'one shot' in a number of the shots used, as well as medium and big close-ups to see the emotion conveyed through the character's facial expression. My media product doesn't represent any particular social groups, though there is a shot of a couple of young teenagers on the playground, could sense that it is quite a middle class environment, though my character, due to what she is wearing looks fits more into the upper class, which could heighten the isolation she comes across. My film opening will go straight to DVD. As it's quite a low-budget film, it won't have the right income to distribute it by cinema, and I have researched numerous film companies, and have concluded with the BBC. For my media product, the audience preferably be aiming towards teenage/ young adult girls, as the main protagonist fits into that description, that way the target audience can relate, but it could be watched by a universal audience.  Through the process of constructing this product, the technologies I have built up my knowledge on is the program final cut express, which I have used previously for my continuity exercise and 'life on mars'. I also worked in a group, so the work was divided amongst us, and I didn't get much use of control of the camera then and I did for this. Through filming I used the stand and the camera, which I had built up through my experience. Through planning the composition of my shots on my storyboard, I found filming easier, because I had a routine of what I was filming, through I didn't film entirely by the plan, I'm still happy with what I have ended up with. Looking back at the preliminary task, I feel that I have improved, especially as this was my second time doing the filming entirely on my own. Adding music and titles was not included in the previous task, and was this task's main general focus. I am really happy with my music, and feel that it has matched up with my sequence, effectively, as well as being a very good effect for enhancing the main genre of the opening. I had used Garage Band for my first time, and I found it very interesting coming up with music which could set the tone of the filming. It took me a couple of projects to come up with the right composition, because several of them fit more of an action sequence, and made my sequence seem comical, but I am now happy with the music, because it allows the audience to be sympathetic along with the melancholic aura towards the protagonist. The jumpiness of the hand-held camera adds to the mood, and builds up the tension, as it is part of the main function of the equipment, unlike if it was all smooth, I feel it would have felt more simple, and I didn't really want that effect placed upon the sequence. I've accomplished not making my opening sequence into a short movie, or a music video. which I had feared. I feared if I added a ready-made song, it wouldn't come out as a opening sequence, though adding the titles, would have made a difference. It's not a movie, because the sequence does not fit the equilibrium. disequilibrium, resolution, and then getting the equilibrium  restored. But I feel that I have accomplished the necessary elements in which an opening sequence needs. Most of all, I had understood the relevant importance of the music in a sequence, and feel that it has been the main participant of making it into what it had become.