Monday, 12 March 2012

Evaluation of my opening sequence

My opening sequence goes through different shots, edits, scenery and the sound which I have used. I tried to makes these four subjects key in my opening,  to reflect the character. I wanted my character to be dressed the way she is, to make the connotation of the opening sequence as a mourning scene, as if she is about to book the funeral for who was dead. At first, for music, I wanted to use a song which was already created by an artist, but then I couldn't find a track that would fit my opening, without making it seem comical. So it took me to make three tracks on garage band until I had come up with one which had fit with the sequence's atmosphere. I used a range of shots to give a variety to the sequence, with use of long shots, and close ups to experiment with different angles, instead of making the shots of the sequence the same. When I was filming, I made sure I had enough space in my shot for the titles, so I had to take in the area of where I was filming into consideration. I shot my sequence in the same location for all the shots, so it wasn't difficult in that way. The title sequence reflects my genre, mainly because there's no speech used, and the music tone is used to make the audience symphathise with the  character, which was one of my main targets at the beginning of this coursework. Reflecting upon my storyboard, my sequence more or less follows the narrative planned, though there are some aspects which were not used. In my storyboard, I wanted my person to sit on a bench, drop the letter in a pond, walk to the church, and then get on the bus and leave. This turned into my actor walking by the pond, dropping the letter into a puddle, walking from the church, swinging on a swing, and then walking to the funeral store. Otherwise, I more or less used the same setting in which I had planned to use at the beginning, I just didn't quite use the same order. I also added visiting the funeral shop since it was there, so I thought it wouldn't be bad if I used an extra shot for my sequence. In my storyboard,my actor was meant to go on a bus, but this did not happen in the shot, since it took some time to wait for the bus, and then having the person to get on the bus, and go to the next bus stop.

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