Continuity exercise

this is a short overview of the
Continuity exercise i did.

Saul Bass

 

opening sequences of different film genres

Genre and Film	Character	Setting	Mood	Narrative hook	Sound	Titles
1.       Horror cabin in the woods	no character is introduced but animations suggest that there are a few people as well as mythical creatures, werewolf's and vampires.	the setting in the opening sequence is unknown other than its secluded and unknown and is in some kind of wilderness.	the mood is, scary, dark and unknown. ensuring the audience knows the genre.	the music  draws you in straight away. and the animations offer some foreboding what is going to happen.	the music is classical precaution with dominate strings. non diegetic	12 including main tittle
2.       Comedy    bruce almighty	Bruce the main character is introduced as a comical character with a funny news reporter job.	bakery, he's a reporter working on a job	funny lighthearted mood	the funny main character	Upbeat, happy,over voice  makes and funny convocation diegetic	31 main title side of the screen
3.     Drama The Illusionist	not introducing any characters but are shown faded water pictures of their faces and setting	unknown	dramatic uncertain	intense	classic music	35  fade in and out

BFI

Trip to the BFI 

i was lucky enough to be able to go the the BFI (British film institute) to attend a conference they were putting on all about this course. the day specifically focused on our film opening and how we cold really get the best grade possible, as well as some Q and As with some people who work in the industry . 

we looked at some film openings from blockbuster films that could inspirer us and make us see the importance of film openings. we looked at the film opening from 'catch me if you can' , this film opening really set up the genre and mood of the film in unexpected way. 

on the trip we also learnt that the films openings that work well are the ones that are not stereotypical and the ones that don't give the entire film away in the first 2 minutes. 

from this I have really learnt how to make a film opening and NOT a short film, this is going to help me a lot when planning my film opening.