Activity 1
How successful are they at identifying conventions?
The first ‘Conventions of an opening sequence’ from emiliefreddie and the second slideshow ‘Codes and conventions of opening sequences’ from kcasmedia (http://asmediaproductionsschs2014.blogspot.co.uk/) were the most successful at identifying the key conventions of an opening sequence, every slideshow stated and identified the main ones, but the first and second both went into detail and explained what each convention meant and where you would see/recognise it in the opening sequence.
Who is the audience?
The audience is Media students and for people who have an interest in the media and films/TV programmes.
What is the purpose of the presentations?
The purpose of these presentations is to give the audience an understanding of what key conventions should be in an opening sequence, to teach people who are wanting to create a film, TV program or an opening sequence, so that they have all the correct conventions in their opening sequence.
Is the format successful?
The format for most of the slides was simple and clear to read, making it easier to learn the key conventions. The third slideshow 'An Analysis Of The Opening Sequence Of Vertigo' from Media Studies had a horrible, messy format which made it complicated and boring to read.
Did they identify ALL of the conventions accurately?
Again, most of the slides did identify and describe the key conventions accurately but the third slideshow kept going off the topic and didn't get straight to the point by explaining what they key convention was in a way that people would remember.
Activity 2
The core conventions of an opening scene for a film
The format for most of the slides was simple and clear to read, making it easier to learn the key conventions. The third slideshow 'An Analysis Of The Opening Sequence Of Vertigo' from Media Studies had a horrible, messy format which made it complicated and boring to read.
Did they identify ALL of the conventions accurately?
Again, most of the slides did identify and describe the key conventions accurately but the third slideshow kept going off the topic and didn't get straight to the point by explaining what they key convention was in a way that people would remember.
Activity 2
The core conventions of an opening scene for a film
- Title of film
- Key cast members names
- Producer
- Distributor
- Director
- Editor
- Executive producer
- Sometimes accompanied with music
Activity 3
Analysis of the opening sequence of the film Se7en (link here). There are very obvious key conventions met in this opening scene; one of which is the cast members and production/directing/distributing/editor team names being shown, the second key convention met is the music playing throughout the opening sequence which reflects the genre of the film which is Film Noir/Thriller and there are no lyrics in this apart from right at the end of the sequence where the artist sings "You bring me closer to God" which is a hint that religion plays a part in this film, and scenes being shown in the opening scene are ones of where a crime/murder is being planned, also the persons hand being shown who we presume is the murderer is writing in journals and there are close ups of the words being written which mention the 10 Commandments and what is wrong such as homosexuality etc, so the opening scene helps provide a clue of what the film might be about but doesn't give enough away for you to know which entices the viewer to watch more. Unusually the title of the film is shown but not for very long and not very clearly so you 'might miss it if you blinked'.
"the opening sequence is considered one of the most innovative of its era"
I agree with this statement. I agree that this opening sequence is innovative because it was very thoroughly thought out as to how it would be filmed, the producers of this opening scene decided that they wanted it to be as realistic as they could make it, the journals which are featured in this opening sequence belong to a murderer so they decided they wanted it to be written by hand, "He knew that he wanted it to be drawn by hand, because it was from the mind of the killer, and I was taking that further, wanting it to be like the killer did in the film opticals itself." this was innovative because most films would have taken the easy, cheaper option of just getting the journals printed whereas they were all handwritten in Se7en.
Analysis of the opening sequence of the film Se7en (link here). There are very obvious key conventions met in this opening scene; one of which is the cast members and production/directing/distributing/editor team names being shown, the second key convention met is the music playing throughout the opening sequence which reflects the genre of the film which is Film Noir/Thriller and there are no lyrics in this apart from right at the end of the sequence where the artist sings "You bring me closer to God" which is a hint that religion plays a part in this film, and scenes being shown in the opening scene are ones of where a crime/murder is being planned, also the persons hand being shown who we presume is the murderer is writing in journals and there are close ups of the words being written which mention the 10 Commandments and what is wrong such as homosexuality etc, so the opening scene helps provide a clue of what the film might be about but doesn't give enough away for you to know which entices the viewer to watch more. Unusually the title of the film is shown but not for very long and not very clearly so you 'might miss it if you blinked'.
"the opening sequence is considered one of the most innovative of its era"
I agree with this statement. I agree that this opening sequence is innovative because it was very thoroughly thought out as to how it would be filmed, the producers of this opening scene decided that they wanted it to be as realistic as they could make it, the journals which are featured in this opening sequence belong to a murderer so they decided they wanted it to be written by hand, "He knew that he wanted it to be drawn by hand, because it was from the mind of the killer, and I was taking that further, wanting it to be like the killer did in the film opticals itself." this was innovative because most films would have taken the easy, cheaper option of just getting the journals printed whereas they were all handwritten in Se7en.
brilliant work - well done - clear evidence of applied knowledge to show understanding - a good level of media literacy is used
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enrich the sections by adding imagery, interactivity, links to films/shots etc so that we have visual illustrations to your points