Production Log 1

Week One

This first week was mainly about introducing opening sequences, followed by the analysis of the film "Fish Tank" we had to identify how the conventions of the film make it a British Social Realism

In Mr Phillipson's lesson i was able to understand the brief and the expectations that has to be met for this new piece of course work, i think my looking at the mark scheme i am able to identify all the targets i need to aim for. I learnt a lot by watching previous students work understanding what the important conventions of a British Social Realism film is and what works well and what doesn't work well to gain the highest marks possible. The conventions which mainly come under a  British Social realism film opening sequence is the Themes and Situations, The realistic representations of the characters, The Mise-en-scene, Music, sound effects & realistic dialogue, Camera work & editing and the Graphics.

We looked at some examples of previous students work ...

• Cycle: from watching this opening sequence i have learnt that the music and graphics are an important part of a opening sequence here they have used the default graphics which had a very important effect on the marks gained also here in this opening sequence the control of the camera work is not controlled.
• Wasters: From watching this opening sequence i have analysed the good use of camera control and the types of framing that i need to including in my opening also i have understood that putting the title at the end of the opening sequence makes it look like a trailer so i have to make sure we do not make the same mistake in our opening sequence.

In Mrs Seven's lesson i was able to identify some very inspiring title sequences which i could gain ideas from and am able to incorporate into my opening sequence.

In Mr Phillipson's second lesson this week i watched a different range of opening sequences throughout the ages from the 1960's to 2000's and i was able to identify a significant difference with the type of themes and situations shown thought these periods also how the stereotypes of people in Britain have changed hugely and how much this has significantly changed the British Social Realism Film industry.

The last lesson this week was Miss Seven, i found this lesson very beneficial as we were looking as more significant opening sequences and analysed them in great detail i have learnt that in a good opening sequence it should leave the audience in mystery and create enigma  leading the audience to be asking lots of questions making the audience want to carry on watching the film, it should engage them. I have understood that the opening sequence should introduce the theme and ideologies of the era and start the story line, it could be a nonlinear start, a montage or animation. One particular opening sequence which interested me was, An Education. I loved the subtle animation which plays over the back of the video. I think this has highly inspired me to create something like this in our opening sequence.