For this task, I had to look at two other opening sequences from other media students in order to give me some ideas as to how I should make my opening sequence and which techniques I have found to be successful. This task has given me an insight into what is possible to make and what I should be aiming to recreate:
The Edge
Roses Are Red
Learning Comment:
By watching and analysing a couple of other AS students' media work, I feel like I have gained a lot of knowledge about the conventions and techniques that are popular in a couple of specific genres, and I find that now I am able to distinguish between a piece of work that is A grade and a piece of work that is B grade. From watching the second title sequence, I have developed an understanding of what features are used in a coming of age opening sequence like I want to create, in order to engage a target audience of this genre from the start. The use of music is very important in an opening sequence so I think that I should use something that is upbeat but simple, and that if I can, the music should hit a crescendo at the most intense part of the sequence.
Unlike these two sequences, I would like to use more non-diegetic sounds to set the scene so that it helps to link the audio and visuals together to attract an audience. On top of this, both openings used camera angles effectively, but I will aspire to use a wider range of angles and editing techniques, such as close-ups. A technique that I really liked the use of was the shot that followed the character's feet, because I felt like that gave a different perspective to the film and made the character feel more relatable to me, as a person of the target audience.
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