Final Opening Sequence "L337"

Question 7

Looking back on your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Looking back on the preliminary task that i did at the beginning of the year i can see that i have made a huge leap in my skill in the use of camera and my knowledge of how to hold steady shots, things like match on action the 180 degree rule and using the rule of thirds properly. Through learning all of this i have been able to apply the knowledge to my final product.

As you can see from this short excerpt of my preliminary task this is where i was able to use the match on action but it doesn't flow very well through the editing.



As you can see from this next clip i have made use of an eye line match where one character is looking at the other and possibly could say something and then we get a reverse shot of the other character. The framing of this shot is quite out as the male character is centered in the frame and then the female character is to the left of the frame. I also made an eye line match with the character in my final product between him and the screen of his computer but the framing of the character is interesting and tight which is good as it keeps the audience from becoming disorientated when we see the next shot of the PC screen which is also tightly framed.



In this clip i have demonstrated the use of the 180 degree rule where in the frame there would be guide line where you can be only on one side of the line unless you have a transitioning shot of the camera moving to the other side of a room for a different shot, if the 180 degree rule is broken then it can disorientate the audience and make the editing seem out of pace and that things in the mise-en-scene have changed.



So from looking back at these elements i have been able to develop these skills over time to put them and make a good final product using the rule of thirds properly as well as using the 180 degree rule and being able to keep a shot steady as well as keeping the pace of editing in proportion.

Question 2

What groups of people were represented in our title sequence?

For our thriller/Sci-Fi title sequence we represented young males aged 16-18. We decided this through our research as a large percentage of the people we asked said they liked Thriller films and were between the ages of 16-18. This is shown in the results we compiled from our surveys below.

Why did we choose the setting we used?

From the survey we also asked where people would think a particular thriller would be set and most people said in a city; In a house or in a bedroom. So we decided to go with the notion of a hacker in his bedroom and represented the normal city dwelling teenager through the sort of props he had in the setting most of these things were technological because we also represented the nerdy types of people and through this it added the sci-fi to our thriller. With the theme of technology quite heavily shown within this room and sorts of other film memrobeilia and posters, also the placment of two V For Vendetta Guy Fawkes masks within the scene paying homage to the Elite hacker group known as Anonymous makes the film feel very dark but mysterious giving a mixed feel for thriller and sci-fi. This represents that we also are trying to represent activists through the internet and hackers.

Why did we chose the character we have used?

We chose to use this character as he is a young teenage male with a hacking background as well as the not so innocent look to himself. This helps us in representing this City dwelling teenager who is a hacker. We also went with this character as he is quite and doesnt say a lot since his usual interaction with people would be through a computer which gives a mixed signal of innocence but not so innocent. This reflects the representations of the nerdy type of person as this person would typically have no confidence and be quite shy.

Question 5

Question 5 part 2

This is a directors commentary i did for our title sequence to explain some of the things we did in the sequence to show how it is relate-able to our target audience.

Vox Pop 2

Here we did a vox pop to gather audience research and feedback into how our title sequence relates our target audience through the use of music, mise-en-scene in the setting and the theme of technology.

Questionnaire Results