Feedback questionnaire 3/3

For the second questionnaire i decided to ask one of my friends as not many boys have given their opinion on our groups film opening. My friend James (age 17) answered as follows...

1. What do you feel we did well in our film opening?

  "The way the camera moved was fluid and looked professional"

2. How could we of improved if we re-shot our film opening?

   "Make the scene in the car more dramatic by creating more tension"

3. Would you be interested in watching the rest of the film?

   "Yeah of course"  

4. Does the film fit the genre of UK crime drama?

  "Yeah its definitely a UK crime drama"

5. Overall rating /10?
  "Probably an 8"

Feedback questionnaire 2/3

The first person i asked to fill out my questionaire was my 11 year old sister as i wanted to get a younger persons point of view on the storyline and overall experience of the opening. Throughout the whole school year i have only received advice from people in my class or my media teacher so therefore i felt it was good to involve someone of a totally different age group. 

1. What do you feel we did well in our film opening? 

    "It was exciting to see what was going to happen to the boy, it shocked me when he was in danger"

2. How could we of improved if we re-shot our film opening?

   "I didn't understand what was happening at the start"

3. Would you be interested in watching the rest of the film?

   "Yes, because it was exciting"

4. Does the film fit the genre of UK crime drama?

   "..."

5. Overall rating /10? 

  "9"

Feedback questionnaire 1/3

I wanted to gain feedback from my friends/ family so I showed them our final film opening then asked them a series of questions.

1. What do you feel we did well in our film opening?

2. How could we of improved if we re-shot our film opening?

3. Would you be interested in watching the rest of the film?

4. Does the film fit the genre of UK crime drama?

5. Overall rating /10?

Title research

 Here are films with a similar UK crime drama and they use a white font colour therefore it is makes sense to follow the trend of using a white font.

Title Colour

Throughout our film opening there is a recurring 'black' theme, for example the main character's black  outfit (tracksuit and trainers) and the black car (Vauxhall Corsa). In addition to this the other two characters are also wearing dark colours, overall the mise-en-scene isn't very bright or vivid therefore we decided to go for a white title as it contrasts the themes of the movie opening.

Group reaction

Here is the reaction video to the un-finished version of our film opening.

Font research

For a while, as a group we focussed our attention on the actual footage rather than the editing side to it. We then learnt that we needed to invest a lot of time and effort into creating professional looking editing. One of the struggles we came across was choosing a font, as a group we left it quite late and later couldn't agree. Eventually we chose 'Stencil'. Previously we had fonts that looked too fancy which obviously would not tie in with our film which was why we finally agreed on the stencil font.

Here is what the font will look like:

Class showcase

Once we felt we had come to the closing moments before we had officially finished our film opening we decided to show the class in order to gain last minute advice. I believed receiving audience critique may enable us make changes to our film, as we have been watching our film opening over and over it is would of been possible for us not to notice obvious mistakes however the class were able to pick them out. We will also post an audience reaction once we have completely finished.

Production companies

After scrapping 'DAB Productions' we needed a new production company to introduce our film opening. Mya came up with 'Beachside Entertainment' and 'Sky High Productions' with images that related to the names of these companies. Mya took the images for the background of the production companies herself, on an Apple iPhone 7 Plus, this prevented us from breaking any copyright laws.

Titles

As a group we felt it was vital to have our film opening look as professional as possible, one way we felt we could achieve this is by correctly using titles. I went on http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/21-jump-street/ then as a group we decided to list our titles as such:

• Directed by Serine Houadef 
• Starring George Wilson and Ellie Childs 
• Cinematography by Mya Chopra-McFarlane
• Written and Edited by Ellie Childs, Mya Chopra-McFarlane, Serine Houadef, George Wilson
  
  
  (this is similar to how '21 Jump Street' (2012) set out their titles)
  
  
  We are still in the process of deciding whether to include: Music by... , Screenplay by... and Produced by... 
  
  
  
  

Font & Research

As the title sequence is undoubtably a vital part of the film opening, making ours look as professional will be important. Researching fonts was the first part in ensuring a good title sequence so i researched similar film genres and the fonts they used.

Kidulthood, a film based with a similar story line used a very simple font, very similar to 'Avenir Book'.

 'The Intent', a UK crime Drama, used a less basic font, giving it an up to date look which corresponds with the storyline which was set in the present day. The font used was "Din Compressed"

After this we researched other similar fonts.

Location

After more group discussions and research of tv series and films in this genre, we decided to change our location as we felt it would look more realistic, we used google street view to search estates across the borough of Enfield. Overall we looked at places in Edmonton, Albany Park and Bush Hill Park. We concluded that Hadrians Ride in Bush Hill Park looked most similar to the setting of related tv series Gangland and 'Top Boy'. I believe it is necassary to ensure the setting we use looks ideal as it will give our film opening a sense of realism.

Location Research

Our film is based in an estate and we feel this is a suitable location for our film opening. Estates similar to these can sometimes be notoriously 'rough' and as our film/ film opening is a crime thriller we believe this location will be excellent a ties in with our film genre. Tanners Road,
N18, is the specific location we have researched and are planning to use in our film opening as it looks similar to other crime thrillers. For example the Summer House estate in Top Boy, a series based around gang crime, drugs and violence, also the estate in Woolwich which was used for the Channel 4 series Gangland. 

Location analysis

Our film is based in an estate and we feel this is a suitable location for our film opening. Estates similar to these can sometimes be notoriously 'rough' and as our film/ film opening is a crime thriller we believe this location will be excellent a ties in with our film genre. Tanners Road,
N18, is the specific location we have researched and are planning to use in our film opening as it looks similar to other crime thrillers. For example the Summer House estate in Top Boy, a series based around gang crime, drugs and violence, also the estate in Woolwich which was used for the Channel 4 series Gangland. 

Music Video Refference

 Here is the music video where parts of our idea developed from, using this video for inspiration will be useful as the story line is similar. Furthermore some shots in this video are going to be adapted and used in our film opening.

Film Opening Inspiration

Using a well known music video for inspiration, Abra Cadabra - Robbery, we extracted shots and scenes we could potentialy adapt and put into our film opening. We feel this music video has similar aspects to our opening idea hence why we felt it was important to analyse it regardless of whether we use it for inspiration or not. As we plan to be using a car in our video taking screenshots from the music video of them in the car is primary research and can be used to guide us in the right direction without directly copying it. In addition we plan to use a wide shot of one of the main characters walking out of the estate in our opening scene, similar to the 3rd image. Using this primary research will steer us in the right direction when filming as we will have a rough idea of what we want the shot to look like.

Art Of The Title

Creed opening is dramatic and engaging from the very start, this makes it enjoyable for viewers as they are instantly attracted to the film. in addition, jumping from scene to scene establishes the film and helps to construct the story line. I believe my film opening will have some aspects of this film opening as it is exciting



The opening scene for 'Trapped' is a lot more mysterious than other films, this builds a sense of mystery consequently luring viewers into watching it. The strange images are quite abstract  and may confuse viewers however this will only make them more interested to find out more about them. Furthermore the opening sequence is very dark and represents the crime/ evil within programme.



The opening scene is very dramatic and gets straight into action. The audience are unaware of what is going on from the very start, many films use this feature as it grabs the audiences attention. Despite this, 22 Jump Street is a comedy, unlike our film. Consequently our opening may be similar however it will not have the comedy aspect.


The Guardians of the Galaxy is a very dark opening, which connotes the darkness within the film. This representation instantly outlines the film as the audience will know film consists of evil. In addition the contrasting orange titles stands out to the dark CGI background, the brightness can symbolise a good vs evil theme. A dark, miserable, CGI opening may be enjoyable however i do not feel this theme will fit our film opening.