Evaluation plan

To evaluate our film openings we have to answer 7 questions, which I have previously posted on this blog. To try and make it more advanced I am planning to record myself answering the questions, I will plan out what I'm going to say but I will do some improvised speaking when I can.

Once filmed I will use the picture-in-picture tool on iMovie to help add depth to my evaluations where necessary.

Storyline

The storyline for our project is as follows, a teenager trying hard to make ends meet has resulted to drug dealing in his local area in North London, we see him walk through his estate on his way to meet his supplier. He gets in the car and greets her. They exchange a large sum of cash for a mysterious bag which viewers cannot clearly see what the contents are. Moments later another character gets in the back seat and puts a bag over the teenagers head, suffocating him. The driver (the supplier) then drives off with the boy suffocated in the passenger seat and the attacker in the back.

I feel we have left it on a cliff hanger as viewers will be engaged as they want to know what happens next, overall i feel it is a very exciting storyline which will capture the audiences attention almost instantly.

Media showcase

Below is some footage from the media showcase were we previewed our film opening, the audience varied from classmates, pupils in the 6th form, younger students and parents. Overall the feedback was positive with plenty of constructive criticism.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NftouH_EBgY

Music

We was told at the start of our project that any soundtrack we used couldn't be copyrighted, this made it difficult for our group as a lot of music we wanted to use was protected by copyright. Luckily Serine's cousin is a good piano player and as able to replicate Ludovico Einaudi's - Un Un'Altra Vita.

Script

From the beginning my group decided to not use any dialogue in our film opening, therefore there is no need for a script. We didn't use dialogue as we felt we could create more suspense and tension by just having a non diegetic background music. It is not uncommon for films to do this at directors choose to have little speaking during the opening as it engages the audience.

Summary of feedback

Summary of feedback

Many people found the music was "annoying" and didn't link with the storyline, despite deliberately using contrapuntal music we could of possibly found music which viewers would find more enjoyable to listen to.

Some eagle-eyed viewers picked up on slight camera wobbles consequently if the camera was used more steadily or if the camera women had more practise with the camera before-hand. Next time we would work on getting the camera movements perfect.

In the car scene there is a 3 second period where the character played by me just sits in the car doing nothing, many viewers were confused by this.

Editing

I have previously mentioned one of my groups aims was to create a professional looking film opening by using a variety of editing methods. The use of match on action creates a sense of continuity and creates a 'visual bridge' between cuts within the film opening.