2. Introduction I chose the Opening Sequence task for my practical production coursework, I worked as a pair with another girl in my class (Francesca Shaw) to produce the clip, which we made to fit into the Thriller genre. My contributions to the project were: costume design, organizing film schedules, writing the script, blogging weekly, handling equipment, writing the sequence plot, producing a synopsis of the film, and editing.
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11. We also used a much larger variety of shots in our coursework; from extreme close ups to long shots in comparison to all medium shots in our preliminary task. The sound recordings for our film are much smoother and refined, giving a better quality sound for the audience, making what the characters say much clearer; helping the audience feel more absorbed with the diegesis of the film.Poor framing shot Improved framing shot
14. Conclusion Personally, I’m very happy with the final product, I feel the editing was to the best standard we could manage, the sound fits well with the genre and the narrative, lighting is controlled in all our scenes and character performance was as intended. We used a wide range of shots and diegetic and non-diegetic sound, though always parallel. Locations were perfect for what we wanted, fulfilling the purpose of showing a home environment and an outdoor public place, where children are expected to be. The colours used with character appearance and décor also represented the atmosphere well, in the home there were bright walls with a darkly dressed boyfriend on the bed, symbolizing his retained character, as well as props, which set up a genuine scene of a home and helped give an insight into each character’s personality. However, if I could change anything I’d want to change the costume of the characters, as I don’t think it really fit the genre or created a very convincing image for the message I wanted to give; for Maggie especially.
