Poster

Student Film Opening

I think this film opening brings up a lot of questions right from the start. We immediately see that something bad will happen because there is a man on a computer however we do not see his face which makes him seem mysterious and sinister. The lighting is low key which shows us that the girl is in danger because we link darkness with fear and danger. The way the websites have been done on screen is very good and i like how they have linked the titles in with this. Also the editing on the girls vlogs is good because it makes it seem more realistic, as if the girl actually has her own blog. I think the production companys logo needs more work because having a boring logo does not fit in with the opening. At the end of the opening, the way the film title is slowly typed out reflects what the film is about and what its genre is

Film Title Sequence

The Box Trolls

0:05-0:08 Directed by...

0:08-0:12 Produced by...

0:12-0:16 Screenplay by...

0:22-0:26 Isaac Hemptstead Wright

0:30-0:34 Toni Collette

0:35-0:39 Simon Pegg

0:40-0:44 Director of Photography

0:45-0:49 Visual Effects

0:50-0:54 Animation supervisor

0:55-1:00 Character designer and character sculptor

Richard Morrison

Richard Morrison is famous for the work he has done on film titles and how many he has done for lots of popular films. After watching his video i picked up a few hints that i will try and use when i do my film opening.

- There should always be a storyboard for your opening scene. This way you can change and swap things around, plan out where your titles will be and how they will look in the scenes and also it gives  you an idea of how your opening scene will look.

- Everyone should come up with ideas for the titles, this way you have a wide range to chose from and you can mix ideas together to see which works best

- Find a narrative that suits the film. This gives the opening scene a meaning.

Blog Reflection

So far this year I have learned how to use lots of different programmes for example Premiere, Prezi and Photoshop. I found Prezi the easiest to use because it loads of cool different features and layouts and it was so much simpler than Powerpoint. It also is more fun in terms of user interaction. I feel like my blog could be around 13-15/20, this is because I think there could more stuff on there, film openings etc, so that anyone viewing my blog would have a more fun experience. Also I think that i could add different fonts etc to make it look a bit better and i feel that i haven't made use of all the features provided to me. Things i think i need to focus on in my blog are checking for any spelling mistakes, explain in more depth and make sure all tasks are complete

Previous Student Film Opening

 The music for this film fitted the genre very well. One thing that stood out to me a lot was the titles, i thought that writing them down on different iconic things was clever. However this continued for a very long time.

Previous Student Film Opening

I found this film very interesting because i thought it was clever that there were twins. The plot was very good and opened up a lot of questions as to what the girls past is and why she has got her sister involved. I think there could have been a wider range of shots involved and the music/audio was very grainy. However the titles for this were very well done.