We started to do research on existing student film in order to give us an understanding of differences of film openings and film trailers. We viewed three films within our media lesson and looked at different aspects of each film. We picked out strengths and weaknesses from each film in order to give us an idea about how to create our own film openings.
Student Film 1
Strengths:
-the music and setting of the film fitted in well with the horror genre
-the layout of credits at the beginning were good, didn't go on for to long
Weaknesses:
-the font of credits and titles was too blocky and didn't relate to the genre
-it came across as more like a film trailer rather than film opening and the narrative was left closed.
Student Film 2
Strengths:
-the music and titles related to the horror genre.
-effective editing techniques such as the transitions
-even though there was a lack of continuity, the storyline was understood and everything linked in well.
Weaknesses:
-the filming was more like a trailer than opening to a film and the narrative was closed.
-the introduction and titling took up too much time
Student Film 3
Strengths:
-this film was open narrative with a clear opening (not like a trailer)
Weaknesses:
-doesn't portray the genre as well
-the 'bad apple productions' title does not fit in with the film or the genre as it looked too computer generated.
-didn't erase editing errors such as smiling and movement.
This enabled us to see what and what not to do when creating our film opening and improve upon these weaknesses in order to create a stronger film opening without the weaker aspects. We must make sure that our film opening is an open narrative so it does not look too much like a trailer and make sure that the atmosphere, titles and music all fit in with our desired genre.
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