Opening Sequence Q1,2 and 3

The conventions of an opening sequence are as follows: slow/fast paced editing; this is done to change the tempo of the opening, keeps the audience more interested in what is going on. The change of pace during a scene can make people pay more attention to what is going on. Introduction of a setting; this is key when doing an opening sequence, you will need to tell people where the location is but you don't want to show them to much of the setting as they may guess what could happen next. Also within this you will need to tell them the mood of the film, is it going to be a horror, comedy or a thriller? If you set the mood early on it will allow them to get a better understanding of what is going on.  When doing the opening sequence you will need to put the different types of logos in, for example you will need to put the production company and the distribution company, so people are aware of what company's have been involved in the making or distribution of the film. We have included our own production company and have selected a distribution company that we think suits our film. You will also need to think about what order you will want to have your titles in, what type of font and what colour also you may want to think about what type of music you want to have over the top of them, this can also help set the mood of the opening. When shooting the opening sequence you will need to use different types of shots with the camera, you will use and establishing shot; this will show the location of where it is being filmed. Close up; hide key information from the audience, this can also hide the identity of characters. We have used extreme close-up in our film when the character is in the bath and the blood drips onto his face, this shows what facial expression he is pulling in detail.These are some of the conventions that  are used in an opening sequence.

When creating our drama piece we decide to represent the social group that we could all relate, this is a teenager who is in the late teens, they live a normal life but due to his problems it makes it hard for him to do some things but he doesn't let it hold him back. We have represented this social group by the clothes that will be worn throughout the film. Also when making this film it was easier for us as we could all relate to different parts, so if we could relate to the character it would make it easier for the audience to relate to it as well, as they would be the same age as us. We didn't want to use any other social groups as it would be hard for us as we wouldn't have enough information to do so. During our opening sequence it is hard to tell what type of social group we are representing as you can see the clothes the person is wearing. Also you cant see or hear other things that might help you think what social group the character is in.

When thinking of what distribution company we would be using, we thought we would use 'THX'. We chose 'THX' because they specialise in sounds that are being used with in movies/ games. Also this company is linked to games, we could see our film being made into a game. When we chose this we didn't have a good understanding of what distribution company would suit our film the best, now we know what distraction company's would distribute our type of film we may have to change it. We may change our film distribution company to 'Virtigo films' or 'Artificial Eye' as these company produce small budget films and are independent company's. Also when thinking about about what type of company we should use we had to think about what genre of film they produce, once we knew what films they helped produced this narrowed it down.