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AS Coursework Checklist Film Opening Sequence(There should be at
least one blog post about each stage)
1 Complete the !ell" bab"# task$ %ou need to take photos o&
a doll or 'gurethat can stand on its own &rom dierent angles
and shots$ pload "our
photos to the blog with an e*planation &or each one+ what do
the" show,-ow can the" be used,. /esearch opening sequences
&rom the same genre "ou#re interested in
producing$ Come up with a list o& identi&"ing traits
o& the genre things"ou will need to include$ (/ick Altman)
0 Create a montage o& what "ou consider conentions &or
"our chosengenre$ Onl" select short snips$ 2*plain on "our blog wh"
"ou hae pickedthem$
3 /esearch seeral opening sequences &or "our chosen genre$
(Anal"secinematograph"+ editing+ sound and mise4en4scene)
5 6rite up a comparison o& two 'lms that hae been remade$
For e*amplethe black and white ersion o& 7racula compared to
the most recent$
8 9log some initial ideas &or "our own 'lm opening
sequences$: ;ick an opening sequence similar to "our idea+ annotate
the shots
describing wh" the" are the ke" shots and what "ou can take
&rom themas inspiration$
< se "our 'lm comparison and create another timeline to show
how 'lmshae deeloped$ Consider the deelopments in technolog"$
= Audience /esearch research which 'lms people think are good+
whatattracts people to 'lms and what puts them o$ 9log "our
'ndings$ (Createa questionnaire and conduct >o* ;ops)$
1? @o to httpBBwww$uktribes$comand
httpBBwww$'nd"ourtribe$co$ukand usethem to de'ne "our per&ect
audience member$ (-ae some &un and 'ndout what tribe "ou are
too)$ Create a complete picture o& "our audiencemember+
&rom clothes to the &ood the" eat+ music the" listen to+
T> showsthe" watch+ magaines the" read etc$ %ou can get a
&riend to dress up inthe appropriate costume and take
photos$
11 @o to the ;earl and 7ean# website+ look at the business
sectionhttpBBbusiness$pearlanddean$comBaudienceDpro'leand
inestigate howthe" categorise their audiences$ Can "ou 't "our 'lm
to their ideas,
1. /esearch the institutions that might produce+ distribute and
e*hibit "our'lm$ Eook at 99FC and how the" regulate 'lms$
10 7e'ne the ke" conentions "ou must include in "our 'lm
openingsequence to con&orm to the e*pectations o& the genre
"ou hae chosen+the audience "ou hae chosen and what is e*pected
o& a 'lm opening
sequence$ ake a check list$13 Create a stor" arc &or the
whole o& "our 'lmG write a brie& s"nopsis$/emember most
'lms hae 5 acts#+ and most con&orm to normal
narratiepatterns$
15 Hnestigate narratie theories (;ropp+ Todoro+ Eei Straus
etc$)+ 'nd aninteresting wa" o& presenting them and blog how
"our stor" 'ts them (ordoesn#t)$
18 Summarise "our 'nal 'lm idea1: Create a shot list$1<
Create a stor"board$1= ;lan the sound o& "our 'lm are "ou haing
a soundtrack+ or !ust Fole"
sounds, 9log where "ou#e &ound "our sound and wh" "ou hae
chosen
what "ou hae$.? Create a shooting schedule$
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