BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE

On 12th November 2014, we visited the British Film Institute at

Southbank, London. We came to this lecture to further our

understanding in to the research and planning aspects of movie

openings. This will help us with our coursework by looking into

aspects of film openings, such as Mise-En-Scene, enigma and

sound.

WHEY DID WE VISIT THE BFI?

Pete Fraser also was our main lecturer. He spoke to us about things

which we are currently studying in class. Pete presented us with

posts from his blog ‘www.petesme diablog.blogspot.com’

Pete showed us some previous openings, alongside grade schemes

in which we had to use to give a reasonable grade on the opening.

This was beneficial as I realised how a better quality camera and

microphone enhance an opening and also many higher grades used

minimal speech as it is very hard to perfect.

PETE FRASER

Hannah Rothman is a trailer director who has helped direct film

trailers such as Sex Tape, rise of the planet of the apes and The

Selfish Giant which we was shown and then we had an in-depth

discussion about the methods of advertisement production. The Q&A

session with her gave us more knowledge on how we could place our

titles and what styles suit which genre.

HANNAH ROTHMAN

Dexter Fletcher is an actor/director who has featured in many film

and television productions. He started his acting career in Bugsy

Malone playing the role of baby face. Now he is directing his own film

ideas, Wild Bill and other ideas proposed to him by companies,

Sunshine On Leith.Fraser told us about how important using well

known actors for his directorial debut of Wild Bill. The Q&A session

with Fletcher was successful for us students as he extended our

knowledge what to include in our opening. Rules such as you must

see the main character’s eyes first- so the audience can instantly feel

vibes and feelings of the characters persona.

DEXTER FLETCHER