GONEEvaluation Questions

Number 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop

and challenge forms and conventions of real media

products

A traditional opening sequenceI studied the history of opening

sequences and three opening sequences from different genres and discovered that my one makes up a traditional conventional opening sequence

I used three other opening sequences close to my genre to get to grips with the conventions of an opening sequence

Film InvestmentI chose Film 4

This is because it is a British company and all the actors in my movie are as well so would make sense to have a British film company

This company would also like my film because they would like the style- British cast and contains social realism

It would also be cheaper to use a British film company then say an American one

TitlesThe titles I used were based on what

kind came up in other sequences like the actors names and some main people behind the film like the producer/editor/director etc

I also used a font to match the setting of the film which is set in Turkey and represents the narrative of the film

InsparationMy inspiration came from two movies

The main one was James Bond- Sky Fall as the first seen was set in a market and even though I was not using the same genre or story line it was useful to see the type of shots they used and how I could contrast and use those for mien

In this opening sequence I took the market scene and used shots like they did to establish the market place, just not the high action like this one

CharactersProtagonist- Lucy, mother and father

Antagonist- Kidnapper 1 and 2

Having the range of characters in the opening sequence shows that the film has tension from the beginning and the viewers would want to know what Lucy was kidnapped and what will happen, hooking them in

Striking GenreComparison of the parents scene and Lucy’s kidnap- the

difference in moods and how the parents and panicked are worried while the kidnappers are calm and evil like. Overall this adds to the genre as striking as it puts the viewer through a range of emotions in just a few minutes

The genre is also relatable as people come across kidnapping stories in the news and through friends, it is a hot dramatic topic that when a film is made about it it is a popular movie as people want to know more about it and what it is like for both the parents and the child

The location is also important as it is set somewhere where no other film has been set so therefore drawing in even more viewers as they would want to know what the country is like and how it is represented

What I changed when edditintColour grading- to make the opening

sequence more suited to the setting of the film and the darkness of the genre I changed the bright colours of the market so a more heated and red/orange light

Dimensions- I added in a black strip at the top and bottom of the screen to give my movie a more professional feel

How movies have developed and so how I have as wellI have understood how an opening

sequence has developed and changed since the beginning of film making

My opening sequence represents a more modern and developed version of an opening sequence

It is set in a foreign location (Turkey) unlike other social realism films

This gives the film its own uniqueness and exotic flavor

How I challenged normal comventions of a opening seqenceI tried mainly to follow the conventions

of an opening sequence that have been followed for many decades

This is because I wanted the audience to recognize that it was an opening sequence that I had made and not another type of media text like others I have seen