Question 1

Question 1:
For our coursework we had to make a two minute opening title sequence of a specific genre and therefore we had to do a lot of research into the different genres and their conventions.  We found out that there are many different conventions of an opening  sequence. One of the conventions is slow paces editing. This is used to help the audience question a particular clue that is being given to them by the director of the film. This will engage them to start asking lots of questions and to slowly start piecing the answers together. This will interest the viewer and make them want to watch on. This is to see if their predictions are correct.

The next convention that is important is close ups. These help the audience see everything more closely and in plenty of detail. It also means that the close ups are almost intruding the personal space of the characters within the film meaning we feel more involved within the piece. Also, it helps us see the characters facial expression so we know how they are feeling at the time.





Two  more conventions that are very important to create a opening title sequence correctly are logos and titles. This is because they help us to see who created and took part in the making of the film. It also means that we get the chance to see familiar actors and directors through the use of familiar logos on many different films. This adds more importance to the film because it shows us everything about the film.





For our genre, we chose to do Thriller as we thought it would suit the people in the group the most. We also chose it because we all liked thriller style movies and therefor would have load of ideas. We could also use some of our favourite thriller films as inspiration for our piece. The typical conventions of our genre is quick cuts, close ups, low key lighting and eerie music. The low lighting and eerie music create the tense atmosphere needed to pull of a thriller. In our thriller, we had one section which had a load of fast past cuts to add up the tension and create a feeling of jumpiness. The fast cuts almost link in to your heart beat and go at the same pace which helps build the atmosphere.

Low key lighting

Music

In our thriller, we have challenged the conventions as we used some medium shots which aren't usually used within this genre. We tried to get the persons facial expressions and surroundings from as many different angles as possible. This was to show how the person lives a normal life but suffers from underlying problems.