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Sunday, 23 October 2016

Questionnaire Results and Analysis

Here are the results and their evaluation for the questionnaire we held concerning our film opening. I was pleased to know that most of the details of our plot-line that we had planned were favoured by majority votes in many cases, it made me even more excited to film our opening! By analysing the responses from this questionnaire, my teammates and I were able to fill out many plot holes that we had and were able to come to a final conclusion with our story-line.

Analysis was written by me on Powerpoint

Sunday, 16 October 2016

Gender Representation Analysis

Presentation was made by me using emaze

Editing Analysis

The movie I have decided to analyse for its editing is ‘Million Dollar Baby’ as both of our film openings have the same concept-boxing. Since our film will contain both flashbacks and present time moments, the medium pacing of this film along with its smooth editing is something I hope that my team and I will be able to achieve in our film opening. By applying the type of pacing used in this film for our present time clips, I believe that its slower pace will be a nice contrast to the quick shots we plan to use for our flashbacks.

Analysis was written by me on Powerpoint

Narrative Analysis

Todorov’s narrative theory basically states that most plot-lines follow a similar path. There are five steps in this pattern:-

Equilibrium: This is the first part of the story, usually in which the characters are introduced, everything seems ‘normal’ at this point.
A disruption: A change occurs which disturbs the ‘normality’ previously mentioned.
Realisation: Main character(s) become aware of the change caused by the disruption. Todorov believes that this is the longest part in movies as the plot constantly intensifies.
Restored Order: The main character(s) attempt to look for solutions to repair the damage and restore the problem so that they could bring back the normalcy.
New Equilibrium: The final part of the plot, the ending, in which the main character(s) resolve the problem and succeed in achieving the wanted normalcy.

The film opening I decided to analyse for its narrative is 'Thor'. This is because the opening narrative- which is a flashback concerning Thor's father, Odin- contains all the elements of Todorov's theory mentioned above. Analysing this film opening was quite interesting as it didn't follow the usual flow of plots. The opening itself had its own equilibrium, disruption, and solution, different from the rest of the movie, but it helped in setting the scene and main plot. The idea my team and I came up with may not follow the usual flow either as we have decided to add in a lot of flashbacks to tell the main protagonists story. Although it may be difficult, we might be able to pull it off through the use of proper editing and techniques. I believe that challenging the stereotypical flow is a good choice to make as it sometimes creates interesting and unique ideas to present.

Analysis was written by me on Powerpoint

Soundtrack Analysis

The opening soundtrack I decided to analyse was from the movie 'Noah' released in 2014. The musical score of 'Noah' was composed by Clint Mansell and is performed by Kronos Quartet. I analysed this opening soundtrack because the opening sequence was quite unique in its imagery and very pleasing to look at. The build up of music in this opening is very interesting and creates a very tense and suspenseful atmosphere for the audience. I hope that my team and I will be able to achieve a similar form of music effect in our film opening.

Analysis was written by me on Powerpoint

Film Credits Analysis

Made by me using Photoshop

In action movies the use of small, unnoticeable print for credits is common. This is because the movies of this genre usually have fast paced openings that reveal important plot points for the movie. So in order to not distract the audience, the credits usually have neutral colours with simple, thin fonts that are not as eye catching as bold, big, colourful fonts which are usually used in movies with the genre of comedy. An example of a movie that follows the typical action movie credit style is Lone Survivor.

Lone Survivor uses a simple black background with a plain white capitalised font for the credits. An interesting aspect of Lone Survivor's credits is that the names of important people have a bigger font size than the rest of the text, however it is still not big enough to grab the audience's attention.

I think this is the most effective font for this movie as the words are not distracting at all and are able to fade into the background. It is helpful as the fast pace of the movie along with the constant use of quick cuts help tell a big story which is essential to the main plot-line. Using such font helps keeps the audiences attention towards what is happening in the movie.

If brighter, bolder, and more colourful text was used, the audience would only be bothered by it and would be unable to pay attention to the story at hand. Text that are more colourful work with more lighthearted genre's-definitely not something we would be using as our film is set to tell a very serious story.

Recently a new trend has risen for movie credits to have their own opening sequences with made graphics. An example of such movies with the genre of action is Spy. Even though it is an interesting concept, due to the length of the film, and the complexity of the task of creating an animated sequence, the idea was not thought of by any of us to do.

In our film opening my team and I are planning to create an effect similar to that of Lone Survivor's credits as we do not want to take our audience’s attention away from the action that will be taking place on the screen. We will try to use font styles that are related to the action in our film but we will make sure it won't be too distracting for the audience. We will also stick with the neutral colour scheme most story-based film opening's have in order to keep our product nice and simple.