Tenth Day Editing And Class Critic

This was a two hour lesson. For the first hour we sat down as a group (the whole class) and watched each others opening sequences how there were so far. Some people's including my group opening sequence was not finished as there was still a lot of editing to do. We watched each others films and we wrote down on a sheet what we believed worked well and what they needed to improve on. This was very helpful for our group as we got to see what other people thought of our work so far as well as what we needed to improve on. At first our group had no confidence when it came to standing up in front of the class to explain our film and show it as we believed it would be probably really rubbish compared to the other groups work. However we managed to stand up and show what we had completed so far. By watching other groups work we soon realised that all of our work was roughly on the same level which was a great confidence boost for our group as we were happier with the work we had already complete. The class critic told us that we had some excellent shots for example when Liza opens the fridge to the camera and also the the camera is rested on the floor of the alley way and Liza walks past and is followed by the stalker. The group told us that we should improve on speeding up the pace Liza walks at when she is going down the alley way stairs, also to put the credits in between the point of view shots and also to sort out the music.

After the class critic we got to work on what we needed to improve on with the editing. Harry continued editing the heart beat soundtrack and transferred the soundtrack from memory stick to the group's computer. Meanwhile Myself and Carmen looked for a soundtrack, we eventually found one however took a while to do as we had to transfer an 4ma to an mp3.

I believe tenth day editing went very well as we added suspense music. But the class critic was especially helpful as it made me really motivated and want to carry on editing.

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Analysis Of Opening Sequence 5- The Mummy

The Mummy was made in 1999 by Universal and was directed by Stephen Summers.

The narrative functions are:

• The opening sequence starts with a back story.
• The setting is Ancient Egypt.

The conventions displayed are:

• There are not many credits however are a few.

The characters introduced are:

• Imnotep- who is the man who kissed the woman.
• Pharo Seti.
• Anuck'sunamun- who is the girl and is one of the main characters.

Cinematography-

• Rich, royal colours are used.
• Most of setting is gold.
• There is a silhouette which is caused by back lighting which shows someone getting killed, this brings the rating down.

Cameras/editing:

• Graphic match.
• Grand music- building up.
• Camera sweeps across.
• Shows how big and grand the setting is.
• Also flashbacks.

Analysis Of Opening Sequence 4- Zombie Land

This film was directed by Ruben Elescher and was made in 2009 by Columbia.

The narrative functions are:

• Humerus.
• However is still in the genera of horror.
• The opening sequence gives the audience an idea of the film but does not give everything away.

Conventions displayed are:

• The credits are given through music and slow motion shots.

Characters Introduced are:

• We hear Jesse Einsenberg.
• Who plays a character called Columbus.

Cinematography:

• Shows the setting which is buildings.
• The variety of shots shows the audience that the film is going to be action packed and interesting.

Cameras/editing:

• One shot is upside down camera which shows the world as it is.
• The screen fades into black before the titles.
• Rock music is also played which sets the scene and also goes with the genera.

Analysis Of Opening Sequence 3- Cleaner

The Cleaner was made in 2007 and directed by Renny Harlin.

The narrative functions are:

• Establishing Samuel. L Jackson and shows what he does which is linked to the title of the film as this is his profession.

The Conventions displayed are:

• There are credits in this opening sequence.
• Also the credits are shown on images.

Characters introduced are:

• Samuel L. Jackson- he cleans bodies left overs.
• Ed Harris.
• Eva Mendes.

Cinematography:

• Washed out colours.

Cameras/editing:

• There is a voice over which is non-diagetic.
• The camera angle is low down.
• Talks to the camera for one of the shots.

Analysis Of Opening Sequence 2- The Prestige

This film was made in 2006 and was distributed by Warner Brothers.

The narrative functions are:

• The Prestige does not start at the beginning of the story.
• And is a build up of what happens.

The conventions displayed are:

• That there are no credits in the openings sequence of this film.

The characters introduced are:

• Chris Bale- Alfie Borden
• Hugh Jackman-Magacian Angier
• Michael Caine- Engineer cutter

The Camera/edits are:

• Only flashbacks are shown in this opening sequence.

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