Tuesday 13 January 2009

Film Openings

In this lesson, we watched a video about Thriller film openings, so that we could have a better idea of how to do ours. During this, we had to answer some questions. The video analysed the mise en scene, editing and sound of the opening few minutes to various thriller films. We noted how certain soundtracks, lighting or placements could give different effects to the overall film, as well as the editing, camera movement, etc.
We then had a look at students' thriller openings from last year. Most of the ones we saw were very good, using effective shot types, sound, mise en scene, etc to get varying types of thrillers. One or two even made us want to watch the film, which means they were doing their job properly!
The lesson ended early due to several students having an exam and needing time to continue revising.

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