The categories i asked for them to mark me on were:
- Range of shot types and editing transitions- this was asked because to make my opening more vibrant it is important to involve a variety of shot types and edits. Through these I can make a certain character or situation give of a certain impression (for instance a high angle shot to make someone look superior)
- Appropriate pace and content for chosen genre- I asked this particularly because as I am doing social realism, I needed to get the pace right and not to boring but not to fast. I also asked the question because I wanted to know if the content was appropriate for my chosen genre
- Position and order of titles- As one of my earlier posts shows I took particular care in what titles I included in my opening. I asked this, as I feel this is one of the main components to a successful opening sequence
- Introduction of characters- This is very important, when looking at conventions of social realist openings, I noticed that character is of the most important things, so I wanted to make sure I introduced the main character in a way that would straight away give him a relationship with the audience
- Introduction of storyline- In my opening I want to make sure that the storyline is introduced the right amount, so the audience get a sense of the setting and themes of the film, but not so too much is divulged straight away. After all, the point of an opening sequence is so the audience keeps watching, not so they don't need to.
- Clearly an opening sequence- linking to my earlier question about story line, I need to make sure my opening does not end up looking like a trailer. This will be done by making sure not too much information about the full story line is divulged.
- Use of sound- As I have now decided that I am not using a voice over, I need to make sure, the music fits the mood and also that it fits in with the pace of the editing.
This graph shows that my average score for each question was 9 for all of the questions but 2. The question for which I was rated lowest was Question 5 'Introduction of storyline', for this I my average rating was 8. I think part of the reason I may of scored lower could be because in an animatic, it is hard to show what is really going on. But taking this mark in to account, I think I could add certain shots in to show more about my character life and how he ended up in the house where the film begins. My highest rating was for the final question 'Use of sound', for which I got an average of 10. I am very happy about this firstly as I spent so long choosing my music, and secondly because I was worried my that my decision to not have a voice over could slightly effect the sound of my opening.
My average rating out of 70 was 62/70.
The positive comments that were written included:
- The music fits in well with the pace
- Fits genre well
- I like the positioning of titles
- The final shot tells us a lot about the character
- The social issue needs to be presented more clearly
- I do not know the story line
Taking all these comments into account, I will go away and make changes to my animatic to fit my audiences reactions. Below is the first draft of my animatic that the sample saw before making the above decisions. Some of the shots say things such as 'distrubution company', this is because I have not yet chosen the names of some of contributors.
