FINISHED

Today we managed to finish editing our entire opening sequence. I am incredibly proud of our final piece and personally feel like we did everything we could to make it the best as we can. I enjoyed working with Serena and felt that we really got along. This is a picture to show our happiness...

I Am Legend Opening Sequence Analysis

There is off screen diegetic dialogue of a sports news report. When the topic changes a news reader appears on the screen.
There are a few shot/reverse shots, as they are having a conversation. The camera then stays on a close up of Emma Thompsons character which could suggest her importance in this particular scene.
I chose to analyse this sequence because the concept of the movie is very similar to ours. However, there is not much to talk about.

The Dark Knight Opening Sequence Analysis

Sound

At the start of the clip there is a low beat that beats once repeatedly slowly. Then there is the sound of traffic in the background which suggests that it is set in a must city. A foley track is used to enhance the sound of people walking on gravel and the breaking of the glass. The sound of a car is also enhanced when it pulls up to the curb. All the characters are wearing masks whilst they are talking. I believe that they recorded the dialogue and placed it over the footage. This makes it clearer for the audience to understand. 

Camera Movement

There is an establishing shot of skyscrapers which suggests that the movie will be set in a busy. As it is in America I would think that it is set in New York. A high shot angle is used whilst the robbers are transitioning between two buildings. There are many close ups on the characters mask which could suggest that they are planning on committing a crime. There are also a few tracking shots following the different characters into buildings. Makes the audience feel as if they are part of the action. 

Genre

The music is one element of the opening sequence that helps establish the genre. The use of props is also another element. There are many guns shown throughout the opening sequence which indicates that there will be a lot of violence. Violence is usually used in action/thriller movies. 

Group Update- 15/03/13

Today Serena and I thought it would be best to re film the entire lab scenes. We felt that it would work better if there was no dialogue in the entire opening sequence. We have filmed twice before and we managed to work out what went wrong each time we filmed it. I felt that this enabled us to produce better footage. We were paying extra attention not to make any errors such as holding a beaker in one glass then in the next shot it is being held in the other hand.

I am extremely confident and please with our new footage and feel that it is definitely been the best we have managed to film.

Narrative Applied

I tried applying Tzveten Todorov narrative theory to my own opening sequence. I thought it would be fairly simple to apply this to my sequence, but I found it difficult. I could not chronologically order it, as when there should be a new equilibrium it is actually a disruption. There is also no evident recognition of a disruption which again proves that it is difficult to apply this theory. However, it is possible to apply a binary opposites to this film. In my opening sequence my character shows her head poking through the door looking left and right. This suggests that she is being weary that someone unpleasant is watching her moves. This then brings the idea that she is the good person whereas there is also a bad person.

Group Update- 14/03/13

Today we were given the opportunity to edit our opening sequence for the entire day. Whilst editing our open sequence we all realised that there was quite a few shots we needed to film. This was an issue as none of us were wearing the same clothes; I had changed my hair colour and we had not made a plan of what to film. This resorted to us re-filming the entire lab section again.

I personally feel that we had made the right decision to re film these scenes again as there were many errors in continuity.

Group Update 7/03/13