Film Opening- Marking

Level 2 24–35 marks

There is evidence of a basic level of ability in the creative use of some of the following technical skills:
• Producing material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions;
• using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
• shooting material appropriate to the task set;, including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot distance and close attention to mise-en-scene;
• using editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions and other effects.



The content is appropriate to genre- suggesting some kind of crime drama/thriller. The switch in the middle to the pin board jars a little because there is nothing in between. In Se7en, for example, the opening title sequence is book ended by two sequences involving the detectives.

The credits follow a conventional order but come and go a little quickly.
Both music choices are good but the switch between the two is awkward as the first track dips in volume before suddenly cutting to the other. Towards the end of the sequence you matched edits to the stresses in the music which worked well.

The location, costume and prop in the first section are straight forward but obviously serve a purpose. The effort that has gone into the second part of the sequence is excellent- the use of headlines, photographs and lists all hint at some kind of investigation but perhaps we could have paused a little longer on some.

The camera work lets this down a little. The panning is shaky as is some of the work over the pin board. You made a mistake with a strange edit at 56 seconds and your character walks through the gate twice at around 1 minute 2 seconds which is a basic match on action mistake. This is a shame because, on the whole the choice of shots at the start is good. I liked the way you accelerated with edits as the music got louder and faster which finished the sequence very nicely.

Deana 32