Looking back at my preliminary task I have gone through the process of filming and editing an opening sequence, and since doing my preliminary task I have learnt a collection of things thats help me out.
Firstly, the preliminary task taught me about match on action which as a group we thought would suit our opening sequence a lot. The preliminary task also influenced how we would handle sound, as we wanted our opening sequence.
Our Planning first began by as a group sharing our ideas on what we thought our opening sequence should be about. We all shared similar ideas and after coming up with a rough narrative we worked together on deciding how we could clearly show our intentions through our opening and continue to make it fit within the Coming of Age genre. Once we had come up with a secure plot we started to make a storyboard which would allow us to all share a similar image of what out opening would look like exactly. Following on from our storyboard we started we write a script and create a character profile. Each member of the group took a different task so that our progress would be quicker and once we had finished we would just share it with each other. From these tasks I learnt that we need to be realistic with our creations as our aim was to make a character that the audience can relate with. As our opening contained on dialog our script consisted of only stage directions.
Before it came to filming the actual footage we needed to decide on the location and an actor. These decisions were quite easy to chose as we knew an exact location that would suit our opening sequence. When choosing an actor we decided to pick someone that fit a character criteria and who would definitely be available. From this I learnt that it is best to chose a location that is easily accessible for our group and the actor. The only problem we had was deciding on a time and date that everyone was available for. The benefit of our location was that the weather or time of day didn't dramatically effect any of our filming as it all took part inside, this was handy was we weren't able to get all our footage in one go.
We had to re-film our opening sequence as in our first take we were unhappy with the lighting and we needed a wider range of shots, so we made some alterations and filmed it in a brighter light. When recording our footage we made sure to get a range of different camera angles to that we count make our opening more interesting. From this I learnt that it is important to note where everything is in each shot. I also learnt that by having a variety of camera angles allows you to me more free with your editing and try different things to see how they would look.
After filming I felt that my camera handling skills and improved and were much better than when I did my preliminary task, When looking over our footage I felt that it looked a lot cleaner. When editing I learnt how important it is for your font to match with your narrative. This made it difficult to find the right font that would look good. To find the right font, one of us researched and tested out title names with multiple types of fonts.
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