Narrative Structure

Task Eight: Narrative Structure

     

What have I learnt?

During this task, I have learnt that each of these theories are important in creating a good film. When creating our opening sequence, we will reveal the equilibrium, as well as hinting the disruption. We will also reveal who the hero and helper is as they will be our two main characters that will appear within the first 2 minutes.  

Create a title credit sequence for a coming of age 80's film

Creative task four: Create a title credit sequence for a coming of age 80's film.

            

   

             

PROPS

For this task, we had to remake the title sequence of an 80's coming of age film. We chose 'footloose'.

What went well?

We found this task to be successful as we had learnt from our other creative tasks on what went wrong and what to do to solve those issues. We planned this task out carefully so that we had the right shoes, and the fight location. For the location, we chose an abandoned room with white walls, and a large whiteboard as a floor. This worked very well. The opening scene also included 23 pairs of shoes, therefore we worked together and found all 23 pairs. Also, when editing our clips, we found that we could not convert the text in adobe after affects to iMovie, therefore we used a green screen background and placed it under the text, then moved it to iMovie where we removed the green screen.  We also found that the clips had bad lighting, therefore we brightened them up in iMovie to make the clips appear more upbeat and brighter. 

Problems?

We found there to be hardly any problems during this task that we could not overcome, However, we found editing more difficult that usual as we were unfamiliar with the program, although after a while of playing around with the program, we overcame the problem.

What have I learnt?

During the task, I have learnt that titles are very important in the opening sequence as they can reveal a lot about the type of film it is. When doing the credits for our opening sequence, we must keep in mind that different fonts can convey different things about the film therefore we must chose a suitable one for our narrative. 

Audience Research

 

Task Six: Audience Research

     

From this in depth research of opening sequences to coming of age films, we found out background information that  we think are important to help create our opening sequence, such as age ratings and audience types. 

                           
  

   




   

For this task, we surveyed 16 male and females of ages 13 to 41 using a paper survey about various questions. We then added it to a survey monkey to evaluate our results and establish what type of films, and what about films, people liked and disliked. 

We then interviewed a few of our target audience to get a further insight on what they like and dislike about films.

What have I learnt?

From this task, I have learnt what types of films people enjoy, and what about them they like and dislike. This helps us create a better idea of what people enjoy about coming of age films so that we can add these to our opening sequence to make it suitable for our target audience.

Title Research

Task Seven: Title Research

 

What have I learnt?

During this task, I have learnt that an opening sequence includes titles that goes in order of:

1. Name of the studio that is distributing the film.

2. Name of the production company responsible for making the film. 

 3. A (Producer’s Name) Production.

4. A Film by (Director’s Name).

5. Starring (this is optional or can be paired with the first cast member’s name), followed by the names of all principal actors.

6. Film title.

7. Featured cast members. 

 8. Casting by

9. Music, composer, or original score.

10. Production designer.

11. At this point it can vary; you might see makeup, costume, or visual effects credits here. 

When making our opening sequence, we will follow this structure so that our opening sequence looks professional and is in the correct order.