Introduction
Our project was a film opening sequence called ‘Trial and Error.’ This is a film about a young football fanatic chasing his dream of playing for his favourite team. In the opening sequence we showed the teenage boy (acted by myself) training and working in order to fulfil his ambition. Our team consisted of four members myself, Saad Ali-Khan, Rebecca Livesey and Lyndsay Alderson. My initial contribution to our project was doing the acting, but I also helped with the editing and the selecting of the music.I enjoyed working in a good team with the aim of producing an interesting , well produced and popular opening sequence.
The genre of our film was sport based but with particular focus on football, and was aimed at for youngsters and teens aged from 5 to 18. We used convention to show the sport genre, we used training scenes to show this, also we used sports clothing and equipment. Our film is based around the theme of the underdog working his way up to the top, Other films use this theme such as bend it like Beckham, Goal, Rocky, we used these films as insperation . We used conventions in order to set the location and also create a genre which are both required in an opening sequence. The feedback we received was positive and we found that people found it easy to establish what genre our project was, with the 80 % of the audience questioned claiming they would purchase this film. The opening sequence introduced the main character showing him training which was ideal and required in any opening sequence.
In our sequence we have represented youngsters that have a dream to fulfil in life. Showing that you should never give up on your dreams but live your dreams .We have created an image of a teenage boy who is to be dedicated to his trade and willing to work hard in order to fulfil his dream. We have shown the dedication of this youngster by making him endure a variety of different weather conditions during his training and showing him battle against the elements. Again to show the sport genre the costume worn by the character was always football clothing and the shorts in all weather showed again the characters commitment. This determination was also shown in the activities he was doing as there was several gruelling running scenes. We have created this image to give the audience the feeling that they want to get up, join in and do something active. Also to show the audience that despite the rising obesity levels in the young there are still youngster out there who are fit and striving for their dreams. The audience will be on the main characters side and live his dream with him and enjoy his successes and endure his challenges.
We have focussed our film on sport, but more specifically football as football is a popular, world-wide watched sport and therefore should attract a big audience. This film could be watched by both male and female as football is now a sport played by both male and female. The target audience for this film would be aged between 12 and 25 as it is based around a teenage character and would catch their interest and they would be able to relate best to the character as they are of a similar age. Our secondary target is likely to be families as it could be seen as a family film, this would also be a good audience as it is a large group who enjoy doing activities and spending leisure time together. From the audience we surveyed about our film the people aged 12-16 mostly claimed they would like to watch the film. A positive reaction from our target audience means that we are targeting the right audience and this should prove a successful project.
Our opening sequence would be likely to be produced by a company such as Fox searchlight pictures, as they have produced films of this genre before, also this would be ideal as being an American company this will create and audience in America. An American company would be interested in this film with obesity levels at a high in America this feel may influence youngsters participate in sport or exercise. From the feedback we receive such comments as ‘I loved it ‘ were used .
We attracted the audience by leaving enigmas as the audience initially are left wondering what the character is training for. The enigmas are answered by the scene of the poster explaining about the football trials which attracts the audience as it sets the story in motion and sets the scene for the young athlete’s adventure. Also by using quick short scenes the opening sequence has a fast and interesting pace to it. The use of fast and exciting music also contributes to creating the fast pace to attract the audience. Natural lighting is used in order to create the real life feel for the audience. The idea behind the pace of the opening sequence is a message about how life can easily pass you by and to strive to get what you want now. The audience is propelled to watch the rest of the film as they want to see whether the young teen reaches his dream or whether he is set for a life of failure.
We used many different types of technology during our project; I learnt many different things about those technologies. Before starting the filming for our opening sequence we conducted some research creating a blog to assist us as it was used as diary / instructions to organise and order procedures taken. I also used you tube to help research existing opening sequences to give us ideas and guidance for our own project. I learnt how to film using a camera properly and learnt how to use different angles
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