BFI Talk

Today we had a talk from Pete Fraser who came from BFI in London to talk to us about our coursework and how to produce the best film opening we possibly can. I learnt lots of things from Pete today and have even got some inspiration and ideas on what i could do for my film opening. He also showed us previous years film openings and showed us examples of high scoring and low scoring projects, to give us an idea of what sort of level we will have to work at to get the grade we are aiming for.
Here are some of the facts and tips that I gained from Pete Fraser's talk:

Always remember that Film Openings are not trailers, otherwise you will loss the effect in your film and also loss marks for your project.

Key Features of a film opening:

• Genre
• Narrative (Enigma code- questions you ask)
• Character
• Atmosphere (What is the world like?/Mood?)
• Setting

Top tips for making a film opening- 

1. Start General (research different film openings etc.)
2. Home in on Specifics (go into more related detail)
3. Make your research focused and relevant 

www.artofthetitle.com  - This website is great for research and film openings and will be useful in the present                                        future.

Title Sequence 

This is what should be included in a title sequence to make it seem more effective and to flow better:

- Actors names who are solo in the title sequence for any period of time, are usually most famous actor and the one that everyone is going to see the film for.

- Title flows throughout the entire film opening so does not look like a trailer.

Key Words

Foley= Replacing sounds that you film, to improve it.

Ident= Logo

Organizing your project

A guide to follow, to help organize your project into categories. 

Step 1: Take stock

• What's the task
• 20 marks research and planning 
• 60 marks construction (video)
• 20 marks evaluation

Tips:

- Build up research

- Build up planning

- Build up skills

- Keep evidence throughout filming 

Step 2:

Build up skills-

• Sound
• Camerawork
• Editing

Step 3:

Investigation 

Step 4:

Brainstorm ideas- 

• Pitches
• Moodboard
• Feedback

Step 5:

Planning-

• Experimenting
• Storyboard
• Logistics

Step 6:

The shoot-

• People, places, props, costumes
• Directing
• Equipment, jobs on the day

Step 7:

Edit-

• Take screenshots of process of editing 

Step 8:

Evaluation