In The Red Opening Sequence finished version

Above is the final completed version of our opening sequence!

Problems uploading our opening sequence and evaluation

There was difficulty uploading our footage because the files were too big. As they were very large it took a long time to upload and the server kept cutting out. We are going to have to compress the files, which takes ages.

Small but needed changes..

We were all relatively happy with how things were going but after going through it very closely and analysing it we decided that there were some small cuts which needed to be made. We literally took no more than 2 seconds off of a few shots but the difference it made was unbelieveable. It made the film run so much smoother.

S.E.A Productions

We wanted to create an animation in Adobe Flash to appear to show S.E.A Productions, at the begining of the opening sequence. We wanted to have it under the sea and appear to '"swim" across the screen with oxygen bubbles coming out of it. We tried to do it but everytime we thought we had finished it we weren't happy with it. In the end we had to settle for the fact that we were trying to be to complicated and we had bigger things to sort out, like our rubbish credits!

More credit editing!

We still were not satisfied with the credits. Above is another example of the way we tried to include credits.

New and improved sound track!

Thankfully, after hours of searching we found an unsigned artist using the same backing track but with different lyrics. The lyrics he uses actually suit our film better.

Problems with our soundtrack

Unfortunately, today we discovered that we cannot use our sound track due to copy right infringements. We are currently looking for another soundtrack to use instead, we're looking for the same kind of music but by an unsigned artist.

Editing Process Continued

Having watched through our product we noted that several shots needed to be cut to make the sequences flow better. Just by shortening the shots slightly we took nearly a minute off of our opening sequence.

Editing Process

Editing was surprisingly easier than we had first thought it would be. We had well over 2 hours worth of footage which needed to be filtered down into the most suited and most effective shots. We filmed much of the footage from 4 or 5 different angles and shots on purpose, because we were not entirely sure what would look best and figured it is better to hace to much to play with when editing than not enough. When editing we realised that in order to depict a realistic film we had to stick to traditional cuts and edits and not use the exciting more elaborate ones as they would make the extract seem unrealistic. 

Twisted Pictures

We added the production company "Twisted Pictures" to our opening sequence as it went well with the theme and the mood of our opening sequence.

A.S.E Productions

A.S.E Productions is the name of our production company, we put this into the opening sequence by making it appear that as the central character is walking the credit is following him.

Preperation for the shoot...

What we will need:

• Camera
• Memory card
• Charger
• Tripod
• Plastic bag to put over camera and umbrella (it might rain and the show must go on)
• Wallet
• Mobile phone
• Adam's moped
• Sami needs to come ON TIME!
• Torch as the lighting may be rubbish

More influences

Influences

Below are the names of films that have influenced our opening sequence idea.

Preliminary Task

In order to have a better understanding of how to produce many different shot types successfully, we created a preliminary sequence. This contains a large range of shot types and demonstrates different ways in which we can go to another scene that we discovered during our experimentation of the technology provided. When it comes to planning and filming our film opening sequence, we are now able to look back at this sequence and see what shot types provided the most creative and interesting effects.

Introducing.. Group P

Hiii,

We're group P and we consist of: Adam White-Johnson, Emily Phillips and Shauna Carroll.