Feedback - Miss Spencer

You have made a decent start Antonia - using lots of media language and often discussing the meaning of the elements you have picked out. However you have described too much without then analysing (suggesting meaning) You have barely thought past camera movement/ angles and framing. You must also discuss editing, mise en scene and sound. Because of this your work is in a level 2. In order to improve you should:

    

•  Think about the questions below, ensure you are addressing all of them.
•  Embed JPEG images throughout and a video of the opening sequence in order to illustrate your analysis.

  Study the opening sequences of any film from the Thriller, Horror, and Romantic comedy genre. E.g. Seven, The Dark Knight Rises, Halloween, Notting Hill, Love Actually etc. Analyse how the sequence has been constructed through its use of: Camera angles, shots, movement, Editing, Sound, Special effects and Mise-en-scene etc.

· In terms of editing how have the separate images been put together - Think in terms of frequency of cuts, fades in/out, jump cuts, dissolves etc.

• What visual images appear on screen throughout the sequence? And what do they mean?
• · Describe what narrative (story) is being displayed in the sequence from start to finish.
• · Describe what kind of music; diegetic/non-diegetic/incidental/ambient etc. is being played over the sequence.
• · How and what titles are being displayed during the sequence and in what order.
• · What kind of characterisation is evident? - Age, gender, relationships etc.