Synopsis
The main purpose of our opening sequence was to portray and highlight the two stereotypes between foreign and British people to recognize how often people easily make assumptions and judgments based on looks alone. For our foreign characters we chose people to act that had the basic stereotype looks of foreign people. This helped get the point across on how easy it is to make stereotypical judgments on people. We used a typical white British actor to play the British character to emphasis the stereotypical feeling, a look that proper movies might of employed.
Areas of success
One of our areas that was particularly successful was the editing effects halfway through the opening sequence where we used a faded effect to emphasis the passage of time. The effect flowed very smoothly and joined perfectly with the following shot making the whole scene much better. Another area of success in our opening sequence was the use of different camera shots. We used a range of shots from a pan to a close up to a reverse shoulder shot. This helped our film flow smoothly and gave it a more professional feel to it and meant the transition between shots was much smoother. I think another area that went well was my groups ability to improvise and use what we had to its full effect. We managed to use what props we had, from binoculars to cars enabling enabling us to make our film without any drawbacks.
Areas for improvement
In terms of improvement I think my AS project showed that more time was needed to be spent on the actual story and plot of the opening sequence. The whole story was quite rushed due to timing in AS, which is something I would like to improve meaning we will have to start thinking about the project much earlier to give us more time to think of a story and plot. One other improvement I think is needed after looking at my AS project is the choice of costume. From looking at my AS project I think that much more time and thought needs to go into what the characters should wear, with my AS it looked quite last minute and rushed which is not he feel we want to go for. This means we ill have to, again, start brainstorming ideas much earlier into the project to allow us ample amounts of time to think about what costumes t give the characters.
Audience feedback
The audience feedback we received on our project was mixed, there were plenty of comments on how well we used our camera with the different shots and angles we used to give our project a smooth transition, as well as the recognition that, being students in full time education with limited resources, we used what we had to very effective use. However there were comments on how the story seemed to lack a thorough story and plot, with many viewers getting bored towards the end. This is a reminder on how we need to spend ore time thinking about the story to make the audience keen and interested in the film. There were also concerns on the lack of dialect in the film which brings to our attention the importance of a well scripted dialogue, making it another priority for the next project.
