Feedback 1 - Miss Spencer

I can see you have worked hard on this Georgia,although it is not the opening sequence it is a clip used by OCR in an exam on textual analysis and therefore relevant. You are creating an opening and you need to investigate what elements are often found in each genre.

. I can see from this analysis that you have discussed the correct elements, uploaded relevent screen shots etc, so as long as you apply this to the correct part of the text you are on the right track.

Can you follow the instructions below to successfully analyse an opening.

•  Think about the questions below, ensure you are addressing all of them.
•  Embed JPEG images throughout you analysis (stills from the film) 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.