7 Evaluation Questions

Evaluation

Ideas for opening credits

For our opening credits we decided to relate it to the title of our film which is called 'Spotlight on Alison' our titles will be based around the idea of a spotlight, so there will be a black background, then, a spotlight will appear and in that spotlight a title will appear, the typograpthy will be based around the romance theme therefore it will be stylised italicaly and the shade of pink or red will have to compliment the shade of the spotlight.

Here are a few I created, my group members Esther and Edward have also created some of their ideas;

Music research

I was responsible for music research in my group and Edward was in charge of opening titles research whilst Esther worked on the picture storyboard

For our opening sequence we have to accompany our titles and the 1st scene with music, due to the fact our sequence is based on romance we need to look for music to suit this element.Also, we have to pick the music carefully because music can piece our whole sequence together and set the atmosphere.The music also has to be copyright free.

Before choosing the music, I researched looking at different romance films and the music in which they used.

Here are a few examples.





Enchanted

In Enchanted, the music starts off very magical and fairy talelike however futher on the protagonist starts to sing a song about finding her true loves kiss which sets the romantic element of the film, it also gives the clues of what the narrative may be about.
I feel that finding and using a song with lyrics may enhance our sequence and it will help tell the story a little bit more.





The Princess diaries

The opening seqence starts off with establishing shots of the city and city life, however the music accompanying it is very mellow soft and romantic, so it is a contrapuntal sound from the images we see, i think this is a very clever idea because although we can see the city we can here a romanctic soundtrack which helps the audience identify the genre.

When we are then introduced to the charecter the music changes;
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"SuperGirl"
Written by krystal harris, J. Morant and Jimmy Harry
Performed by krystal harris
Courtesy of KBNHA Records

It is a song with lyrics with a rock based element; i feel this type of music got used not only to portray the charecters personality but also for the teenage audience to engage with because young teenagers prefer rock and edgy music to classical, and it helps to describe the charecter that we are introduced to so similarly to enchanted the music used gives the audience's clues and a clear understanding of what going on.



Chasing Liberty (trailer)

Full movie;http://www.watch-movies-online.tv/movies/chasing_liberty/

Chasing Liberty is one of my favourite opening seqences for a romance movie, simply because of the fact it breaks the rules but in an effective way. It starts off with close ups of the charecters eyes then lips putting make up on then to a close up of her face before the camera pans from her feet to her face. This is extremely effective because we our instanstly drawn to this charecter straight away.

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"American Girl"
Performed by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Written by Tom Petty
Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd
Courtesy of Gone Gator Records

Once again the music played has a rock/edgy feel to it to engage to teenage audiences, and just like The Princess Diaries the song played is describing the charecter (protagonist) that we instantly see.

The camera then cutaway to a car driving across the road to a close up of where we are introduced to a male charecter pruning himself, we then cutback to the female charecter where it appears as she is getting ready for her date as we also hear her first line of dialogue 'Of course you may kiss me' we then have continuos cutaways from charecter to charecter showiong each of them getting ready for thier date. We then END with an ESTABLISHING SHOT which is unuasul as we usually start of with them of the location that the female charecter is in and the male charecter is approching.

Looking at these films I have found out that the music played can be used to describe the charecter or to give clues of what the narrative may be about so I will keep this in mind when looking for music. Also, looking at Chasing Liberty the opening seqeunce has similar elements that my groups opening sequence has such as the female charecter looking in the mirror etc, however to develop this we could start off by meeting our female charecter in a close up and gradually get further away as it worked well in Chasing liberty. We can also end in an establishing shot as she leaves after she encounters Ricardo, so we too would be breaking the rules but in an effective way.
Also, the cutaways between each charecter building suspence as they get closer and closer is very similar to what we have done.
The beggining bit we will keep the same.

The sites that I will use to find music;

http://freeplaymusic.com/

Picture storyboard

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Opening sequence and script finalised

The opening sequence starts off with numerous exterior shots of Barking Abbey Leisure centre, we then have a longshot of Ricardo walking into the leisure centre, we have numberous shots of Ricardo approaching the stairs, meanwhile Alison is in the dance studio collecting her things getting ready to leave (we will have numerous cutaways to show this), as Ricardo approches the top of the stairs towards the changing room Alison opens the dance studio door and sees Ricardo for the first time she is instantly love stuck.Ricardo then walks into the changing room and Alison peaks through the window to see him. We then dissolve to the titles.

Ext. The camera pans the outside of Barking Abbey Leisure Centre

Ext. The camera pans around the outside of Barking Abbey Leisure centre

RICARDO walks to the leisure centre entrace walks through the leisure centre

ALISON

(Stretches)

RICARDO

(Walks up stairs)

ALISON

(Collects things getting ready to leve the dance studio)

RICARDO

(Continues to walk up stairs)

ALISON

(Fixes hair in mirror)

RICARDO

(Reaches the top of the stairs and walks towards the changing rooms)

ALISON

(Walks towards the door opens it and sees RICARDO she looks at him lovestruck from the feet upwards)

RICARDO

(Opens changing room door and walks inside)

ALISON

(ALISON peeks through the window to see RICARDO)

Cast List

Props & Costume list

• Basketball
• Comb
• Stereo
• Cd
• Duffle bag
• Lipgloss
• Mascara

Alison

• Black leggings
• T-shirt (black)
• Black Ballet shoes

Ricardo

• Basketball kit
• Basketball trainers