Research and Planning Targets

You need to evidence your initial ideas and you need to blog regularly. You need to embed some tutorials for the basics and comment on them and you need to comment on at least eight film openings. Have a look at what students in your class have done to see where you should be by now, but don't copy and paste their words! For your analysis of opening two minutes make sure you comment on the following things to show a broad understanding and appreciation: Target Audience Narrative Characters Use of titles Pace of editing Mise en Scene Camera Composition Use of sound Genre conventions You also need to begin to evidence detailed planning for your production, which needs to be detailed and thorough. You casn't afford to fall behind this early in the term Sam!