The genre of film we have made is a drama. Our opening sequence of the film and how this may lead on is similar to films like “P.S. I Love You” and “Remember Me”. This is mainly due to the plot but also because of how they show emotion in the films.
“P.S I love You” is a good example of this, in our opening sequence we show memories of how Lily and the main character were very happy together, “P.S. I Love You” is similar by showing the moment the couple meets. It shows a contrast between emotion of happiness and remorse.
The non-diagetic sound (in this case, the music) matches the mood of the film. This again can be shown by “P.S. I Love You” as music is used at the start of the film that links in with the film, “P.S. I Love You” has Irish Folk songs at the start; this link in the film as it announces location and also link with a character as he himself is Irish.
Our opening music has the voiceover of the main character reading a voiceover narration (which is also non-diagetic) that relates to his story of losing his partner.
How we written the music and lyrics with is breaks conventions of drama films like this as like in “P.S. I Love You” they use a pre-recorded Irish Folk song. We had to write and record our sound ourselves and add it to the film.
Camera work for our product was very basic and nothing specific was used, however we deliberately use a lot of close up, this opening scene is all about the emotions the main character is feeling and the close ups will show them to the audience. We kept to the 180 degree rule, we used establishing shots to show the audience the location and also tracking shots of the main character.
Our editing of the opening scene is good. There is two points in the film where accuracy was key, the scene on the swings and when the main character sees Lily across the road. At both point we had to shoot two scenes and edit them in such a way that they molded together seamlessly. The use of elliptical editing and match cuts in the film to help the audience follow the film much easier.
What is original about our production would be the sound; this is because we created the music ourselves. We created the music on Sibelius 6. It was created in a manner that matches the mood of the film and followed the mood till the end of the opening sequence.
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