BFI FILM INDUSTRY DAY
On the 21st of November our AS media class went
to a study day held at the BFI Film Industry. I found this day both informative
and enjoyable. We learnt a lot about how to make an effective film opening,
looking at examples and analysing them. We looked at the amount of time and
effort which goes into a few short minuets of a film, how crucial these opening
moments are to help express the genre, character, setting, atmosphere and
narrative of the film. We looked at which job titles appear in the opening
credits and which did not. Those which did not appear in the opening credits
would appear on the tail credits. Some of the job titles that are shown in the
head titles are designer, make-up, costume, editor and music.
We also looked at a few different student made pieces of
coursework and decided as a collective group what grades they got for them, this
helped me to understand what I should include in my film opening to get my goal
grade. We were reminded to always try to include some of the five titles:
genre, character, setting, atmosphere and narrative.
We also had two question and answer sessions. One of these
was held with a vsx Supervisor called Simon Frame and the other was with a
producer called Jake Hume. Simon Frame taught us about all the names which are
expected to appear within the opening credits and how long making an effective
set of opening credits can cost. He showed us a set of opening credits which he
help create and told us the process of creating them. From the session with
Jake Hume we learnt the stages required to make a low budget film. I found out
that you have to have permission for settings within a film and that this can
be really difficult to do. He also told us about the main things needed to make
an effective movie ‘PPPC’ standing for; people, places, props and costumes. We
were also told to take pictures of any possible locations to put onto our blogs
and discuss why we did or didn’t use this location.
In the last session ‘make your own film opening’ we were
told you have to keep evidence of absolutely everything you do while creating
your film opening and put is all onto you blog. We were also told about a skill
called ‘Foley’ which is basically re-creating every sound within the film again;
this allows a better quality sound or audio.
The day was very enjoyable and went by extremely fast, I
learnt a lot during
this day about all the different elements which we should include when creating
a title sequence. I think this day has helped me further my understanding of
how to make a title sequence and therefore I can higher my grade by using the
skills and techniques we were taught.
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