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Reflective Analysis (10)

This week my partner and I finished our opening sequence and we also watched our peers work and gave them feedback as to what we thought about their opening sequence. The feedback we received was very constructive and it made us think how we could improve on our work. Some of our peers said that they could empathise  with the protagonist, Sam and felt that we could have used more effects to show Sam's disorientation by making the argument in slow motion and making some of the shots more blurrier. They also said that the music was very effective and that its sets the mood of the film and starts off slow and becomes progressive and stronger towards the end, they considered this to be one of our strengths. However some of our peers said that their could have beee more dialogue and they did not like the voice over, one criticism that kept on occurring in the feedback was Sam's drunk acting, they all felt that this could have been better and it was not convincing enough and some went as far as saying that it broke the verisimilitude of the film.  Our peers felt that the key shots that made emphasised the BSR genre was when Sam was walking down the alley way on his own and the long shot of him sitting in the corner alone and they felt that that the locations we used really reinforced the BSR genre. Overall my partner and I were pleased with the feedback we received. 

Production-Reflective Analysis (9)

This week I started planning and writing the monologue that will accompany the music. I looked over the footage we have filmed and because we changed some parts of the opening because we felt that some of the shots and costumes weren't appropriate and we were attempting to create a different meaning, an example would be the fact the protagonist isn't wearing the same clothing throughout the whole opening is to done to show that this happens on a regular basis and because he is talking to an audience about his addiction he is talking about different occasions that he has drank and how he felt and the opening concludes with the most significant part of the film and this will all be supported by the voice over. When recording the protagonist reciting the monologue I intend to record line by line so it will be easier when editing to match the sentence with what is happening on the screen. I done a blogpost which helped me gain an insight into alcoholism. This has been very helpful and I will continue to refer to this to aid me in writing the voiceover. I have targeting certain tasks each week as I believe that ensuring that these elements are perfect is vital and improves the overall aesthetic of the opening. We still have a little bit more of filming to do and we were unable to film once or twice due to our cast not being available, but majority of the editing has been completed, the titles remain and just making those finishing touches.  

Production-Reflective Analysis (8)

This week my I began to create the music (Opening Sequence Draft) that will accompany the voice over in our opening sequence. To do this I used Logic Pro 8 as I said I would in our treatment. On your left hand side is my DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) were I composed the opening. I used the blogpost I did on Inspirational music as a stimulus and came up with something Which I believe is unique. I also decided that because It was BSR and my target audience is between the ages of 16-25 I needed to add something that would engage them so I added drums to the arrangement, I felt this added another dimension and slowly drew the audience into the diagesis of the film. When I import this into iMovie, my partner and I are thinking to sync a significant part of the monologue to the music, this may just be increasing the volume of that track or the whole track when he says a specific line.  When I asked my peers to listen to the opening they said that they found it drifted towards a thriller in the beginning but as it progresses it becomes more heartfelt and they thought it immediately makes the audience sympathise with the protagonist of the film. I personally feel there is something missing in the piece and I think there should be a slight change in key and more theme and variation, to accomplish this I will add a legato string to the piece, as this will emphasise the pathos in the opening. All I need to do now is mix the arrangement which is manipulating certain sounds and making it move and progress together in unison. I will also include different effects such as distortion, reverb, delay etc.