In
the opening sequence of other films in my genre, the opening usually has a wide
arrangement of items in it. If you do not know by now the genre, I am going for
is drama/comedy that teens can relate to. Usually in teen movies in her early
2000 such as Mean girls or bring it on, it usually has the exact same type of
opening just with different characters. Almost all the time you may see the
protagonist which is usually a new student at a school get ready, go on a drive
with music playing while the opening credits may appear. The 2000 film
"Bring It On" has quite a unusual opening scene. The main character (or protagonist) appears to be cheering on a cheer team with her squad. All of the cheer members seem ecstatic while reciting their choreography. One by one the camera goes to different people, foreshadowing that they may be some of the side characters but have a major impact. Towards the end of the cheer the main character has a embarrassing moment when one of her article's of clothing seem too fall off. Not noticing at first until everybody suddenly stares at her then she realizes that its just a dream and that is how the opening ends. What is rather unusual about that teen movie is that the character is already a student at that school, and a popular one. An opening sequence reveals meaning and tone without giving too much by giving you just a bit of information. When making a opening sequence, filmers try to give you information in bits to lead you on and wanting to watch more, like a cliffhanger. Compared with all the films I have used for examples, all of them use the same camera angles and techniques. Some camera shots being used can be low angle, high angle, close up, medium shot, and extreme shots. Some of these shots would be used to show superiority between other characters, or to show emotion. In the opening scene of 2007 movie "Juno" the shot used in the beginning is a establishing shot, common with most teen comedies, this shot helps establish the location of the scene. Using the close up shot and the narration, this foreshadows something has happened or may even happen. If you have ever watched a teen movie, you would know that the protagonist usually is the narrator, giving a first person view on everything that is happening. Similar to the opening scene for the movie " Juno" The movie roll bounce has a great mixture of close ups, extreme close ups, and medium close ups in its opening scene.
Throughout this production process, not many types of technology were used. Since our cameras never came in, we had to be creative and use whatever we had. In the group i was in we simply used our phones to film and our computer to edit the shots to our liking. This was not really hard since the quality came out perfect and so did our shots. I personally learned that lighting plays an extremely important role in making a quality production. The lighting where he had to film was relatively dark, so we had to use certain camera angles to make the lighting a little bit brighter. The shot types that were used also had an effect on what the lighting would look like. In order to use our equipment properly, I had to watch dozens on top of dozens of videos to make sure that we produce a quality piece. These videos explained how to use the camera, how to edit, even how to hold the phone. These videos were actually a lot of help and I am very glad that I did watch them. I asked my teacher h...
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