The aim of this task was to establish a clear idea of the sounds we want to use in our opening sequence as well as showing exactly why we went to use specific types of music.
In addition to the points on the right, we also thought it was imperative to our opening sequence to have music that would 'set the scene' for the rest of the film.
We feel as if the music we have chosen can successfully do this because it provides several connotations as to where the plot could be heading.
Given that the music is both slow and peaceful, we wanted to represent Ralph as this type of character and hopefully this do so successfully.
After conversing with an audience member on how we can improve our opening sequence, we found that it was going to be very difficult to achieve a high grade with the footage we have at the moment. Problems we identified included the factors below:
To work on these improvements, we will need to shoot again in order to make our opening sequence considerably better.
Most importantly, we need to make sure that we are going to provide more content for the audience within this sequence. This is because after watching the opening sequence, we do not have enough for the audience to stay engaged with.
Furthermore, we feel as if the content used is lacking in action a little bit thus failing to engage the audience. As a result, we will need to use match on action to show close up shots of Ralph painting. As a result, we practiced these shots prior to the film which will allow us to get a better idea of the shots we need to use in our sequence to make it more engaging.
Below we practiced our match on action techniques that we aim to use in our opening sequence.
After filming this scene, we found that using a tripod for the majority of our shots is the most effective way of achieving a steady and professional opening sequence. This is because filming without a tripod, free-hand, we find it difficult to shoot a steady shot especially outside.
After filming on Saturday (5th December) we found that our footage was, on the whole, at a good standard as to what we were wanting to achieve on this official filming day as a group. Nevertheless, we found some problems even after doing planning and research in great detail for a number of weeks prior to the filming day.
Most inconveniently, we were challenged by the weather conditions throughout the day. The most troubling aspect was the wind at our location. Even after moving our filming days several times to suit our needs. The wind was extremely inconvenient because of the weight of the props. Given that the props were pieces of paper, it was most inconvenient because we had to have them still in order to film. As a result, it took us over half an hour to get the perfect shot but we did this by shielding the area in which we were filming the shot.
Moreover, the lighting also played a big problem as we were obviously limited by the sunset time (around 4pm). To be able to get around this, we arrived at the location by 1pm and set up an hour before the actor arrived. As we set up fairly quickly, we were able to shoot different shots such as the establishing shot where the actor, who was yet to arrive, was not needed.
On the whole, we found filming very successful because we had shot the things we had wanted.
