I will use these successful Spy films to help me create an opening sequence. By watching these films, it will help us as a group have knowledge of an original spy genre film, therefore we can apply the different characteristics and features that are used in a successful spy film. For example, by watching 'Casino Royale' it gives us the idea that we have to wear formal suits, to apply the Spy theme.
We asked our audience what gender they were. From our results, 22 people out of 28 were boys and 6 people were girls. The reason why we asked this question was because it may affect our results with interests.
From our results, 11 people voted that there favourite genre is comedy, therefore as a group we'll try and create a comedy side of our spy genre film. This means that our opening sequence will be a hybrid genre film.
From looking at these results, 12 people from our survey has chosen the film 'Skyfall' as their favourite James Bond film, therefore this information can help us, as we'll use a similar structure of the film for our opening sequence.
From looking at our results, 21 people voted that they want to see the gender 'male' to be the stereotypical 'hero' in a spy genre film, therefore in our opening sequence our hero will be a Male.
From looking at our results, 14 people voted that their favourite feature of a spy genre film is the car chases, therefore in our opening sequence we'll try and include a scene of somebody driving in a car.
When James Bond is in the truck, the film uses diegetic sounds of the truck to try and create the sound of danger. By doing this it makes the audience feel uncomfortable. Also the film uses slow motion edits as James bond crashes the truck through the fence, which makes it even more dramatic, this also makes the audience feel uncomfortable, as they want to know what's going to happen next.
As James Bond jumps off the crane onto the construction building, non diegetic sounds build up as James bond nearly fell off, this creates a shocking feeling to the audience as they don't kno what's going to happen next.
The film uses a medium close up shot, to help identify to the audience who the victim is to the audience. Also in the same shot the victim is holding a gun, which also connotes to the audience that the victim is a massive danger towards James Bond. By this happening its makes the sequence even more intense.
Also in this clip, the film uses a variety of lighting. For example when the victim is running away from James Bond, the film uses natural lighting to help identify the victim climbing up the building to the audience.
Furthermore as the sequence moves on, the film uses top lighting when the victim kicks a worker off the construction building, top lighting is used to cast shadows on the floor quite glamorous.
Throughout the sequence, the film uses non diegetic sounds, to help try and create a dramatic and intense atmosphere. This makes the audience feel like somethings going to happen.
Also throughout the fight between James Bond and the Victim on the construction crane, the film uses a establishing shot to set the scene near the sea, which also makes it dramatic as we assocciate the sea with danger and uncertainty.
Furthermore, as the chase moves on, the film uses fast paced cuts when the victim is running away from James Bond, to help show how intense and dramatic the chase is to the audience.
Kit Kat chunky and cup of tea - camera angles and shot types
Close up - We did a close up of I drinking the cup of tea and also eating the Kit Kat in order to create realism and also emphasis the romance that we were trying to create.
High and Low Angles - We included both types of angles in our video to incenuate power(low angle) and inferiority (high angle)- to suggest that they are being looked down on.
Over the shoulder shot - We used this type of shot when I started to move closer to the Kit Kat in our short clip, we did this to try and create enigma to the audience.
Wide Shot - We used a wide shot to establish the surroundings within our clip to make it more captivating, to do this we took the video on a landscape setting.
In the two separate media lessons we were given two tasks to do during the 2 hours in which we had to complete it. We had to complete these tasks in a group, in the group there was me, Jack Rundle and Josh Worrall.
Our first task was the Kit Kat chunky and we had to film ourselves using a variety of different shot types eating the Kit Kat chunky bar. In the end result, I had to eat the chocolate bar whiles Jack and Josh were filming me using different shot types.
By completing this task, it helped us gain a lot of knowledge about a variety of media features and techniques. For example in order to produce our short filming sequence, we had to use Final cut pro to combine our different videos together to make it look professional.
Our second task was to film ourselves drinking a cup of tea. I personally think that my group succeeded better in this task than the first task. This is because we had much better experience of using the different shot types, as a result of this we were more confident, therefore we applied more shot types, for example we used a medium close up, to identify me to the audience. We also used an over the shoulder shot to show where I'm walking to. Also we used a variety camera angles during our filming, we used wide angle shots to establish the location of where we were located. Also we used a high angle shot to enable to audience to see what I was drinking and where I was located.
Furthermore by completing this task it has helped us be much more confident of applying different types of shot types and camera angles.
Firstly, prior to the A -level course I had a variety of knowledge about media studies. This is mainly due to the fact I had taken Media Studies last year as a GCSE, therefore I know lots of different media language and techniques. This means that it will help me understand the course more than somebody that didn't take Media Studies.
Also I've had other experiences of using Media features, for example, IMOVIE, photoshop, social media etc. I personally think that these apps help me gain more knowledge of the course, therefore it will help me complete a variation of tasks within the subject.
