Feedback: Questions asked to the audience!

THE PROWLER

1) Did you like our film? If so then why?

2) Once the title sequence had ended were you gripped enough to see more?

3) Do you think the music suited our film?

4) Do you think our film would be successful on a larger scale?

We got mostly positive feedback and people said the fort our music was good however our editing could of been more tight and more cuts when within the house.

Skill Audit: Sound And Also Livetype!!

In our lesson we were introduced to two programs called - Soundtrack Pro and Livetype. These programs were vital for the editing of our thrillers, as we need to add music to create the moods and we also need to use livetype for our titles which we been looking at with our teacher to make our title sequences realistic.

Soundtrack Pro was the program that we used to compose and edit our music for our thrillers. The program featured in many music clips that varied from suspenseful to orchestra music, we eventually found tracks that suited our thriller which we later associated with our film. The music we choose was urban and hip hop because we was looking to create a young urban thriller similiar to adulthood. Soundtrack enabled us to create our own unique piece of music from scratch. The tutorial taught us how to:

stretch sound of the timeline
mix sounds
listen to a variety of sounds
explore sound genres
make a sound loud/quiet as moods change

Livetype was very useful as we need to add or title on to make our film look realistic we looked at many title sequences to see the order at which they put the cast, director and producer and so on. On of the title sequences i looked at from a real media productions was :



At first we see columbia pictures presents which is what we did however we used candimedia. After you got the producers and so. We wanted to make our movie as realistic as possible therefore we tried to mirror real media productions in our media productions. With sofware livetype we was able to put title in at any point in our movie we didnt use the most colourful or abtract font because we felt most media production keep the title simple which again we tried to mirror.

Feedback: 4 main questions to ask about our film

'Prowler'

1) Did you like our film? If so then why?

2) Once the title sequence had ended were you gripped enough to see more?

3) Do you think the music suited our film?

4) Do you think our film would be successful on a larger scale?

Location Shots

The location of our film was around the upper street area. Our thriller title sequence was recorded just outside the house on two roads where the target was getting followed and also the main scenes were recorded in the house: kitchen, living room and stairs. The area was quiet, on of the side roads which was ideal for a stalker to follow their target, this is what our thriller was based on.

Final edit of livetype and sound filming practice

In our lesson we were able to edit our practice footage which was based on someone reading a newspaper. This exercise allowed us to experiment with the two programs to add titles and sound to our practive video and see what may go wrong. It also gave us an insight on how the editing of our thriller will look like one we have started.

Skills Audit: Soundtrack and Livetype

In our lesson we were introduced to two programs called - Soundtrack Pro and Livetype. These programs were vital for the editing of our thrillers.



Soundtrack Pro was the program that we used to compose and edit our music for our thrillers as shown above. The program featured in many music clips that varied from suspenseful to orchestra music, we eventually found tracks that suited our thriller which we later associated with our film. Soundtrack enabled us to create our own unique piece of music from scratch. The tutorial taught us how to:

- stretch sound of the timeline
- mix sounds
- listen to a variety of sounds
- explore sound genres
- make a sound loud/quiet as moods change



Livetype was a program allowing us to produce titles for our thrillers as you can see above. This program has many features which allow you to add various effects to your titles such a making them shine, blur etc. Livetype also allows us to change fonts, sizes, colour. The program also has a preview feature which enables to see what the title will look like. In the tutorial we learnt how to:

- change font
- change size/colour
- effects such as blurring or fading etc.
- mix effects
- making each title a certain length

Q.5: Who Would Be The Audience For Your Media Product ?

This video shows the typical person that will be watching my media product. The reason being is because I based it on those who would be watching 'Kidulthood', which our movie is based on.

If video not working, here is link:

http://www.masher.com/player.jsp?key=c994be62-7b39-0a50-dba1-000040fa7819&adscheme=0

Evaluation; Q.2: How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups ?

My media product has two main characters that both portray two stereotypical social groups.

The first social group is a young, hooded, black youth. We decided to input this character as we felt that it would fit the theme of the story we were trying to show; which is a young girl being followed by a guy because her boyfriend owes him money for drugs, and he is holding her hostage- even though this is not shown in the title sequence, that was the idea we were going for.

The girl is just an average teenager who is just coming home. The social group she fits in is the 'cool' group which consists of people from different cultures. We can tell this from her clothes as they are the latest out and they are a mixture if different social groups mixed into one.

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The girl does not belong in the stereotypical 'rude girl' group which black girls are normally associated with. She is calm and collected and down to earth.

The boy on the other hand is as stereotypical as it gets. The black boy in a hoody act automatically makes people think he is looking for trouble, which in this case is right (Fig.1). The big black hoody makes him seem more intimidating. The character from the movie that inspired us is Sam from 'kidulthood' (Fig.2). In the movie he was always looking for trouble and intimidated people.

(Figure 1)

(Figure 2)

Evaluation: Question 6

In the process of making the title sequence to our thriller I have use new forms of different technologies.

First, I learnt the precautions & safety of using the a video camera and it's tripod, this was beneficial knowledge to us when we were making our film, as we where going to be panning ect and if we don't know to correctly do it we can damage equitment.

Secondly, I had to use LiveType so that we were able to give our work titles which is the main goal of this project (entering text into our title sequence for our thriller).

Next, Final Cut Pro was used for the main editing aspects of our film because we were able to cut in and between clips and edit clips in general also I have learnt a great deal in this project.
The internet and it's software e.g. google, The art of the title sequence and blogger were needed when making our thriller. Google is the main source for where we found out information and blogger is where we uploaded our own information about our thrillers title sequence.

For the sound effects created and used were used by a software package called Soundtrack Pro, this was used very well I feel when we were trying to create suspense and atmosphere in the thriller.

Open Title Sequence Ideas:

After coming up with many ideas for a possible opening title sequence, some conventional to the 'typical' thriller and others we saw as more of a challenge to the 'typical' thriller. Our general idea to begin with that we believed to be 'typical' was a male following a female through the streets.

We wanted to elaborate this idea as we know, from watching other thriller movies, it works well in capturing an audience within suspense. After the suggestion of many possible ideas we finally came up with the following outline for our sequence and soon after began to storyboard and choose possible locations for shooting. In our opening title sequence we will see a conspicuous man standing againt a wall watching a girl go past giving the idea he has choosen his target (victim). He then follow her into her house where he get into the position then attacks the girl surprising her.

We also wanted to created a sense of two people invovled therefore we used hand held camera movemen to suggest this. Its was hard but i think we did rather well.

Q2 EVALUATION-How Does Your Media Product Reflect Differant social stereotypes?

I think my media product shows a few stereotype such as the girl begin the victim however its not alwasy like that as new movie the orphan isn't the same. Also the idea that the girl being followed by the man then becomes attacked by him ect, this is very cliched however we got the idea from a movie called the halloween where the character micheal myers haunts his victims but creating noises ect. Which is what we tried to do boy the boy leaving the open the girl notices the doors open and becomes scared also very cliched.

Here as small clip of micheal myers in action giving you the idea of what we tried to create in our title sequence:



A Small montage of clips of the halloween film!

Intro to Camera & Health & Safety Tutorial

In our lesson, we were introduced to the JVC ProHD GY-HM700 camera that we were going to use to record our thrillers. We were shown a presentation of main factors such as:

- how to turn the camera on/off
- inserting of the memory cards
- applying zoom/focus
- inserting and removing the battery
- opening/closing lens
- how to record

Each group was then provided with a camera, every person in the group had a go on the camera eg. turning it on/off etc. We were also provided with a tripod and taught how to apply the camera on the tripod, then lock it and finally how to remove it from the tripod. We were also informed on how inportant it is to be cautious with the camera's. This tutorial helped us boost our confidence with the camera's also the knowledge that we had on how to use one, learning how the camera functions was a good introduction before we went of to record our thrillers.

Evaluation; Q1 In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of a real media product?

To gain knowledge and understanding the forms and conventions of an opening title sequence we were required to watch a number of thriller movies for example i watched:

I The Beginning i wanted to create a psychological thriller i felt "se7en" title sequence was powerful and even without knowledge of the film you can guess the type of genre it was going to be which is wht i wanted to do.

Also took a look at:


I felt these shot where amazing and you could really see the whole of the city which the film was filmed in. To demonstrate our knowledge of the forms and conventions, whilst planning our sequence, we made an effort to include as many as we could and as many would fit our title sequence to help illustrate what we wanted illustrate. We compared our title sequence to the opening title sequence of "The Heat" to highlight the conventions we used. Reason being is because the heat editing was what we tried to do quick cut to keep the audience interested and satisfied. I Compared parts of my sequence to my favourite scene in the heat movie has we used forms and conventions identical to The heat.

In the beginning of our we choose "candimedia" as our convention institutional ident because it cost cheap and we have a low budget therefore using this would be appropiate. We made our convetional idents show during the movie as other movies either fade them out or on a black screen for example, panic rooms has to human movement jus long shot oflocations showing us there titles which i felt looked good however would be more effective if they used our methods of combining acting and title together.

Our location also played a vital part in the opening of our title as sequence as we see an outside area then it shifts into a household. Sadly because of our low budget and not able to go in higher place we couldn't get good location shot like the panic room as the used ariel shot prbaly within a helicopter.

Lastly the use of sound was very effective,. Our soundtrack we created was fast and very hip hop as in the beginning we used hip pop beat to start of the movie it then slows down into a more eerie sound which was good for our thriller, i think this challenges alot of thriller that are a real media product as they don't usually combine eerie sounds with hip pop ub beat sounds which i think we did very well and was a success.

Analysis of 9 shots from Art of the Title Sequence

Panic Room

The first image of the title sequence gives the audience a clear idea that the main production company is Columbia pictures in bold writing with a city long-shot view. On the next image the layout of the city and the angle from where the image is taken changes slightly.

The images that follow start to introduce the films main actors – bold, large font and size titles are used. Panic room starring the likes of Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto. Once the main characters that feature in the film are introduced, the sixth image has another long-shot possibly taken of a roof top. The image includes the films title: Panic Room – once again in bold writing, large size and font. Music by Howard Shore and directed by David Fincher are image related to the others, sticking to the same size and font throughout.

All of the images are city based with similar sizes of writing and identical fonts throughout the title sequence. The fact that the title sequence is based on images from the city indicates that the film will be based in this city.

Evaluation Question 7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it yo the full product?

In our media project we started looking at professional thriller title sequences, then we had preliminary tasks to carry out and after that we finally did our final task (the thriller). In comparison to our preliminary exercise our final title sequence was much better by the shots used, planning, sound, mis en scene and editing.

Our preliminary and final videos are her below:

Q5 EVALUATION- Who Would Be The Audience For Your media Product?

Our target audience would be young teenagers and young adults as we think if this film was to publish it wouldn't be the type of movie shown suitable for younger children. I felt that we needed to have an audience around 15 and over as after these particular ages people have reached a level of maturity therefore i felt that Our film "The Prowler" best suited this age range. Another reason why we felt that 15 and over would best ve suitable for our movie is for marketing reason. If we put it any less legal parents must company a child if there watching a under 15 film as the certificate below is 12A implying if we c ertified our movei for 12A and over it prablay wouldn't get many view has 15 year old don't want to watch a movie for younger children seems more boring and parent wouldn.t want to accompany their children to a movie with voilenc within it therefore our chosen age work best for everybody.

Techinal audit of bait tutorial

In our lesson we were taught how to use Final Cut Pro, this program enabled us to edit. We learned the basics of how to input and output for example. We were provided with a short film footage that we had to try to match and edit. The matching allowed us to arrange clips of the footage on the timeline. This tutorial was useful because it gave everyone a clear image of what editing our thriller will be like.

Cameras and health and safety tutorial

In this tutorial we were taught how to use the camera as well as the precautions we need to take while using the camera. We were shown how the camera works, what buttons we need to use while filming to get the best possible results. We were shown how to use the tripod and how to place the camera safely on the tripod. We were shown how to focus the camera, where the slot is for the memory card.

While we was in this lesson we learnt rules we have to stick to when filming our opening title sequence for our thrillers such as if it rains we should take umbrellas to cover the camera because if the camera was to get wet it would break and we would not be able to film. when we film we should not touch the lens otherwise you could get fingerprints on the lens which means it will ruin the quality of our film as fingerprints will be over the screen and also finally we should close the lens we are finished and make sure it is turned off otherwise the battery will run out.

There were many safety precautions we were told to take. One was to make sure we don't put our hands or the fingers on the camera lens because it would affect the quality of the filming. Another one was to make sure the camera was placed on the tripod properly as it might fall off. We were also told to open up the tripod properly because if it was not open properly then it might be unbalanced and unsecure.

Camera Tutorial

During this tutorial, we was introduced to the camera's and equiptment we will be working with in order to produce our thriller clips. We were firstly shown and told what each part of the camera was called. We were then showed how to insert our memory cards, how to zoom the camera, get the lense into focus ect.We then were then told the safety regulations for the equpitment, which were:

- Making sure all bolts were tightened properly on the tripod before inserting the camera onto it

- Making sure the camera was secure on top of the tripod before letting go.

- Carry the equiptment responsibly.

News and current affairs event

Leaders clash in final TV debate



The leaders of Britain's three biggest parties are going head-to-head over the economy in the final TV debate before next week's general election. The clear winner of the last debate was Nick Clegg as he showed his calm figure and spoke well during the TV debate. This will be the third and final, most important debate just before the election.

Gordon Brown branded Conservative plans to axe child tax credits for better off families "unfair and immoral".

Tory leader David Cameron said Mr Brown had got his facts wrong and "should be ashamed of what he is doing".

Nick Clegg said the way the tax credit system operated was "so unfair" and said the Lib Dems would fix it.

Evaluation Question 6) What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

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This is the link for an image of using LiveType in my media project, I could not upload the image straight to blogger.com because all of the image uploading capacity has been taken up and it will not let me upload any other images to the website.

In the process of making the title sequence to our thriller I have use new forms of different technologies.

First, I learnt the precautions & safety of using the a JVC video camera and it's tripod, this was beneficial knowledge to us when we were making our film.

Second, we had the use LiveType so that we were able to give our work titles which is the main goal of this project (entering text into our title sequence for our thriller).

Next, Final Cut Pro was used for the main editing aspects of our film because we were able to cut in and between clips and edit clips in general also I have learnt a great deal in this project.

The internet and it's software e.g. google, The art of the title sequence and blogger were needed when making our thriller. Google is the main source for where we found out information and blogger is where we uploaded our own information about our thrillers title sequence.

For the sound effects created and used were used by a software package called Soundtrack Pro, this was used very well I feel when we were trying to create suspense and atmosphere in the thriller.

List of thriller sub-genres

Thrillers consist of many sub-genres. These include:

Action thriller - in which the work often features a race against the clock, contains lots of violence, and usually guns.

Psychological thriller - the conflict between the main characters is mental and emotional, rather than physical.

Crime thriller - both crime films and thrillers consist of a suspenseful account of a successful or failed crime or crimes. Crime thrillers usually emphasise action over psychological aspects.

Horror thriller - where main character is put in danger and their main enemies are unrealistic creatures in which they must destroy to achieve their goal.

Action thrillers seem to be the ones that inspire me because they develop a wide spread to tension and keep the viewer gripped. Therefore, this makes me want to watch on to find out what the outcome of the film will be.

Example of action thriller is Transporter 3:

Detailed analysis of thriller clip analysed

Pulse

The sequence begins with a large amount of graphics and cuts which is used to set the scene. There are a variety of cuts which include: a snap shot of someone typing on a computer, clouds going past to show time increase. These cuts are used to show the viewer a foreshadowing image of what may happen later in the film, they also allow the audience to see what the film is about, which in this case is technology. The opening then follows on with a man walking, there are POV shots of the main character looking at people on computers, iPods and phones.

The location that the character is in seems bright, which doesn’t seem conventional for thrillers. The man then enters the university library, in the far background a car is visible. Looking closer, the car mirror seems to have a dark blurry figure, once again this foreshadows later events. The lighting within the location seems to have changed, the university is darker than the outside, meeting the convention of a thriller. The man is now on his own, the character matches the damsel in distress. As he enters the university library the man see flashbacks of the same dark figure he earlier saw in the car mirror. His dark surrounding causes tension in relation with music. The music in the background and the sound produced whilst the titles appear indicate that the film seems to be a psychological thriller, during later parts of the sequence the music keeps the audience gripped but a the same time cautious. The man later gets caught by a scary dark looking character, which leads to him screaming, from this moment the film begins.

How is suspense created in the film you watched in class?

The Shining

Suspense is a key feature within a film which grips the viewer making them speculate about what may happen next. ‘The Shining’ does this through many different psychological ways.

The film hints events that have occurred in the past which will later relate to the film, this type of element keeps the audience constantly curious. The flashbacks that Danny sees as he cycles emphasises the mystery story that occurred in the hotel previously. Another key scene is when Jack enters room 237 and notices a beautiful women, this creates suspense as earlier the audience was sure that something horrific will happen as soon as Jack enters. As the scene develops Jack begins to kiss the women when suddenly she turns into a repulsive creature which consumes the viewers with suspense.

Shining hides other various types of suspense e.g. Danny who shares psychic abilities with the hotel's chef who calls it shining also develops tension within the audience. The camera work also has an effect as the frequent use of long shots throughout both the ‘Overlook hotel’ and its garden maze have a disorientating effect on the viewer. The scene where Jack is axing down the bathroom door and Wendy who’s constant screaming builds tension, shows Jacks head poke through the shattered door shouting ‘here’s Jonny’. This scene is arguably the best within the film as the viewer is held within suspense to see what happens next, surprisingly Wendy leaves within any injury.

Suspense

The definition of suspence is:

- tension
- mental uncertanty or anxiety
- excited anticipation of an approaching climax

Evaluation Question 5) Who would be the audience for your media product?

The target audience for my thriller are both males and females between 15-22. The thriller was targeted at a 15 certificate. The images above represent a typical teenagers items that would feature in their bag. People of such ages have a wide interest in thrillers, this is why our main target are people between such ages. This Adidas bag belongs David aged 17, he has a wide interest in new technology: blackberry, i-touch and a digital camera feature in his bag.

Evaluation Question 2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

There was not many characters to choose from in our films title sequence. I could only find one shot of a character that could be kind of related to our film as part of a particular social group, which is a young black girl being followed by a young black boy who is in this case is the bad guy.

Evaluation Question 1) In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

In our media project we were asked to compare 9 still images from a film that was similar to our film but I would only find 4 images from the film that looked similar to our film so I have only chosen 4 images from the film and 4 images from our film. I have chosen to make a comparison to the film "Halloween" as the film and the titles kind of matched our thriller.

Evaluation: Question 3 & 4

I think media institutions such as YouTube, Sky Digital and Social media institutions such as blogging will definitely distribute my product i think because it has a mass audience and the concept of the title sequence is basic but rather interesting.

To Attract audience i post my film on social networks such as facebook and myspace:
Our title sequence was trying to attract young teenagers and young adults giving the age rang around 15 and over, in order to attract our target audience i would use social network chat rooms like:

Q. 3&4 - Evaluation.

This is an example of an excellent student film that has 2,060 views.
As this is a low budget film; probably done with resources the filming crew already had, there was no media institutions involved and the students had to distribute their work on their own, using the resources around of them, one of them being the internet.
The internet is one of the best way to distribute ametuer and professional works as it can reach people around the world and become international.
I found this video on youtube, which is one of the best internet sites to distribute ametuer videos as it is free and gets over 100 million views a day. It can also be accessed by people world wide.

Other sites that will be good for distribution are social sites such as facebook, myspace and piczo.
Having thousands of friends on these sites can share your video making it popular. Low budget posters can be done on the computer, costing very little money. They video may be seen by big produces that find their work interesting, and may want to invest in them, although this is very rare.

These students would have to attract the audiences attention by making the film exciting and using phrases like 'scary thriller' and 'shocking' to attract people. Once they have a decent amount of views like this video, a local cinema might find what they are doing productive and may agree to do a screening amongst peers and family.

Evaluation Question 3&4) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? How will you attract/address your audience?

I have made a decision to show my film in low profile cinemas such as (The screen on the green), because it was made on a low budget also it is an independent film. Candi studios will produce my film as they are the colleges main film production company. My film will be advertised similar to (Kidulthood and Adulthood) which were made on a low budget. I will promote our film by the use of the internet on many websites including "Facebook and Youtube", because these websites mostly appeal to the main target audience (15+).

I will also advertise our film by using billboards, mobile phone apps, magazines and many other forms of advertising. I think that the best way of getting my film advertised would be word of mouth and for people to write reviews on the film.

Evaluation Question 8) Audience feedback and comment

News and Current Affairs Events

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8643676.stm

Election 2010: War of words mounts over hung parliament

The war of words has intensified over the possibility of a hung parliament after the general election.

The Conservatives said that, if no party gained a majority in the Commons, it would "paralyse" the UK's economy and create a political "stitch-up".

But Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said it could usher in political reform and end the "preposterous" current system.

Labour's Gordon Brown argued it was "arrogant" to discuss Westminster deals before voting happens on 6 May.

Opinion polls continue to suggest no party will gain an overall majority in the election, the first time this would have happened in the UK since 1974.

In other election developments on Monday:

• Gordon Brown made a pledge on cancer test results in England in a speech to the Royal College of Nursing
• Two senior Conservative councillors raised questions about Tory plans to allow parents to set up schools with state funding
• The Respect party launched their manifesto in Manchester
• The Conservatives and Unionists set out plans to bring investment to Northern Ireland in their manifesto
• Labour suspended a candidate over alleged offensive remarks
• The SNP said they had raised £50,000 to proceed with legal actionover Thursday's third prime ministerial debate on the BBC

But the possibility of a hung parliament continues to dominate political debate.

Speaking at a Conservative election campaign event in central London, shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt said this would mean a "lack of accountability", with no one party in charge, and deals being done "behind closed doors".

Post-election talk

The last time this happened, it resulted in a fall in share prices and, eventually, the "winter of discontent" of 1978/9.

Mr Hunt said: "It's ordinary people, not politicians, who suffer the effect of paralysis at the top. That's why a hung parliament would be bad for everyone."

He warned that voting systems in other countries, which tend to bring in hung parliaments and coalition governments, created instability.

Belgium's latest regime collapsed last week after just five months, Mr Hunt said, adding that Israel had had 32 governments in 62 years and Italy had had 60 since World War Two.

Earlier Tory leader David Cameron accused the Lib Dems of wanting to "hold the whole country to ransom", saying their proposed overhaul of the voting system would result in a "permanent hung Parliament".

The Lib Dems want a proportional representation system of voting, which they say more fairly reflects the will of the electorate as a whole, rather than giving the Conservatives and Labour an in-built advantage.

Mr Clegg said the "unfairness" of the present set-up meant "electoral reform is a first step of any government of any composition".

"The way in which politicians may need to speak to each other after the general election will be shaped, and has to be shaped, entirely by two things.

"Firstly, by the result of the election... and, secondly, by the priorities that each of the parties set out.

"I have tried to be quite clear that... there are some circumstances which, it seems to me, will strike most people in this country as either unfair or very fair."

But Gordon Brown said no-one should be "arrogant" enough to talk about making political deals before the election had taken place.

"Do not take the people of this country for granted," he said in an interview with the BBC's Nick Robinson.

"Don't be arrogant enough to assume that you can start talking about after an election, let the people make their own views up. And let people decide."

'Last minute'

The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg said Labour and the Conservatives were continuing to have to shift their tactics to address the Lib Dem threat.

Welsh Secretary Peter Hain appealed to supporters of other parties, whom he described as "the great decent majority", to support Labour in certain marginal seats to prevent the Conservatives from winning them.

"There ought to be a way of the anti-Tory majority expressing itself," he said.

But former Liberal Party leader Lord Steel said he did not foresee anything happening in the remainder of the campaign to change the current state of the polls and there was a strong "likelihood" of a hung Parliament.

Intro to Cameras & Health and Safety Tutorial

In our lesson today our teacher gave every group a JVC video camera, he then put a powerpoint slideshow up for us on the interactive whiteboard so that we could watch how to operate and use the video camera's sufficiently and correctly. After we watched the powerpoint presentation we had learnt how to insert memory cards into slot A & B, how to insert and take out the battery correctly, how to turn on and off the video camera, how to record and play back the recordings, how to use the focus assist function/using selection 1 and 2, how to zoom in and out, how to use the manual audio control, how to use the auto shooting mode, how and when to use the tripod (for a steady camera), how to use the tripods base adaptor and how to lock/unlock the camera onto and off of the tripods connector safely and correctly.

The art of the title sequence

This title sequence is not just about the titles themselves but it also has clips with action in of what the film is about, which shows of part of the movies story making the viewer keen and interested in the film right from the start, which I think is a good idea because, although it is only a title sequence and seem to short for anyone to notice or care about it acts as part of a story line for the rest of the film meaning that it can capture the audiences attention right from the beginning, which gets the audience into the movie. I found this title sequence to be exciting by it catching my attention straight from the start and this is one my main targets to achieve with making my title sequence.

What I also liked about the title sequence for "Dawn of the dead" appealed to me, because it is unique, also what appealed to me was the titles themselves with the animation/colour simulating blood streams used on the titles which sets the film up as being a horror thriller. The movement of the titles as well as the transition of the blood streaming across the screen is quite unordinary which I like.

There are a lot of different aspects that appealed to me about this specific title sequence such as the use of cuts with the cuts linking the story to news affairs about what is going on also I liked how the colour is edited from the film being in colour to going black and white in parts. This title sequence gave me a lot of ideas to think of for my title sequence in how to show action in-between titles and how to make the title abstract and unordinary by using different tools to edit by.