Synopsis and Rationale
For my AS opening sequence I wanted to create a product that represented a more realistic and less glamerous view of crime in the UK. This opening sequence follows an average city worker making their journey home. It has a voice over which makes the audience think that the character we are following is a hitman. When he arrives home, it is revealed that he is infact not the hitman and the person who was talking is waiting for him in his house. We realise that the person we have been following is actually the hit.
Areas of Success
Working independantly was one area that we succeeded in, as we were able to do most of our project without the need of help from people outside our group. The preliminary task helped us learn about the techniques and processes involved in our final task, which meant that we had a decent understanding of what we had to do when we started our final production.
Our use of equipment was another area in which I think that we succeeded, as we had high quality equipment such as the Canon 600D DSLR camera. We used this to the full extent, making use of the features such as the manual zoom to create the focus pulls. Our understanding of the equipment and software that we used allowed us to be creative, and without this understanding our final production would not have been as good.
Areas of Improvement
Our time management is an area that we need to work on for our A2 production, as both the shooting and editing took longer than we anticipated, which meant we finished close to the deadline. If we had managed our time better, we would hae been able to improve some of the shots that we didn't like as much as the others.
Audience Feedback
The feedback from our audience was positive, and the most common comment was that the voice over and soundtrack worked very well with the visuals. They also liked the use of depth of field and focus pulls.
