props

    

These are images of some of the props that were used in our opening sequence. The bike was used to aid the main characters traveling whilst the JD bag was used to hold the goods that were stashed in the bushes.

Filming and Editing

My group and i have recently finished filming and editing our opening sequence, together we have worked very hard and i am very happy about the outcome.

The Godfather

The mise-en-scene in this opening shows us a group of men sitting and talking in a dark room, darkness is a convention of unhappiness/secrecy/fear so this could mean that the film will be about/involve all these things. Furthermore the men in the room are all well dressed which connotes that they are well off or rich. The sound in this opening allows us to hear a man talking about how his daughter was brutally attacked by a group of drunk men, this could mean that we could see more voilent acts in this film or this film will be about that violent attack on the man duaghter. The camera shows us an over the shoulder shot of the Godfather when the man is talking about his daughter, this means the man is talking to the Godfather. The editing techniques show us a reaction shot of the godfather after the man asks him to gives justice and kill those who attacked his daughter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf16Vc3iZjE  - trailer

Troy

The editing techniques of this film allow us to see what the film is about, we see some text that tells us the film is was set 3200 years ago in Greece, so this tells us the film is set in the time before christ (B.C). It also makes us aware that a war is going to take place between the armies of Greece and Thessaly. Secondly the camera shows us an establishing shot, this shot allwos us to see the hundreds of soldiers that will fight in this war. The sounds also helps to make the auidence aware of just how many men are going to fight in the war because the loud marching and chanting we hear before battle. The mise-en-scene in this opening allows us to see the fight that takes place between the best greek fighter (Achilles) and the best fighter from Thessaly (Boagrious), we see Achilles kill Boagrious and since this film is about war this surely will not be the only death we see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voai-4GS848  -trailer