Final product

This our final product, however the soundtrack didn't come through for some reason.

Monologue

I have written two alternatives for a monologue that the detective will speak over the opening sequence.

1. This is my town, I've lived here all my life, the streets have been good to me, and the people better, so I repay them in sweat and tears keeping them safe.... but even I cant be everywhere at once, its only a matter of time until it's one of my own that gets hurt, then its personal, screw the law, I'm out for revenge. Confucious once wrote that 'before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves'. I had better get digging then.


2. I was born in this town, I know the streets and their seedy underbelly, I do my best to police them and protect the few good people still left in thus hole.... but even I can't be everywhere at once. I lost my sense of humour and sensitivity years ago, they only slowed me down, made me weak.......... I didn't know all of those lost feeling were about to all come rushing back to me. (uncover body)

Academic mentoring day

Today it was academic mentoring day and after my 10 minute apointment with my tutor to check up on my progress in all of my lessons I went up to media to edit more of my sequence and change some of the credits to include last names and spread them out some more. I think the editing is going well and with only one scene to add in, I am pleased with our progress.

Advertising case study

Representation

Representation in film is mostly done in a very stereotypically way with women in films being seen as helpless and weak and men being seen as very strong individuals that have to save the women from certain situations.

This can be seen in the Indiana Jones and the temple of doom, where Jones (Harrison Ford) saves Willie Scott (Kate capshaw) at the beginning of the film from a bar in Shanghai by dodging bulletts and trying to get the cure for the poisonthat was slipped into his drink. He then proceeds to save Willie again in the temple of doom just before she is incinerated.

Indiana Jones is seen as a powerful character capable of doing almost anything like dodging bulletts, finding valuable treasures and to top it all off, he always gets the girl in the end.

However in some films representation of males and females can be flipped on its head. For example in the film Kill Bill, Beatrix Kiddo AKA the Bride (Uma Thurman) is seen as a very powerful, self driven character as opposed to the men in the film which she manages to defeat in duels. This shows that women in films are not always necessarily portrayed as weak, helpless characters but rather powerful, unbeatable characters that accomplish their goals.

In our opening sequence we dont necessarily portray men or women in a certain way, we portray both halves of a community from the bad at night to the good during the day and the crossovers between them with the police.

Editing - Adobe 1

Now that the new macs are here and set up, I have managed to re-edit my group's opening sequence  using Adobe premier, which isnt that different from Final cut. I am happy with the sequence and I feel a little better about the deadline but there is still alot to do with the sequence. We still need to finish the credits and touch up the soundtrack so that it fits and also finish the monologue but at least the editing is mostly done, with exception to the green screen scene, but its looking better.

Se7en opening credits

The opening credits to Se7en have the film studio, producers name and the directors name as the first 3 credits followed by the main cast and then the title of the film before the minor cast is introduced and the sountrack composer, costume designer and editor all towards the end, finishing again with the directors name. this seems to be the conventional way of applying the credits to a film with the production company and studio being credited first and the director last.

The credits for Se7en are fitting for the film as they are in a scratchy font that jump off the screen, fitting the thriller genre. The scenes behind the credits are also fitting as they add to the creepy, moody tension of the film and add to the tension it creates further telling the audience what type of film this will be within the first few minutes.

opening sequence

The Lie to me opening here starts with a woman at a crying in a toilet cubicle and dropping a used syringe on the floor, this leads the audience to believe that the woman, who now stumbles out of the bathroom bumping into people, is struggling with drugs abuse. We then see the woman on the phone to someone in some sort of distress before cutting to a girl, who we believe to be her daughter, waking up and calling out for her mum and not being able to find her. The sound used in this opening sequence creates tension and a good sense of atmosphere telling the audience exactly where the woman is with the music and talking/ laughing being played in the background and the spanish radio station coupled witht he sound of cars in the background tells me that the girl is in a Mexican motel by the side of a busy road. It is helpful to the audience that they can make their own conclusions about where the characters are or what is happening in the sequence purely from sound as it can help add to the enigma of the sequence which is what a detective/crime drama tries to create.

For my groups main sequence I want to try and keep some of the original background sound to give the audience the feel that they are in the heart of a busy community and that it is bustling with life, however this may backfire if the sound isnt of the right quality or someone talks over it.