Evaluation task 2- How does your product represent particular social groups?

At first in our opening title sequence it appears that the two boys who are quite similar represent the middle class and teenagers. This is because of their dress code and maybe the way they speak. However as the action carries on the boys start to become more violent and they don't represent typical teenage behaviour unlike these characters from the Inbetweeners. The two characters come across as two teenage middle class boys, we have made it look like this as of what the boys were wearing and also by having actors who are actually teenagers.

However as the action carries on the boys don't just seem like normal teenage boys, violence takes over.

We made the boys look suddenly violent by using fake blood and aggression physically and emotionally.

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

Finished Opening Title sequence

Editing Embers

The first editing session
today went well it reminded me of the things that we learnt ages ago such as log bins and rushes. We were taught a quick way of editing though that was to group shots into the timeline. For example we grouped the running scene together, the fighting scene together and then the opening scenic shots together. After we managed to do this we then started to cut down a few shots and started putting a few together. I did't actually get to touch the mouse once because it was Ben's turn, but this afternoon i am going to go up to the editing suite with Grace and we are going to do some editing together.

Tuesdays editing session
 today went pretty well i got to have more of a go compared to monday, the actual video looks like its going to come together really well. Today we were cutting down the duration of the actual clips and were choosing the best clips to put together. We discovered today that we actually have some really good shots, which has made me feel really good about what the final product is going to look like.

Wednesdays editing session
today we carried on from the work we did yesterday but when we got to half way through the lesson Matt told us that we could do something different to what we originally planned. Instead of the footage playing from what we thought would be our first shot to our last shot we decided to play our last shot first and our first shot last, this would make the sequence stand out a bit more and keep the audience guessing about what was going to happen.

Thursdays editing session
Today we  started to re order the footage so that it was in reverse order, the idea of this would be that we'd show something happening and then explain why it has happened with the next shot, (the next shot would be before if it was in standard order). We wanted to add music in today as well after we put the shots into reverse order but Matt, Paul and Luke wouldn't let us until everything was finished and in place. We managed to get all of the shots in place to leave us with just being able to do the sound affects and the credits.

Fridays editing session
today we spent our time doing the credits for the sequence, this was harder than we thought. It had to al be spaced out equally which took us some time but we managed to do it 3/4 into the lesson so we had some time to do some special effects on the credits which made them look really cool and will hopefully mare our Thriller opening title sequence stand out to anyone else's.

Mondays editing session
Today we did all the sound for the sequence for example when one of the characters, played by Gabe, gets hit we put in a sound affect to exaggerate the hit. We have also added a little sound for whenever when one of the credits come up. The sequence looks so much better with sound in it. It has really made it so much better.

Skyfall Opening Credits (HD)

Daniel Craig's name comes up first up first in the middle of the screen. This is because he is the most recognised character and therefore putting his name on first in the middle of the screen means that the audience isn't going to miss his name. Ian Fleming's name then comes up who directed the film and is also known for directing the Bond films. Then the rest of the credits come up on the side of the screen showing that they are not as significant. Then Judi Dench's name comes up in the middle of the screen, this shows that she is also a important recognised character.  Only a few of the remainder of the credits come up on their own on the screen showing that they are not as important as the previous credits. This is until the name Sam Mendes comes up on the screen who directed the film, this was the final credit showed as well making it significant.

Order of credits -Psycho

Alfred Hitchcock's name comes up first on his own. Alfred Hitchcock is well known to be,"The Master of Suspense". His names comes up first so the audience recognizes a name straight away to keep them enticed. The next credit that comes up is Anthony Perkins who is acting in the film. Anthony Perkins name comes up along with Vera Miles and John Gavin at the same text size and duration as Hitchcock's name which shows that they are equally as important in the film. Next comes the credits for the co staring which include Martin Balsam and John McIntyre. The text has become smaller now which tells the audience that these are not the big names.

Order Of Titles -Heat

Heat (1995) - Opening theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqRyngrXlXw

The sequence opens with the production company and other stuff like that and then we move onto the characters where Robert Di Nero, Val Kilmer and Al Pacino come up on the same page first, this signifies that these characters are the most well known because they are presented to us as an audience first. After the Al Pacino, Val Kilmer and Robert Di Nero text comes up we change to a different shot, the next names obviously are not as significant as they are presented after, they are all presented a couple of seconds after the previous credit with the same type of text and the same size text. This is boring for the audience to watch as it is so repetitive. Boring the audience at this stage of the film is not a good idea as this is the first thing you show them and if they don't like then the audience may not even watch the rest of the film.