Past Student's Work Part 2

Battered and Bruised:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT3uB9RTvuw

In Battered and Bruised the logo that was made does not match the theme of the the opening sequence as it has a skull, and guitars, which you would associate with rock music, and not a british social realism opening sequence about bullying. To improve this I would try to link the logo to the themes and issues depicted in the sequence/in the companies productions.

In this shot the characters are denoted to be playing guitars with a heavy metal type of music played, but the framing of the shot was not thought about as they have not thought about the rule of thirds as the characters afre placed in the middle of the screen. To improve this I would use the rule of thirds, and maybe use a grid on the camcorder to ensure the framing is correct.

 In this shot we see the same two characters playing music, but over the shoulder of someone else, the shot has again been poorly framed. Also this mysterious character is wactching the two play music, and is not shown again, so why is he watching them? So the narrative is currently unclear. To improve this I would try to keep the narrative clear, but try not to reaveal too much so that the audicence would want to see more.

The next shot that we are shown is a group of ordinary people on a bench, their heads are down and look like they're minding their own business. The camera cuts to close ups of each of the characters and their heads are down so we do not know who they're are, in fact they're meant to be the antagonists, but have been portrayed as quiet and calm? I would improve this by showing they're antagonist's through their actions, and maybe introduce them earlier into the sequence.

The graphics that have been chosen, match the theme, as the typography is broken, which has connection with the theme of the opening sequence- "Battered and Bruised". A problem with the way the typography appears is it is typed on screen, this doesn't have any significance to the sequence and the typography in the screen shot isn't centred, to improve these issues I would use trial and error to choose how the typography will appear on screen, and I would enlarge the title of the movie to give more emphasis.

In this shot there is diagetic music playing, and it is a rock/heavy metal genre. The music selected is very fast paced, and doesn't feel natural to the sequence. To improve this I would have a range of music selected and try out different soundtracks and see what had matched the composition best.

Here we see a continuity error we see the taller male walk through the door then in the next shot we have the second character walked out- this disrupts the flow of the composition making it less smooth. To improve this I would try to pay attention to smaller details, such as who walks through the door first, to make the piece flow better.

This shot is meant to be aggressive and intimidating as the main characters are about to get beaten up and jumped, but this shot seems too happy, and doesn't feel intimidating, to improve this I would use the over the shoulder shot but use a low angle view so that the bullies are shown to be more powerful in this scene.

In this shot the two characters at the start of the opening sequence are getting jumped, the shot is handheld and is giving the effect that they're in a brawl, but the shots could have been improved as this is simulated and is meant to look exaggerated, but we see alot of grass and not much of the characters, to improve this I would try to keep the camera on the rather than having the camera on the grass.

Wasters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ7Ji71wqdo

The institution logo instantly is linked to the themes of drugs, as the text is made out of a powder that is meant to look like crack, the "half ounce" name is also relevant as this is how drugs is weighed, this shot is good as it tells is the topics of the movie/opening sequence before we see the actual footage. 

This shot introduces the main character straight away, we see that he is anxious/nervous as he is tapping his fingers on the table and seems to be in a hurry or is waiting for something, this shot works well as it makes the audience also feel anxious and we make a bond with the character instantly.

This shot is shocking as we see a student acting aggressively towards a teacher, who seems to care about one of her students, this shot works successfully as the student seems to have the power in this current situation as the teacher is closing up and is more defencive, this shows that the student is fearless, and doesn't respect the teachers- telling us that he may be disobedient.

This shot shows us what he has been doing, as he has been out late, with his mates who all seem to be wearing hoodie's, and swearing. Thia shows us that they're not good company for him, as this could be the reason why the teachers are worried about him.

This shot is effective as it has a strong impact as we see a group of teenages doing presumably class A drugs caually in a hallway, and look like they have done this before and this is normal for them, it shows british social realism as it is unvarnished and has verisermilitude as it shows a gritty image.

This shot has worked well as we can see a person in a Rabbits outfit, adding onto the effect that the characters are high and are seeing things, pulling us, the audience, into the movie and we are feeling what they feel, and this is starting to make us as questions, such as "Is there someone in a Rabblits costume there, or are they seeing things"

The credits in the opening sequence of Wasters, is sheets of rizla with the names of the cast and crew. This is a very unique idea, but I do not think that this was appropriate for the opening sequence of a movie as this had made the whole sequence feel like a movie trailer.




This typography matches the themes and genre of this movie as it isn't neat, and is rough. It adds to the emphasis of the title "Wasters", as it looks like graffiti, rather than standard font.