Risk Assessment

Today as part of our film planning we were creating a risk assessment for the shooting of our film opening. The risk assessment will be put into place at our shooting settings, these are: HSBC bank in the Chelmsford City Centre and Green close in Springfield     

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Film Pitch

Film pitch from Harry Foord, Jess Prentice and Jordan Carter.

Exam Board Mark scheme and film opening evaluation

The Edge



This film shows excellent use of titles, as they are uniquely placed and positioned in places that correspond to the setting. The high speed action of the film allows quick loud music to be played. When the action of the film increases the music gets louder. This film opening scored 57/60 which is very high, to improve i would suggest that more text should have been used. 

Preliminary Task- School Musical High

Film Pitch and Evaluation

Here is my Film Pitch

Student marketing 

A lot of feedback we received was the movie title was catchy and easy to remember.  However the title would be even better if it was slightly shorter. A lot of students also believed that the cast seemed appropriate but could include more teenagers.However on the problems with the film is that it sounds like it would only appeal to younger children and will will unlikely attract teenagers or adults. Another postive aspect is that the plot is interesting but could be too complicated for younger children to follow, however it is different. Also the marketing is good for example not using social media is a good idea as our young audience will not see it.

Teacher marking

The good parts of the film pitch are the title good and clear. However the cast is not well known and do no need all of them and could need more description on some of them. Enigma code was intriguing but still not sure about it however it is well throughout however needed to be more original idea.The narrative fits genre but would like to hear more and marketing interesting but no well enough developed.

My evaluation of the film pitch

I believe that overall the film pitch went well.However I believe  that it could have been more organised about who was saying what about the film. We could have improved the order of the powerpoint and add how we would avtise  the film as we only spoke about it. We should have also written the first scene in more detail and not just the overall plot. However I think we made a good mood board about the film and used a lot of different films for ideas. 

Student film opening marking

In our lesson, we watched a several previous film openings and were told to look at the mark scheme to ensure we knew what we should look out for. Here are several film openings I reviewed.

A schools nightmare

• Smooth pan throughout the entire film.
• Music helped with tension and linked with the editing.
• There is enigma code.
• Lighting was relevant to the theme portrayed.
• Props help build up the clues shown and questions asked.
• Doesn't give much away to the audience.

Luna

• Music corresponds with the theme of the film opening.
• Variety of shots used.
• Camera shakes during the pans.
• Bad lighting on the beach, couldn't see clearly what was happening.
• There is no background noise which takes the attention away from the main focus. 
• The main title is after the film. 

Poscig

• Title at the start.
• It hasn't got creative text or font which links with the theme. 
• Transition between two shots which links all events together.
• Different shot from  the car which shows variety.
• Music helps with tension.

Michael

• Camera angles and pans were used throughout the whole film. 
• Music corresponds with the theme of the opening.
• Shots were relevant to the story.
• It doesn't give clues or make you ask questions. There are no enigma codes.
• In the beginning you can hear the background noise over the music which makes it seems cheap.