40 word idea for our short film

A contestant who is two questions away from winning £100,000, he has the option of taking the £50,000 home or go on with one lifeline with a possible chance of becoming the first ever person to receive the highest cheque which has ever been given out in the programme. The choice is in the contestants hands, he could regret this for the rest of his life whatever path he decides to go down.

Casino Royale opening analysis

The whole introduction to this film links in with what the film is about because the use of all the  throughout in this intro is really good because it headlines and makes it obvious that the majority or the main scenes will be set in a casino.
Also the use of bright colours attracts the audiences attention and could possibly stop the viewers from getting bored throughout the opening credits. There is clips of two men fighting which tells us that film is going to feature guns and fighting. The opening lasts for 3 minutes which tells us that it is a major blockbuster.

Se7en

Conventions of a film opening,
Codes used to cones this convention (e.g. technical, symbolic, written)

The hook:
Tells us exactly what the films about
Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman - people could like watching films with these characters in.

Set the scene:
Urban, night time and daytime, big buildings. Camera technique shows the area exactly where the film/scene is set.

Introduce characters:
Well known characters
Brad Pitt - first name in the credits
Morgan Freeman - straight away in the film and second in the credits.

Introduce the genre:
Crime and thriller because of all the props used within the opening credits.

Credits:
Colour makes the feel seem like it's going to be morbid and bad things could happen throughout the whole film.

Narrative:
Investigation.
          

Prezi presentation

Copy of BBFC on Prezi

Titles Research

This is a picture of the opening scene of Casino Royale 

This is a video of the opening scene of Casino Royale

Here is my timeline of the opening credits for Casino Royale

Codes and Conventions

Codes:

Media students identify three categories of codes that may be used to

convey meanings in media messages:

Technical Codes:
Which include camera techniques, framing, depth of field, Mise en scene, editing,  lighting and sound;

Symbolic Codes:

Which refer to objects, setting, body language, clothing and colour.

Written Codes:
In the form of headlines, captions, speech bubbles and language style.

Conventions:

Conventions are the generally accepted ways of doing something, and in the case of media texts, they are generally accepted patterns of code that communicate a particular message.

There are general conventions in any medium, such as the use of quotes in a print article, but conventions are also genre specific. For example, in Westerns fights scenes are generally shot from a low angle, the setting is usually dusty and desolate, and even the sounds used within the scene are conventional.

Main exercise

The main titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of 2 minutes.