Production Log 3

What have you learnt about opening sequences and title devices ?

In the past week i have monitored films and how theyre use of credits are effective. I had examined the position of the credits as well as titles. I also managed to workout the connotations of soem of them. For example the hierachy of the characters are shown by the order of what characters come first and last , and whether they are alone on the screen or if they have other people on the screen along with them. One activity i did was creating the visual time line for a british social realism film. (east is east)

How will this inform your production ?/ What methods will you use ?

Since i have used a british social realism film , made by film 4 itself i will try to use what i have seen film 4 use on the credits of east is east. For example the opening sequence of east is east was msotly music , however i did not find this as effective. And i will therefore change this and embed more conversations and dialogue in my opening sequence. However there are good things to take from the opening sequence of east is east , and one of them would be that it establishes most characters and the main characters. It also gives us an insight of the situation in the film. I will try to emaluate this in my production as it is very effective and creates enigma , which then means people will feel excited and want to watch more of the film.
One other method i will use is that , i will have more on screen titles than east is east . Although not too much that it looks like a trailer. Also i will try to use the high angle shot used by east is east in my production in order to set the scene of my opening sequence.