We looked at what we enjoyed and thought looked professional and also looked out for what they could have improved on as well as deciding upon the mark that we would have given the film out of 60 according to the mark scheme. After looking at a couple of examples we had to next find three of our own.
Roses are Red:
I thought the way of displaying the titles was really clever, as they must have taken a lot of time on it and they paid fairly close attention to detail, for example with the title in the magazine they photo shopped it to look realistic and glossy. However the main display of titles I liked were the actors names that were shown as Polaroids and this really added to the mise en scene and therefore fits the genre really well, of a teen film as many teenagers would have photos and other items shown in this opening in their bedroom.
However at times the camera was shaky and occasionally went out of focus specifically in the title about the music and this therefore made it extremely hard to read what the title said and this also made it a little bit unprofessional. Another improvement that could happen is that there could have been better music in the background because even though it fits the genre, it seems very dull and repetitive and finally there was a filming mistake as at the end on the mirror behind her the title of 'Roses are Red' suddenly disappear.
The Edge
I thought that the whole of this opening sequence looked extremely professional as the editing made the transition between the scenes very smooth and easy to watch. I also thought that the positioning and the movement of the titles was good as a majority of them fit well on the wall or side of a building for example and when they were in line with a character the moved with the character that was also in the shot. There was also a good range of ages, so it wasn't all just teenagers and this helped to make it look more believable and therefore professional as a film opening.
Although there was a couple of times where I thought that diegetic sound could have been used, for example the sound of his skates when he was talking or a muffled sound of the man shouting in the background with the music. This would have then made the opening even more realistic and make the view feel like they were actually there. Finally there was also one title that was repeated and this created a editing error.
Christopher
I thought that there was a good variety of shots and that the camera transitions and movements were very smooth and I especially liked the transition to the breakfast table as it was cleverly edited and looked very professional. Also I thought that the narrative of the opening was quite original and that made it quite refreshing and enjoyable to watch and as the narrative was a important to follow in this opening it was good that the titles were quite subtle and simple so that they weren't in your face or in your way when trying to follow/ understand the narrative.
However the title of the film 'Christopher' was shown right at the end which is where you would but the title in a trailer rather than a film opening. Also in the conversation that happened at the end the background noise of the wind was too loud and this made it more difficult to hear what they were saying and this therefore took away from the professionalism, especially as the rest of the speech and sound is so clear.