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this as it would agree with them, although showing little change. If we had longer to do this
task then we would have filmed during different seasons, so there would be blossom, leaves
or snow on the tree. Parks are popular in films as they are an idealized romantic setting,
which can create a variety of moods depending on the mise-en-scene. We wanted an
isolated, depressing feeling, but as we were filming in a public place we had no control overthis, when we were just filming Callum we tried to ensure there were no people around, but
in the memories it didnt matter.
In New Moon a meadow is used, which is similar to a park, but in Remember me and
Letters to Juliet the establishing shot has no link to
our title sequence. . This suggests that our media
production challenges real media products of our
genre, as although parks are used, it is normally later
in the film rather in the opening sequence.
Costume and Props
Every film needs props and costume, and ours is no
different so it is therefore a typical media convention.
The tree is out main prop, but we also use a scarf, watch
and funeral prop. The costume we mostly cared about
was Callum wearing a suit, as this paired with the
funeral program gives the impression Sam has been to
her funeral. All films, including ours, rely on costumeand props to create personalities for the characters.
Camerawork and Editing
For the majority of our film we used cross dissolves as
this overlapped the ending of one clip and the beginningof another, so that they did not stop, to show its a
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continuing trail of thought. We used a cross dissolve as it was a soft fade that linked all this
memories together, emphasising any time spend with Emily was happy and special to him.
We kept all out shots before the memories the same length so it didnt linger on them for
too long, and we didnt put a transition between these. In most films they use a straight cut,
so the image just changes to the next. This shot shows the actors fading into the tree, forthis effect we changed the transparency of the clips so as one became stronger the other
became weaker.
Title Fonts and Style
This frame is the one that credits out main actors. The
titles are split in two parts Callum Harris and Amy
Holmes. The font we used is applegothic, as with all our
titles, except the title as we wanted to make the title
stand out, so we chose something simpler for the rest of
the title, so that no attention was taken away from the
main title at the end. The simplicity of it is also reflectsSams life before Emilys death and the elegant curly
font at the end represents that his life will become more
complicated and his feelings are more delicate. The font
for this frame is bigger than the others so it is clear that
they are the main actors in the title sequence. We
positioned all our titles in either the left or right bottom
corner, but made sure they were inside the grids on final
cut express.
This is common in all genre of films, not just ours specifically as it gives more credit to the
main actors and whose who spend the most time working on the film.
Story and how the opening sets it up.
This shot is showing the beginning of the transition into
the memories and the start of the title sequence. The
photo comes to life as the screen is filled with thepicture. Using memories or focusing on the past is
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reoccurring in films of this genre, shown in the pictures below. This shot sets up the story as
its the beginning of the memories, and using the funeral programme illustrates why he is
remembering his childhood.
Using memoires or the past is common in films of our genre, and the effect of the picture
moving is used in childrens fairytales (skip to 00:11 of the video below the document).
Genre and how the opening suggests it
For this frame I have used one of the teenage memories.It shows Sam and Emily holding hands and looking into
the distance. It shows that the film will be about love, as
they are standing as a couple. As a whole, out title
sequence shows something has gone wrong with their
relationship, Emilys death, and this is common in
romantic drama films as the story line resolves around
solving this dilemma. Our film challenges this genre as
normally the couple end up together, like in Letters to Juliet although in Remember Me a
death also causes this to be impossible but the couple are together for the majority of thefilm, unlike in ours.
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How Characters are introduced.
The first character to be introduced is Sam, although we
dont introduce his name in the opening sequence.
Emily is out next character, but we first see her as child,
alongside a younger version of Sam. They age as the
camera zooms into their hands, and zooms out to reveal
them as teenagers. This illustrates to the audience that
they are the same people. This is an unusual way to
introduce characters as there is no dialogue, just music
and ambient sound. The fact Sam is silent reflects his mood, as he is depressed over his
girlfriends death and isnt paying attention to the world around him. When the music fades
out, revealing the ambient sound, it shows how he is willing to move on and accept his loss.
Special FX
We used rotation in our title sequence so that the
photo could he enlarged and fit the screen. This part of
our sequence was the hardest to do, but we are very
proud of the end effect. Special FX is more common in
sci-fi or action films. By only using this type of special
FX we stuck to the rules of media conventions of the
romantic drama genre
In New Moon they use special FX as it is also
classified as a fantasy, and it is relevant to the
storyline.