Target audience

As our opening sequence genre is a "crime caper", we felt that it would not be considered as "universal" but as "parental guidance" or "PG". We believe this as, although it contains some comedy e.g. in the opening scence where Johan steals the wrong painting it also deals with some adult concepts such as robbery and ocassionally contains some mild language.

Feedback On Rough Cut

After showing Hannah our 'Rough Cut', she gave us some constructive feedback on how we could improve it for the final cut. Hannah gave us the following advice:

• Remove any unnecessary background noise such as non-cast members chatting or shouting.
• To obey the 180 rule.
• To change some shots in order to achieve smoother continuity.
• Move the titles so that they are not consecutive.
• Take out shot which jumps from scene to scene.
• Take out swearing/unnecessary language.
• Remove duplicated scenes.
  

In order to improve our first attempt at the opening sequence, advice and guidance must be taken advantage of.
We're sure that the tips given will improve our final cut and improve our grade.

Behind the Characters

Three people star in the opening sequence: -

'Damingo Flake ' - played by Matt Flack,
'Johan Whit' - played by Jon Whyte,
'Alan Hutter' - played by Ali Hunter.

Obviously the characters are more 'exotic' sounding versions of their own names, but we hope that this adds to the comedy element of the crime caper genre. After research, I have found that in many big screen crime caper movies the characters have unusual and/or humorous names. For example, in 'Ocean's Twelve', Steven Soderbergh, 2004, Brad Pitt plays a character named 'Rusty Ryan' and George Clooney plays 'Danny Ocean'. Furthermore, in the sequence to this film, 'Ocean's Thirteen', Al Pacino plays 'Willy Bank'.

When looking at the names we have chosen for the characters in our production, the names appear to be 'subtle' in the way they sound.

Music For Final Cut

After deciding to make our opening sequence a crime caper, we decided the soundtrack needed to have class and style but with an edgy beat to it as well. We felt it was important for the soundtrack to not take itself too seriously, as to take away the whole aura of the genre. We based our soundtrack on the soundtrack of 'Hustle', a popular TV series that is in the same sub-genre as our own film opening.

The music itself, starts off as a lively piece, introducing the beat that will run throughout the soundtrack. The beat is a mix of normal and conga drums, which helps with its lively pace and edgy atmosphere. An 80's style dance synthesizer is then introduced in order to maintain the light-hearted soundtrack whilst introducing the main rhythm. Shortly after this a funky guitar riff is introduced. This gives the stylish sound that helps the listener compare with other soundtracks in the genre. This rhythm continues for a while and then breaks. The music breaks to avoid strenuous repetition.

We are happy with the soundtrack and believe that it is in keeping with the genre and wholly in keeping with the opening sequence.