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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.

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