Evaluation Activity 1

A lot of the shots throughout Thom and I's film opening are taken with the location being the main feature of the shot, with the character walking through, but his face being kept from the audience alongside his identity

This was because from earlier research we established that film openings generally introduce the character and a bit about their story without taking into full account the choice of surroundings, for example, despite 'Submarine' starting with location shots, the main focus of the opening is the introduction to Oliver Tate.

Thom and I wanted to focus on the juxtaposition of the country environment, the small village and outdoors landscape the character finds himself in and these massive aspirations shown towards the end by him stressing out over his sprinting.

We did however similarly to ‘Submarine’ show the isolation of the character from social environments or situations. In doing this alongside the walking through different terrains it gives the character a mysterious vibe, this was intended to get the audience considering his story while at the same time, urging them to watch on to find out more of the characters story.

The significance of having the title come up over the picture of our protagonist was that there can be many obstacles in the way of him, but then by having it go clear on him before the credits it shows that they CAN be overcome.

We chose to have the credits at the end in one block as it doesn’t distract from the shots by coming up in the way. But also, having the credits in black and white was representative of a finish line, a finish line being all our character has as his aim; to overcome injury and stress to finish each race/tournament first.