4. Conventions of a thriller opening from zubairkhan93
Analysis:
How successful are they at identifying conventions?
The presentations were not all successful at identifying the key conventions of an opening title sequence (OTS), as although they were identified at the beginning of most of the presentations, they were not fully explained therefore I have no learnt why these conventions are used or much about their effect in an OTS. The third presentation 'An Analysis Of The Opening Sequence Of Vertigo' began to explain the effect of the key conventions, however this explanation was specific to the 3 OTSs that were analysed, and would be difficult to apply to the OTSs of other films. The information presented by the first presentation was also unsuccessful, as it seemed uncertain by the prevalent words "sometimes" and "could". This made me unsure of what the definite key conventions actually are. The second presentation however was most successful. It identified the most key conventions compared to the other presentations, and did this in the most appropriate level of detail in explanation. Also, the examples were comparable and could be extracted to analyse other OTSs.
Who is the audience?
The audience for these presentations are media and film studies students who are researching the key conventions of an OTS, film fanatics who are interested in the inner workings and methods behind the composition of OTSs, and young/new film makers researching how to create an OTS for their film.
What is the purpose of the presentations?
The purpose of these presentations is to educate it's audience of the key conventions of an OTS, and analyse the key conventions of the chosen films' OTSs.
Is the format successful?
The 3 presentations which chose Powerpoint as their format were the most successful in my opinion, as the slides were clear to read and extract information from, organised, and interesting with their use of colour, images and brief writing styles. However I found that some of these presentations were too brief; lacking the level of detail necessary to explain the key conventions. The second presentation had the most successful format, as the key conventions were immediately identified at the opening slide, and were analysed throughout the presentation with relevant images taken from films which present them in their OTSs. The information was comparable, as 2 key conventions were presented on one slide. This allowed the audience to compare their effect in an OTS. The third presentation format needed to be sifted and broken down in order to extract relevant information on the key conventions, as it was mostly a detailed analysis of 3 films' OTSs, making it the least successful format.
Did they identify ALL of the conventions accurately?
I do not think that the presentations identified all of the conventions accurately, as most of the presentations identified a different number of key conventions. An explanation of the conventions was lacking in many of the presentations too, therefore they were not presented accurately.
Analysis:
How successful are they at identifying conventions?
The presentations were not all successful at identifying the key conventions of an opening title sequence (OTS), as although they were identified at the beginning of most of the presentations, they were not fully explained therefore I have no learnt why these conventions are used or much about their effect in an OTS. The third presentation 'An Analysis Of The Opening Sequence Of Vertigo' began to explain the effect of the key conventions, however this explanation was specific to the 3 OTSs that were analysed, and would be difficult to apply to the OTSs of other films. The information presented by the first presentation was also unsuccessful, as it seemed uncertain by the prevalent words "sometimes" and "could". This made me unsure of what the definite key conventions actually are. The second presentation however was most successful. It identified the most key conventions compared to the other presentations, and did this in the most appropriate level of detail in explanation. Also, the examples were comparable and could be extracted to analyse other OTSs.
Who is the audience?
The audience for these presentations are media and film studies students who are researching the key conventions of an OTS, film fanatics who are interested in the inner workings and methods behind the composition of OTSs, and young/new film makers researching how to create an OTS for their film.
What is the purpose of the presentations?
The purpose of these presentations is to educate it's audience of the key conventions of an OTS, and analyse the key conventions of the chosen films' OTSs.
Is the format successful?
The 3 presentations which chose Powerpoint as their format were the most successful in my opinion, as the slides were clear to read and extract information from, organised, and interesting with their use of colour, images and brief writing styles. However I found that some of these presentations were too brief; lacking the level of detail necessary to explain the key conventions. The second presentation had the most successful format, as the key conventions were immediately identified at the opening slide, and were analysed throughout the presentation with relevant images taken from films which present them in their OTSs. The information was comparable, as 2 key conventions were presented on one slide. This allowed the audience to compare their effect in an OTS. The third presentation format needed to be sifted and broken down in order to extract relevant information on the key conventions, as it was mostly a detailed analysis of 3 films' OTSs, making it the least successful format.
Did they identify ALL of the conventions accurately?
I do not think that the presentations identified all of the conventions accurately, as most of the presentations identified a different number of key conventions. An explanation of the conventions was lacking in many of the presentations too, therefore they were not presented accurately.
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