Black Swan Title Sequence Analysis

For my next film title presentation i chose to analyse Black Swan, as it is categorised under the same genre as Gone Girl, which is mystery drama, but has a completely different opening title. I chose this film so that i could compare different titles that are still of the same genre to see what codes and conventions are similar or different. Below I have inserted a link to my emaze presentation for Black Swan:

https://www.emaze.com/@AWWCFWFT/black-swan-opening

Gone Girl Title Sequence Analysis

For my first presentation for film title sequences, i decided to analyse Gone Girl's opening sequence as it follows the mystery drama genre, which is what i intend to do for my next production. Below, I have included a link to my emaze presentation where you will find my complete analysis on the opening sequence:

https://www.emaze.com/@AWCTWLRT/gone-girl-opening-sequence

Feedback for Preliminary Video

Here are some feedback that was given to me after watching my preliminary video; most of the feedback includes improvements such as making sure that the dialogue is louder and clearer for the audience to hear and understand what is the topic of conversation. Some people didn't understand why the 'stalker' was following the main character, therefore in my next video for my main task i will try to include more dialogue so that the audience understands the storyline better. Other than this, the sound effects matched up well with the scenes and really represented the genre well, which was horror/thriller.

Finished Preliminary Video

Rule of Thirds

The Rule of Thirds is a concept in video and film in which the frame is divided into nine imaginary sections; this creates reference points which act as guides for framing the image. Points or lines of interest should occur at 1/3 or 2/3 of the way up or across the frame rather than in the centre. For example in a screenshot of my preliminary exercise, I have placed the character, behind the tree, 1/3 of the way in from the right and the other two characters are placed 1/3 of the way up the camera frame and not directly in the centre.  


Here is another rule of thirds example of where I planned some practise shots/angles that i wanted to include in my preliminary video. This close up shot portrays that the character on the left (me) is the subject whereas the character in the background on the right has some kind of involvement in her future, hence his positioning on the right. By not placing the characters right in the centre, it foreshadows aspects of the past and the future, portraying deeper meaning of the scene.

Match On Action

Match on action is an editing technique for continuity editing in which one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot. This creates the impression of a sense of continuity - the action carrying through creates a 'visual bridge' which draws the viewer's attention away from slight cutting or continuity issues.
I successfully achieved the Match On Action shots in this task when filming the 'opening the door' scene. The movement of the opening of the door flowed really well together in this scene.

180 Degree Rule/Shot-Reverse Shot

The 180 degree rule is a filming guideline that participants in a scene should have the same left-right relationship to each other, with filming only taking place within the 180 degree angle in which this is maintained in a conversation. Here are a couple of examples of my 180 degree rule and Shot/Reverse shot that I filmed in my Preliminary Exercise. I decided to film on the right side of my main character the whole way through. This allows the audience to have a greater sense of location in the scene in terms off screen in some shots, for example in Shot/Reverse Shots.