Production Log Three

Production Log Three

I have learnt this week on the conventions that British Social Realist films use and include in their opening sequences. The majority of BSR films tend to have a lot of institutional and production credits which go on for a while. I have also learnt that in opening sequences the actor who is the most important in the film or gets paid the most is displayed frist for the cast section, such as in High Fidelity you have the most important actor first John Cusack, the Jack Black the followed by actors who are not known as much, this film isn't a BSR Film though. This film for the opening credits gave a lot of information which had lasted for over 3 minutes and within this time you only see one character for a couple of seconds and then you go back to the credits. The opening sequence for this film also tells us what the film is about, its about music so the opening sequence is very music themed with records and music that people may recognise. So my film the credits could go with a certain theme and could associate with this theme. For example sex the credits could be red and portrayed in a certain font and style to connote the theme. 

I have also learnt that in opening sequences you have to create enigma to draw the audience in and make them think about the film and what is going to happen next. Sometimes the mystery in a film is better than showing then actually showing the action. We had watched a movie called From london To Brighton and the woman, the mum had got an black eye and we as an audience never knew how she had got that black eye, it left us in suspense. Another title device I could include in my opening sequence could be a smash mouth opening which puts the audience right in the middle of the action, the story line, immediately the audience are involved in the film. 

The institutions involved in BSR they tend to list the actors in order of appearance and film and the main character In which I will also follow this technique. There isn't much institutional information but There is however many crew credits which I may follow too. The instituions name tends to come up first and then the film which I will follow too. This could be that the audience can remember the institution and become more informed.