Assignment Year 12: deadline 16th October

AS OCR Media

 Assignment: Analysis of a Thriller Film Opening Sequence

Your task is to select and analyse the opening sequence of a contemporary thriller. Your analysis should be in the form of a Powerpoint presentation. You should be prepared to deliver your presentation to the group and to take questions on it.

In your analysis you must refer to these technical codes and conventions:

• Camera Shots, Angle and Movement
• Editing
• Sound
• Mise-en-Scène

The Functions of an Opening Sequence

How does your chosen sequence…

• Introduce narrative
• Introduce character
• Establish location
• Capture an audience’s attention - Establish tone/atmosphere
• Use titles and how these are integrated with the footage?

Your presentation should include at least 10 slides. You should  include and annotate screen grabs, footage, sound files from your chosen film.  This work will be submitted to the examiner as evidence of your research.

http://www.artofthetitle.com –This is a very useful website for watching opening sequences.

youtube videos to help with GCSE media magazine front covers

I hope your keeping an eye on the Northolt blog!

Year 12 Media

This week we looked at different opening sequences and the conventions of Thriller genre.

So blog posts that need to be completed for next week are:

Functions of an opening sequence

Research sequences and conventions of Thrillers

180 degree rule, shot reverse shot and match on action

what did you learn from your preliminary task?


Also you can start to put forward your ideas for your Thriller, look on youtube and type in OCR media thriller sequences and you will find hundreds on there.



Year 10 Media

We are making magazines front covers, print out your work and put it in your blue folders.

The work you should have in your blue folders so far is:

Magazine front covers analysis

Analysis of contents page

Mock layout for your magazine cover and other pages

Have a good weekend!

Miss Alleyne