Daniel - Film Studies Trip

On Friday we all headed to Southbank to go to a Lecture at BFI. Our session lasted from around 9am until 3:30pm with a 10 minute break, and a 45 minute lunch.

In this lecture, we discussed ideas that have been used in opening sequences such as Napoleon Dynamite, James Bond: Casino Royale and The Wedding Singer. In more detail, we discussed the use of the Macro Elements; Genre, Narrative, Character, Themes and Atmosphere and how important they are in the opening sequence.

We also had an open question and answer session with Director, Dexter Fletcher who directed such movies as Wild Bill (2011) and Eddie the Eagle starring Hugh Jackman (2016). He spoke about his movies and how he approached his opening sequences and we watched them as well. I particularly enjoyed his style since his opening sequences are almost a montage or a 2-3 minute scene to almost introduce characters and set the story.

We also discussed Micro Conventions; Colour, lighting, font, framing, costume, props and setting. The picture above shows the annotations we made in the session.

Lastly, we spoke about 10 steps to help us with our course and how to get the best results possible.