Routine - practice opening sequence

Here is an opening sequence we made in order to practice for our main task, I wrote the story and starred in it as well so I hope you like it! We hope to make our main task way better than this.

Conventions of the horror genre presentation

                          

                             Conventions of the Horror Genre from Mahroukh Nawaz

Here's my presentation on conventions on the horror genre and how the different aspects of horror films are used to create effects, enjoy!

Routine animatic

Here is a practice animatic Neha and I made in order to practice making an animatic for our main opening task. We will ensure that we are able to give more time to each frame, insert sound and note down the movements on the storyboard as well next time.

School-based drama research

                              

                                 School Based Drama Conventions from Mahroukh Nawaz

I'm further looking into genres to expand my knowledge so it can help me pick the genre I wanna work on for my main opening task.

Lean On Me analysis

   

Today in class we watched the opening of Lean On Me, this is my brief analysis based on it!

Tyrannosaur creative response

                  

TV drama notes

                               

                                             TV Drama Notes from Mahroukh Nawaz

An investigation into TV dramas and what makes them successful.

What I make of these openings

Research on some opening sequences I seemed to enjoy a lot.

Se7en

                                           

While there's no actual establishing scene, the director does a fine job of conveying location via the choice of props and type of shots. We see close ups of several objects and events, such as filing, writing and flipping pages. Along with these shots, the gloomy atmosphere suggests that the entire opening takes place indoors. One also gets the impression that a detective or an officer is going about his work, due to the serious nature of the work and the music that plays. This is remarkable, given that we still don't know WHO is doing these actions as the close up nature of the shots never show the character in person.

Zombieland

The opening shortly introduces us to a flag of the USA. This can be taken as a symbolic code that shows us the location of the movie and its setting. It could also make reference to American ideals like freedom and peace, in a rather ironic way as these ideals are torn apart in the next few seconds. A narrator starts speaking directly to the audience. His tone and choice of dialogue presents a rather amusing tone, and we see scenes of extreme violence and suggested violence. All of this is juxtaposed with a rather upbeat track, and it's from this point on the audience realizes that they're in for a comedy.

Evil Dead

                                         

This movie opens with a myriad of close up shots of various objects - the objects are items usually associated with harm and violence, like chains, glass shards and several sharp objects. Blood drips from every angle, and the lighting creates some harsh shadows and high contrast - this gives the impression of viciousness, like a murder has just taken place. The music is typical of the horror genre, with sinister notes and mysterious, unpredictable tunes. The transition speed helps with keeping suspense, too. For example, whenever names are displayed, the background starts shaking and everything seems to 'move' a bit faster.

Research on RomCom conventions

                               

                        Conventions Of TheRomCom/Comedy Genre from Mahroukh Nawaz

                                Here is my research on conventions of the RomCom genre!

                         

                     Conventions of the RomCom/Comedy genre notes from Mahroukh Nawaz

                             Here are some notes I made while I researched on these conventions.

Camera shot types

Here is the first ever piece of work I did with my group member for my AS Level Media Studies coursework, starring and edited by me, enjoy!

Introduction

Hello!

My name is Mahroukh Nawaz and i'm currently in my twelfth year of schooling at Arab Unity School, Dubai, where i'm undertaking Media Studies as one of the four subjects I chose to study; I will be appearing for the CIE exam in 2015 and this blog is a proof of my coursework progress.

In order to complete the Opening Sequence Task, I will be working alongside Neha for our foundation portfolios. This blog is going to be entirely dedicated to recording my individual progress through the different stages of production of our movie, which includes our pre-production, production and post-production progress.