Research checklist

Here is a list of the MINIMUM that you need for an effective research section:

• Deconstruction of camera angles in film scene (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly)
• Preliminary task
• Deconstruction/Analysis of preliminary task
• Evaluation of previous student work (x3)
• Deconstruction of the codes and conventions of film credits (what information, in what order)
• Analysis of how different film genres use/present film credits
• Make a decision on the film genre you are going to work in
• Each person in your group do an analysis of the opening scene of a different film within that genre:
• camera angles - which ones are used and to what effect?
• camera movement - is the filming handheld or static? does the camera move? if so how and why?
• sound (diegetic and non-diegetic) - is there a soundtrack? if so, what mood does it create? are there any diegetic/non-diegetic sound effects?
• characterisation - how do we feel about the different characters? what do we find out about them in the opening schene? how is this achieved?
• plot conventions - at what point do we join the story? is it at the start or is there a non-linear narrative?
• mood/atmosphere - what emotional reaction is the film trying to create? how does it do this?
• Audience analysis. What kind of people watch your film genre? Who is your target audience?