Analysing previous media openings

We watched a few opening of movies from previous years at different levels to give us a clearer look and what we need to do in our openign and what we do not want to do. We marked them using the official mark scheme to see exactly what criteria needs to be hit to get certain levels. I think this was very benificial because it gave us a better understanding of the task.
Opening one - Room to Breathe
Level: 3

• The opening felt like a trailer, as it had an ending and too much happened.
  
• It had good use of camera angles, from below, above, over the shoulder, eye level.
• It had music that fit the mood (set the scene).
• The editing let it down as it wasnt smooth and some of the sounds didnt quite flow.
  
• The end title was misspelt

Opening two -Unrequited Love
Level: 2/3

• Wasnt an obvious thriller - Not much of a genre within the opening.
• The camera use was quite repetative, hardly any variation.
  
• Typography - The opening credits were too fast and I was unable to read some of them although the want was interesting.
  
• The editing was average/below, the shots did not flow together.
  
• The colour red was used a lot - Connotes dange.
• The storyline was very chliche - Paper cutting (Like the movie Se7en?)
  

Opening three- Root Cause
Level: High 3/Low 4

• Clear genre- Film Noir.
• Interesting variety of camera shots and angles establishing the setting.
• Good music - fitting.
• Good mis-en-scene props, costumes, to make the genre work