Audit- Research and planning

Research and planning was the starting point for my AS coursework. After the course, I realised just how important this stage was in order to create a successful opening title sequence. Research was necessary in order to gain some background knowledge to opening title sequences, such as, learning about the history, conventional features, representations and of course the 4 key elements of production (camera, editing, sound and mise-en-scene). We also got to learn which titles and the orders they needed to be in when they appear on screen.

When creating a new media text, it is vital to plan what you are to do in detail in order to make things run smoother and avoid confusion. There were only 2 people in our group and we were noth allocated jobs to do in terms of pre-production work. The jobs to be undertaken were:

• Shot List
• Location Recce
• Character Development
• Risk Assessment
• Filming Schedule
• Storyboard
• Treatment/Log-Line
• Timeline of Credits
• Equipment and Props List

As you can see there were 9 total jobs and therefore each of took responsibility for 4 tasks and we did 1 task together, meaning that roles were equally distributed, enabling us to work well as a group and as efficiently as possible.