Tuesday 26 February 2013

Main post 5- Title timeline

In our production, we decided that it is going to be a social comedy genre. It will include the contrast of two personalities of the characters, because of this our group decided to look at the opening sequence of 'Starter for 10' and make a timeline from it because it has the same concept we are doing in our production.


'A period comedy set 1985, the story chronicles the adventures of Brian Jackson, student in his first year at Bristol University. A somewhat gekky gifted accumulator of knowledge, Brian has been a fan since childhood of University Challenge. That TV show's famous catchphrase - 'Your starter for 10' - give the film it's title. Soon after arriving at university, he seizes upon the opportunity to join Bristol's University Challenge team. He promptly falls for his glamorous teammate Alice, though he may be more compatible with his Jewish counter-culturalist friend, Rebecca. Additionally, Brian finds himself caught between his new life, amongst the academic university set, and his old, with his working-class family and friends in the seaside town of Southend-on-Sea, Essex.' 






When we were looking at the sequence of this opening, each member of our group was given a different aspect to look at. For instance, one person would look at the pace of it and the camera shots, whilst another person would focus more on the credits of the film. From looking at the timeline we found that overall it used slow jump cuts throughout, and it also focused on one item through all the shots, and this was Brian's suitcase. We concluded that we could perhaps have one aspect which was featured in all the shots, for example a piece of clothing or even something featuring in the background, which could add some mystery.

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