Previous Students' film openings

A worthwhile piece of research and one that you can textually analyse or at least comment on the strengths etc..of, is to look at previous students' examples of film openings. Searching on YouTube or Vimeo with any of the criteria 'OCR G321 Media Studies Foundation Film' should bring up hundreds of examples. Try and narrow your research to thrillers and beware of people claiming they got 'top marks' or 'Level 4' - it may be wishful thinking.

Check out our current Y13s work from last year:

Tupton Hall Media
The following students videos all got Level 4 marks (see criteria below):
Amy, Emma, Misha, Molly
Dom. Dom and Harry
Callum, Georgia, Gem and Olly
Plus...Kennedy, Amy, Tyler etc were right at the top of Level 3

The following thrillers also got Level 4 marks - the first one got 59/60

The Edge

John Hunter

The Hoods

The Pursuit

This one isn't a thriller but does show an interesting and inventive use of titles.
Roses are Red

Re,member, you can analyse these pieces and use this information as research (textual analysis) and post it on your blogger alongside your analysis of opening sequences of released films.

 

Level 4 48–60 marks

 

There is evidence of excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills:

-holding a shot steady, where appropriate;

-framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;

-using a variety of shot distances as appropriate;

-shooting material appropriate to the task set;

-selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;

-editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer;

-using varied shot transitions and other effects selectively and appropriately for the task set;

-using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;

-using titles appropriately