Analysing the opening sequence - The incredibles

In the opening sequence of The Incredibles it has the title 'The Incredibles' in a bold red font, this moves back then the camera zooms into the title until you see the image of a police siren. The music emphasis the super hero theme and makes it more dramatic.

As the title is so bold is shows the importance of it, and as it's in plural it tells the audience there is more than one, hinting to the audience that there will be a family involved in the film.

After the title has shown it goes on to show the audience what Mr. Incredible's job, and powers are, it also shows that he is a hero fighting crime and not a villain.

The animation is quite dark, with the emphasis colour on Mr. Incredible's costume, the shape of the body is also quite exaggerated making the animation itself quite comical.

I think i would like to use some aspects from The Incredibles, although not animation, i liked the use of the swooping/ zooming in of the title in the opening credits.

3.1 (continuity exercise)

Kwame, Finella and I began filming our media coursework, taking into consideration the 180 degree rule. We filmed a conversation between mine and Kwame's character, we did this across a table and had the camera positioned for an over the shoulder shot, so we had each characters perspective.

We used the microphone on the camera at first to pick up any sound, but found the quality of the sound wasn't great, so we decided to use an external microphone. 

I found this exercise helpful as it enabled us to see the different ways we could capture a shot. We also came across problems whilst filming, fixing these small problems helped us get a greater understanding of how to use the camera.