Opening Sequence - Construction

THE MAKING OF MY OPENING SEQUENCE

Things that went wrong during the filming process

The fact that all of the other characters other than myself are in my media studies class, it becomes difficult to gather everyone together on a specific date making the filming process harder because they were also busy on their coursework. This may have been due to poor communication and organisation skills on my part.

Due to this, I could not get all of the actors together at any point causing me to have to film individual parts and edit them in hence why my opening sequence does not feature all of the characters together in any shot which makes everything tougher.

I had to do a lot of filming on different days, the weather plays a massive part as it affects continuity because sometimes it may be dark and sometimes it may be lighter. I tried to make this less obvious to the viewing audience through shooting mostly during the day as opposed to night time. 

This camera angle was shot during the day on a cold, cloudy day.

This was filmed at around sunset on a sunny day. 

The Editing Process

I used Final Cut Pro X throughout the editing process. This editing software made by 'Apple' let me to edit my opening sequence with very close detail.

I felt that focusing on continuity and synchronising the non-diegetic sound and the textual insert was most important and using both 'Logic Pro X' and 'Final Cut Pro X' was the best way to do this.  

Costume

For the majority of the opening sequence, all of the characters are wearing suits and sunglasses as they get dressed and leave their respective residences for a night out together. The opening sequence begins when one of the characters wake up in the morning in a joyous mood wearing nightwear and text messages a fellow character if  'tonight is on'.