The BFI

Yesterday we went to the BFI (British Film Institute). This trip widened our knowledge about our final task and also film techniques. The director of The Hallow also came to do a Q & A which meant that we got to listen to how he makes his films and he also gave us some tips on how to make ours. He also showed his story boards of his first ideas of what he wanted his film to be about. There was a presenter who also took us through the stages of making our opening sequence. He also showed us some examples of opening sequences that gave us an idea of what ours should be like and also how it should be composed. This was interesting to see how others had been influenced to make theirs, for example the ones that we watched were all from movies that they had improvised on. E.g there was a opening sequence that we looked at from the film Se7en. Where they had watched and understood the film they had then composed a opening sequence for what they thought should give the audience a brief description of what is to come later in the film. I am going to take a lot of information back to my lessons from this trip to the BFI because it will ensure me that I can interpret my opening sequence perfectly.