For this task we had to create a commentary voice over, to put over the top of our film opening sequence. The commentary is explaining what is happening in each scene and why we chose to make it in that way.
I think that making a voice over was a good idea, because people now know what is happening correctly, as the editor and director (Sven and Jahmal) of the film are the ones doing the commentary, so this gives the audience a clear idea of what is going on in each important scene. It also makes sure that people watching notices all of the little details, which they would have never seen before, which makes the film opening twice as interesting to what it would have been if they just sat down and watched it, without spotting the small details.
Because we know all of the little details added by us, we have a brilliant understanding of the film opening, and know what is going to happen later on in the film. Knowing all details makes the film stand out more, because the audience will be looking out for these minor effects, which is why we chose to add a clear and accurate commentary version of our film opening sequence.
Here is some additional information we were asked to put into the commentary but did not because a commentary normaly relates more to the opening than most these questions do.
What does a production company do?
The production company are the ones who produce the film, for example, in relation to our
opening we put our idents at the start of the film, showing that we produced it.
What is a distributor and what is he doing?
A film distributor is an independent company, he is the agent between the film production company and the film exhibitor.
Where the money might have come from for a film such as yours?
The money for our film might have come from government grants, because our film is an independent local feature.
Why the various people are named in the titles?
We named our film production companies as well as actors in the opening on the other hand we have not mentioned small jobs such as boom operator. That is because main jobs such as director are more important than boom operator. And they are named in the opening because more people are going to see the opening and not the credits of the end of the film.
Our titles are:
J.C.A.C Media productions and Sven Mattes Film and Media Production present
a Crowe and Mattes film
LARS MATTES
JAHMAL CROWE
Casting by Bill Noxville
Costume Designer Alex Hume
Sound Designer Karlos Jimenez
Edited by Sven Mattes
BEAT THE BULLY
Producing Designer David Pattern
Screenplay by Johnny Traffer
Produced by Collin Smith
Directed by Jahmal Crowe
We took the order of the title appearing from a template, which is similar to the opening of 'Fight Club'.
What your film is similar to 'institutionally'?
The films that would be released in a similar way would be for example 'Man on Wire', 'In Bruges', and 'Slumdog Millionaire', because all of these films are British Independent Films.
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