Reading of our opening two minutes

We introduce the opening to the lost locket by the production credit, which was called 'Cloud Productions'. It was then complimented by G321 FILMS as the secondary title, which was the image of an old camera from black and white, faded into colour. We used the transitions additive dissolve as we thought that this would be the most theatrical transition to use. We then added paired titles to introduce the films, which shows production credits and also who was behind the film in terms of editing and directing. We then had our main title introduced. This was just a black background and white and red writing. 'The Lost' was written in white to connote innocence and purity and 'Locket' was written in red to connote love and passion. We then had the soundtrack playing in the background at this point with the acoustic guitar. We faded the music in so it did not seem harsh or abrupt. Our next shot was of the female protagonist entering the shot. This started out as a medium shot but as she walked closer it turned into a close up shot. We thought that this way the audience gains a sense of what she is like by the way she dresses and the emotions she is showing through facial expressions. We then used a tracking shot of the female protagonist as she is walking down the road to school. We followed her from behind so that the audience could see where she was heading and the setting we would then later introduce. We then moved to the front of the female protagonist as she continued to walk. We thought that this would be effective because the audience would then also see or gain a sense of where she is going. At this point we started the voice over so that it seemed like the female protagonist was talking directly to the audience. We started it off with personal pronoun 'You' so that we related to the audience on a personal level. This would engage the audience more as they would feel connected to that character. Whilst the voice over was playing, we included a clip of where the female protagonist looks across the road to see the male protagonist. We then carried the footage to following the female protagonist using a medium shot. We cut to the female protagonist entering the school where she signs herself in. We used a close up shot so that the audience could clearly see what was going on. At this point the voice over is still playing explaining her situation. The camera then cuts to a scene of the female protagonist walking down the hallway of the school as she is taking in her surroundings. The voice over stops with the line 'trying to find my way around' which is what the female protagonist is showing in the footage. The female protagonist then enters the common room where the camera follows, using a tracking shot, her walking over to a table where she sits down by herself. The music is introduced immediately after the voice over stops, again being faded in. We then had to lower the volume of the music so that the when the friend of the female protagonist began talking it became clearer to hear. We used a tracking shot following the friend, Miranda, over to the female protagonist, Leola. The then used an over the shoulder shot to get Miranda in the shot as she began talking. We then used shot reverse shot to succeed the conversation. We then used a long shot to show both Leola and Miranda walking off to their lessons together. The camera tracks them as they walk from the table then cuts to as they are walking through the doors. We then used a low angle shot showing them walking upstairs and cut to a high angle shot as they were turning the corner. This proved very effective although we thought we should have used a different shot in between the two so that it didn't jump as much. We then used match on action to show Miranda opening the door to their classroom. We had some people in the background to make it seem more like a classroom. The camera then used a medium shot and tracked Miranda walking over to her seat and asking Leola to sit with her. The camera then shows Leola walking towards Miranda in a medium shot. The camera then cuts to the door again where, in a medium long shot, the male protagonist, Alex, walks in. The camera focuses on him looking over his shoulder. We then used a close up to show Leola looking over at him smiling. This shows her emotion through her facial expressions. We used this to create an enigma code for the audience as they will want to know if they enter a relationship or if they just remain friends. To end the opening, we used a close up of Miranda telling Leola his name and how everyone in the school admires him. We used this to suggest that Miranda may of had a past with Alex without telling anyone. The last line in the opening is 'Oh, you know him?' suggesting that Leola wants to know more about him and also leaves an enigma code for the audience. The music then fades out alongside the footage.