Pete Fraser Talk

The entirety of GBHS AS media students were invited to spend a couple of hours talking to Pete Fraser. Pete spoke to us about techniques that we should include in our practical pieces of coursework in order to achieve high grades at AS and also how to evaluate our work to a high standard. Pete Fraser has spent his time as the Head of Media Studies at Long Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge. He has run one of the largest media departments in the country before joining CEMP as a doctoral researcher in 2010. Pete Fraser has also written two books for the BFI specializing in digital video production. Clearly Pete is the perfect representative for a role model in terms of media approach because of his vast experience and extensive knowledge on the subject.

Film openings 1 from Great Baddow High School Media

In accordance to this presentation with questions such as 'what do film openings actually look like', well the definition for a film openings is a title sequence; also called an opening sequence or intro is the method by which films or television programs present their title, key production and cast members, utilizing conceptual visuals and sound. From these we can recognize the importance of a film opening in correlation with the significant factors of a movie. 

Film openings 2 from Great Baddow High School Media

This second representation is showing the steps of creating a film opening, I assume this will be very helpful in the future when creating my film opening, mainly because it portrays the key points and factors when producing a film opening. Especially when wanting a unique film opening which differentiates itself from other students work, this way it will be like no other and potentially the opportunity for extra marks will arise.