BFI Trip

On the 12th of November, we went to the British Film Institute to watch a presentation explaining opening title sequences. The speaker taught us the most common mistakes made by students and how we can avoid them, he also gave us tips on how to improve our OTS and our coursework grade. One of the most common mistakes made by students is they create a trailer instead of a opening title sequence, they do this by giving away too much of the plot and therefore removing the enigma. In order to improve our opening title sequence, we were told that our film title should be placed more towards the start instead of at the end. 

There were two other speakers that also gave us information that could influence our outcome, such as Dexter Fletchers advice on how to draw in an audience, and making sure that we link our text and titles to the genre of our film. For example, red text if the film involved a lot of blood and gore. 

The BFI was founded in 1933. They combine cultural, creative and industrial roles, bringing together the BFI National Archive and BFI Reuben Library, film distribution, exhibition and education at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, publishing and festivals. They award Lottery funding to film production, distribution, education, audience development and market intelligence and research. 

Below is the schedule of our day.