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 The production portion of making our film was definitely a learning experience for me and my group members as well. Our main source of technology was our phones, we had our script on our phones practicing and rehearsing our lines. We used our phones to record our whole opening scene. Some other technology that we used was a ring light and also a green screen. So what I learned about using production technology is that every single element matters, whether you have lighting or no lighting, using certain audio, holding the camera a certain way is what I learned. I also learned that all of the elements help make each other. For example, let's say that you are shooting a very happy scene, you have your actors dancing, and your happy music playing. If the lighting is not happy and bright than the viewers may not fully understand what you wanted them too. Actually we went in based off of prior knowledge and what we already knew how to do with the technology. Of course we got a little he

 The film that I am trying to make is a crime thriller film. The basic genre conventions of my movie is a dark kind of closed in theme where the style is pretty plain and grey. The theme of our film is like a rime but a thriller at the same time. The other opening sequences are usually flashbacks and flashforwards a lot of the time to give off the thriller portion in the crime genre. An opening sequence can reveal meaning without giving out to much by give you an important detail that may happen later on in the story or before the story. This will leave the viewer asking why was this shown? or, What makes this so important? and Why is it important? Tone can give of a certain type of vibe leaving you asking why was this song chosen to open the movie? Or, why is this piece of dialogue the first thing that they want me to hear? etc.  The action depends on the genre and who wrote it and directed it, but the first two minutes can either be the most important and informative or the least amo