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 In this blogpost I am evaluating the reviews that other students have made on the first cut of the opening scene. My reply to the review will be highlighted with pink. Anabel's Review What specific technical elements of the film opening did you like?  I saw a lot of extreme close ups of Angelina and certain parts of her body to emphasize her nervous behavior which I liked. There was one the camera was focused on her hand while she was picking at her nail and another where she was fidgeting her foot. Before she began telling the doctor her routine,  There was a dutch shot inserted that may have been to set a smooth transition. The therapist had some clips where they zoomed in on him to show his confusion on what the patient was telling him. I also noticed some cross cutting elements where the clip of what the patient said happened appeared and it jumped to the clip that actually happened which was really cool. What specific technical elements of the film opening did ...

Below are the reviews for my peers first cuts of their movie opener.   https://youtu.be/pwUBkwR0Ths What specific technical elements of the film opening did you like? The technical element I really liked in the opening is the drone shot that they did. It was really well done and added to the cliffhanger that was necessary to be a continuation clip. Another element of the clip I liked was the closeups of the piano, especially the shot where the piano is being opened.  What specific technical elements of the film opening did you dislike? There was no sound in the video, this took away from the first 40 seconds. Especially since it seems like they are focusing on the playing of the piano within that. Another element is that some shots seem to hold a few seconds too long. This can be seen with the shot at 53 seconds, it seems to hold for about two seconds then it needed to.  Did this look like a movie opener and did it make you want to know what happens next?  This did l...

 This is the first cut we made.  https://youtu.be/CEkDC6U4KYU Links to an external site.