Opening sequence of a film



This is the opening sequence from Hot Fuzz a British action and comedy film. The first shot is a mid shot of what seems to be the main character in the film. The main character is played by Simon Pegg and in the first scene he is walking through an empty corridor. He then whips out his identity card, this states that he is a police officer and his name is Nicholas Angel as well as having the badge to state that he is a British police officer. After this, he walks through another corridor, this time its more busy, this connotes that its a busy police station perhaps in a city. As he is walking through the corridor, there is a dissolve fade, keeping with the same camera angle and then it pans out into him in a sports outfit with other police officers standing around him, he of course is in the middle of the horizontal line because he is the most important. This then zooms onto his face in a close up shot and then pans round to quick cuts of different montages. These montages include of running through fire, finishing a test, getting a police award, answering questions to elderly people, driving a car around a track, fencing, beating his opponent in karate, As this is happening it is cutting back to him walking through the busy corridor. On top of this, the narrator is talking about profile, like 'graduating from Canterbury University, with a double first in politics and sociology' and academically excelled theoretical course work and final year examination. His successes are spoken by the narrator through out the 1:26 minute opening scene.

Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Sound 
Diegetic Sound: 
Diegetic sound includes the voices of characters, talking and dialogue and even the sound of animals like dogs barking. Diegetic sound can also be sounds of the objects in an area. Diegetic sound can be either on screen or off screen depending on its source, if its inside or outside a frame.

This picture is from the film Hot Fuzz, in which the two main characters are talking, the dialogue is diegetic as well the licking and slurping of the ice cream is diegetic. Ticking noises inside the car or the cars engine is also diegetic. Noise outside the car, like peoples footsteps, people shouting, opening doors, crumpling newspaper, are all diegetic sounds.



Non-Diegetic Sound:
Non-Diegetic Sound is the opposite of Diegetic sound, it isn't actual sound. These include of  narrators commentary, sound effects and music.

Synchronising Audio and Video

Above the title, is a mic called the shotgun mic, there are also smaller and more compact versions of this device. The mic has a handle held audio recorder attachment. These devices are used because it creates a better sound to what the camera can make and absorb. Once you've got your audio you can blend the video and the audio together when editing.

This is the hand held recorder that we are using to create our 3D sound. We hope to use this device more often in our work.