What Makes A Good Student Film

10 points on what makes a good student film.

• It has to flow - For it to be a good film opening it has to have a good story to it and that it has to flow, it cant be confusing for the audience.
• It cant have everything shown in the first two minutes - its only the first two minutes of the film, there shouldn't be all the action. 
• It has to be directed well - people should know what they are doing and that it should be clear that everything was directed well.
• They should have focused on mise - it should look like an actual film, not something that they have thrown together in 10 minutes at home. If they are creating a restaurant scene it should be at a restaurant, not at home!
• It should have a variety of camera shots - it shouldn't all look the same, it should look like an actual and using a different variety of shots, not just long shot or close up.
• They should make sure that the audio is of good quality - you shouldn't hear the wind in the microphone if it is outside.
• Use a camera stabiliser or tripod - this will make the film opening look more professional and will make it stand out compared to shaky footage that just wont look as good.
• Make sure that you use titles correctly - using titles correctly and in the right order will make the whole film opening look more professional and like a real film.
• Make sure that the genre is clear in the beginning - the genre should be clear to the audience from the beginning of the film, not confusing.
• Don't re-invent the wheel - don't go and try to make a new opening as it wont look good, get inspiration from a real film and try to incorporate it in your opening.

Making sure that we all follow this in our group we can make sure that our film will look bad and not professional - it should help our film stand out, look interesting and overall help us achieve a better grade.