Opening sequence evaluation

In my opinion, my opening sequence was not successful and this is mainly because the footage was not my own. The footage itself was good but it was hard for me to be able to edit it whilst trying to make it fit my soap theme. After showing my soap opening sequence to a few students, they agreed that it would have been better to get my own footage because it was hard to tell a story with different footage. In all honesty, it was a very rushed piece and I understand that I could have done much better within the space of time that I had been given. In my opinion, in order for me to have made a successful opening sequence, I would have had to give myself more time and planned what I was going to do. What was successful about this opening sequence was that although it wasn’t any of my own footage, I was able to edit it well enough for it to fit my soap theme and each clip worked well with each other. I was able to get everything from the college meaning I did not need to try and make it look like City of Westminster College because it was already footage of the college itself. If I had the chance to do it all over again I definitely would and that is because I know that I did not work to my full potential. The opening sequence had nothing to do with what I had originally planned but in the end it worked out okay. I did not enjoy making this sequence because it was very hurried and not well thought out and without using my own footage, it did not have the same effect on me as my previous work had.