Opening Film Research

Over the last couple of lessons, we have been looking at past students work to give us some inspiration on what works well and what doesn't. Depending on what genre the film is e.g. thriller, comedy; that would relate to the techniques you would use in your opening sequence. We watched a thriller and I thought the foregrounded noise of breathing created tension and was a good way to finish the sequence as you want to know what happens next. The use of close up's worked well because it stresses something significant in the shot and can bring it into the performance e.g. One of the past students picked up some keys which showed only his hand and keys in the shot. We watched one opening where the the first shot was too long because they had that as only only using text on screen in introduce the key people who made it. This can make veiwers get bored straight away and then miss the rest of the sequence.