Synopsis for our Opening Sequence

The genre of our opening sequence will be Thriller. Our opening sequence is going to start with a stranger walking in a graveyard and it will continually cross cut between flash backs and then back to graveyard. Through our opening we want to interest the audience and by getting their attention and introduce the main characters. Our opening sequence we will use thriller conventions for example stereotyping the victim as a girl, and then also by the typical use of a thriller location (graveyard) to inform the audience what genre this opening sequence is, by the locations and also by the different shots we used and what were in these shots.

Conventions of the genre Thriller

Thriller films are displayed with excitement and tension, with cliffhangers to keep the audience engaged. Thriller use pathetic fallacy within weather as it states the emotion of the character of in the scene. the dark atmospheres usually involved in thriller genres tend to lead onto a mystery.

Conventions of a Thriller are:
- Suspense is made
- Mystery is set
- Threatening scene
- Tension is created
- Conflict between characters is created

Setting- usually used with low lightening
- abandoned house
- victims bedroom
- graveyard/forrest

Typical Characters
- killers
- ghosts
- stalkers

Typical Themes
- death - murder
- abduction
- rape
- revenge
- haunting others

Props
- blood
- weapons: knife, gun,
- glass e.g. broken glass
- masks
- cigarettes
- make up
- jewelry

Prelim Task

This was our final piece for our Prelim Task:


When we done our filming we had to make sure we had more shots then we needed so we could cut it and it would help us have more variety in out shots rather then having a few to pick from. To start our task we had to design a story board to show what shots we wanted and the order we wanted them to be in. From this we then went onto filming our task for this we had to keep the camera on the tripod this is to make sure that the shots looked professional and not amateur. Of which we started shooting our shots and making sure we had many shots to work with and we keep to our story board that we designed.
After filming we had to edit the shots to enable the task to be completed and to look much more professional to the audience watching. For this we used a number of shots for example we used over the shoulder shots (180) which was to vary shots for the scene.
The shots used we liked, we felt as a group we were organised with our shots that were going to be used however the talking between the two characters did not work as well as we had not organised the script well so editing this part of the scene was very hard.

Jessica Hung Han Yun - The Art Of The Sequence Opening Sequence - Fight Club

Genre: Thriller/Crime
Director: David Fincher
Year released: 1999

The opening sequences to 'Fight Club', is meant to represent the centre of the characters brain, while going though the brain of the protagonist you see electrical pulses which are meant to represent, impulses of fear. The unusual start of the opening sequence is then inter-linked with the beginning of the film, this grips the audience as it has music in the background which keeps in theme with the scene of the sequence.
As the credits role, which involves the actors involved, the director, the producers, the specials effects creator etc... As these names come up it appears and then disappears as though it is like smoke as though it fits in with the set of the sequence. The camera starts to pull back, which the change of the place is changing as the camera is going though the different parts of the brain, until it comes to the clogged up pores showing the sweating of this character. Then pulling back to reveal a gun being lodged down his throat explaining the sweat of fear and the impulses of fear of this character.
From the opening it is very clear that it is a thriller by the constant movement of the camera how it is very fast pace, keeping the audiences attention. The shot pulling back, to end with a shot of a gun down the characters throat, this is a very strong shot to start with as it intrigues the audience, making them wonder how this character came to this situation and what this character is going to do to get out of this situation.

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Sinead Makins - The Art Of The Title Opening Sequence - Forest Gump

Genre: Comedy/Drama/War
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Year Released: 1994

The opening sequence of Forrest Gump is slightly different compared to many other opening sequences of that similar genre. The film starts off with the paramount pictures opening so that the viewers are aware of which type of movie they are watching. As the film is hinting f the plot of the film, the opening credits are appearing on the screen then flashing off for the next credit to appear. While the filming is occurring, the viewers are following the feather shown in a close up shot with the town in the background to show a normal day atmosphere, which will eventually end up landing on the main the main character as an introduction. During this moment, gentle music is being played which connects with the feather as that is light and gentle as well. as the feather is flying around the shots vary from a low angle to a high angle, then just a direct view. Forrest then goes to pick up the feather, you can tell that he is a lonely character and a bit lost and confused. he is just sitting there and buses go by one by one. He doesn't seem to know what he is doing with his life. when the women comes it is just talking away without her responding. The viewers can also tell which type of character he is when he says "Life's like a box of chocolate, you never know what you gonna get" this shows that he has had a hard life. This opening sequence is very difficult to understand as it doesn't really indicate and represent all the types of genres.

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Emma Harman - The Art Of The Title Opening Sequence - Kung Fu Panda

Genre: Animation/Family
Director: Mark Osborne &
John Stevenson
Year Released: 2008

Kung Fu Panda is an animated film, which is aimed at a family audience featuring comedy and humor.
The opening sequence of Kung Fu Panda starts off very fast, with the main character (Po) played by Jack Black running with, another animated animal (Shifu) played by Dustin Hoffman. They then appear within a a class of Kung Fu surrounded by other characters. Po then meets the leader of Kung Fu (Mr Schiffer) where he tells Po that each generation teaches the next one so the art of Kung Fu is passed on. Mr Schiffer describes the other characters as 'delightful children' to Po and then leaves him teach them wishing him luck.
The opening sequence doesn't actually have a specific tone (music) to it. The characters seem to been the main focus of the opening. However non-diegetic sound is featured. The setting of Kung Fu Panda is the typical colorful setting which is always features in a animated film. it is attractive and appealing to the audience.