When i was researching films, I started to come up with ideas for camera work, angles, story lines, edits, lighting and music. Watching lots of opening sequences of films that were to a similar genre to my own idea helped as it expanded my thoughts and showed me what had been done before, and what was popular in the film industry (this showing that because it is done in most films the audience must like it)
I looked at Thrillers and Horrors when doing my research and one of the main films that I watched was 'Cape Fear' as you can see below it is the opening sequence to the film and I have wrote about how it has helped me and what I have learned from watching the clip.
Above is the opening sequence to Cape Fear, the music and sound plays a big part within this clip which changes the emotions of the audience when viewing this scene. It slowly introduces the character and then at the end of the opening sequence we get to fully view the whole of his face and here on in we then get the feeling that we will follow this character on a journey. The first shot in this scene shows a wall with pictures of fictional characters and men that look fierce and serious, it then slowly zooms out onto a stack of books which may reflect intelligence but however still at this point the audience still do not know what or who they are going to be introduced to. The music suddenly changes when we get to view the muscular back of the character which is covered in tattoos which also may help you to give a view of what they are going to be like. The music suddenly changes and sharpens and makes you want to know what is going to happen next, it also may reflect that because the music dark and mysterious the character may have these qualities also. When the man eventually turns around and starts to walk closer to the camera we then get to see that he is in a prison which may mean he is a bad person and he is into crime. Then when he walks out of the prison the weather is bad and stormy which relates that something bad is going to happen as well as this when he is speaking to the guard he is talking about how no family is going to meet him, to show he is alone and fierce which my relate to him being emotionless by not needing any one and going alone. The last point that i am going to make will be that when he is walking out of the prison it is a long shot and he gradually gets closer to the camera until his face is very close and you can see the detail of his features. He looks very scary and serious this helps to spook out the audience as they feel intimidated by the character.
I do like the idea of introducing the character slowly and building up the tension for when the audience then finally get to have a full view of the character. It gives a sense of mystery and spooks the audience out as they do not know who the character is. I shall also be using a lot of sound in my own opening sequence to add to the suspense and build tension.
OPENING CREDITS
When researching for opening sequences i was looking at how the order of the opening credits were, according to Wikipedia here is a common order of how the opening credits would be listed;
- Name of the studio
- Name of the Production Company
- Producer Name
- Starring
- Films title
- Featuring
- Casting
- Music
- Production Designer
As well these may also be included;
- Set Design
- Costumes
- Hairdresser
- Make-up Artist
- Sound Recording
- Visual Effects Director
- Editor
- Director or Photography
- Writers
- Directors
FINAL DESTINATION 3
This here is a clear example of what layout they have chosen to show the opening credits in as well as how they have chosen to film them. There is a big use of dark colours to represent dark things happening due to the genre and I also think this is what i would do as well.
When editing my own opening sequence i shall not include all of these credits but will try to include as many as i can, because i made most of the decisions on costumes, editing, lighting etc there would be no need to write my name down every time for every single little thing i did to contribute to this piece of work.
PRODUCTION COMPANY
In my opening sequence i have decided to have a production company that features at the beginning of the film and the reason for this is because in nearly every film this is the first thing that you are introduced to. Instead of using another production company and their logo for example, 20th Century Fox or Universal Studios, and to avoid using copyright material i think if i was to include a production company within my work it would have to one where i have created it myself.
All of the different production company logos and the sequences of the advertisement are all different and the reason for this being is so that they are all individual and stand out amongst others.Most of the logos are objects or images of the theme of the features of the company.
DREAMWORKS
The dreamworks logo is a young boy that is sitting on a moon whist fishing. The name of the company already gives you an idea of what you are about to be seeing as it has the word 'dream' in it. This may be a fantasy or simply making something impossible, possible. Even the music in this clip is dreamy and makes you use your imagination, every single feature they have used to put into their company has given the audience an idea of ideology of what their company is like. This is very important because it relates to the audiences opinion of the company and how they would be able to recognise the company against others just due to the image or the sound that is being played.
20TH CENTURY FOX
This logo is very plain but is simple and easy to remember especially since the name of the production company is included within the logo. The fact that it is a 3D dimension makes it look modern and important. Also the music that goes with the film stands out and is individual so even if you heard the music and didn't see the image you could still identify it with this company. This is down to the individuality that has obviously worked, using this in my own production logo would to be to make it as individual as possible.
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
The universal logo stands out and is also very individual, it is well known worldwide as well as the music that is included within the clip shown. When seeing the Universal clip at the beginning of a film automatically makes the audience think that it is going to be a good film as they have produced some very successful films before. I would like to stick to the individuality when creating my own production company logo as well as still making it to look modern and interesting but still plain and simple at the same time.
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