Resaerching film openings

         I have been researching film openings to get some ideas on what genre my final video will be.

Here I have an example of a playlist of films I discovered on youtube:
These films  are created by AS Media students like me, they give an exmaple of the type of genres my group could do for exmaple horror, comedy, rom-com, thriller and action.

These are only amateur videos to get an idea of what type of genre I want to do, I might also use some techniques from some real movie openings, for example:


This is an example from the film Inception which is to a very high standard.

By doing some reaserch I have found a lot of ideas to add to my film opening, for example the type of sound tracks, camera angles and movement also what a film opening contains.
Editing and Camera action.

 The first scene is a pan shot of the sea (0.18-0.24) this is to establish were the character is as he appears in the next shot with a close up of his face (028-032) The folowing scene intorduces another character, a security guard with a weapon (056-1.01) He is filmed at a low angle to show his dominance aver the character on the floor. Next there is another esablishing shot to show that the chacters will be in the building next (1.03-1.07) The next scene is a long shot shwoing a grand room and table (1.08-1.18). The overthe shoulder shot is shown next to show the gun being placed on the table and to intoduce the new character, the overthe shoulder shot is used in this scene to show the importance of the character (1.19-1.22) followed by this is a close up of the pistol and strange object carried by the person captured.(1.24-1.26) . Medium shots are then used during the conversation to get a feel for the character's and show the cotume and facial expressions. A 180 degree angle is then used is the conversation.

Lighting.

Lighting at the beach scene is a transition between light and dark, the dark lighting is used to show horrible times and the light is to represent good times (his flashback) this occurs between 034-054. The lighting is the establishing shot is fairly dark becuase it is representing a mysterious builiding. Inside of the building is also dark to show the tension between the characters. Dark lighting is a trend in the opening to represent maybe the bad times to come in the film also terror is the bombing shot (4.02-4.03)

Costume.
Costumes change throughout the opening scene to represent different occasion for example in the first scene the man is wearing scruffy clothing becuase he was been washed up and in the next scene inside the building he is waering a suit to represent wealth and importance. costumes are a key part in a film as they represent your staus and your character.

Props.

Props are used to set the scene and make it look realistiic and authentic. for example the props used in the opening of this film is a gun, plates, kinfe and fork, wine glass, candles and many more. props are used for effect on the viewer without props the film looks unfinished and un-realistic.

Overall mise en scene has been used effectively in this opening. the film is professional and looks great I have gained some extra knowledge from analysing this film opening.