Hi everyone!
This week, we are officially starting our film openings and brainstorming. My teacher told my class to look at these 9 film openings, so I will be summarizing and commenting on them down below:
Rise
This film opening is sports related, and it starts with a teenage boy exiting his car and opening the car door, and there is soccer equipment inside of it that he grabs. The credits are shown with unique and engaging music as he exits the car and moves towards the soccer field. I enjoyed the vibrant colors that was probably achieved by a filter, and I want to implement this into my own film opening. The font used during the credits is also enjoyable as it seems professionally done. The boy begins to play soccer and there are zooms used to show his movement as well as to show what equipment he throws down before her plays. Following this, another boy is shown exiting his car, and the camera follows him as he walks on the sidewalk. Eventually, he meets a fence while looking at the soccer-playing boy, and the soccer boy is shown again playing soccer as the music gets louder. Various cuts are used to show the soccer playing. Then, as the soccer-playing boy walks back to the car, he sees the other boy. Close ups show their faces as the camera cuts between both of them.
Offline
This opening starts with a typewriter-styled title sequence showing the studios and the companies that helped produce the movie. Then, as eerie music plays, a dark hooded person scrolling through the Instagram page of a girl. Eerie music plays. Then, this cuts to a shot of a girl laying tied up inside of a cage with a rag inside her mouth. There are several shots that fade between the "stalker" and the tied-up girl. Then, the once-unconscious girl begins to wake up and starts screaming and shaking as she realizes where she is. After this, the title "Offline" is shown in a typewriter style.
Dear Lover
This film opening is much calmer than the previous one, as it starts off with rather relaxing shots of nature. The credits appear at the bottom of the screen and tranquil music plays while this happens. Then, a girl is shown sitting by the water with the title "Dear Lover" appearing on the screen. A fade to black is used as the girl starts speaking in a voice-over. Then a close up shot shows the girl wiping tears. This cuts to more shots of nature but then goes to a shot of the girl talking to an unseen person. As the girl continues to speak about her situation and why she isn't able to stay with her girlfriend Luna, there are shots of various moments that she and Luna have experienced. What's unique about this is the white, muted filter that is used to show that these moments are from the past rather than the present. The pair is shown sitting by the water, holding hands, and getting close. After this, it cuts to various shots showing the letter-writing and mailing process that the two girls use to communicate with each other. Luna is then seen writing back after receiving the letter. Then to end the opening, the girl says "No, I'm getting ahead of myself, let's start from the beginning" and leaves the audience to speculate what will happen later in the film.
Dare to Thrill
This film opening starts with the logo, and then there is a group of friends laughing with text shown on the screen revealing a "dare" that they have to attempt. Then, an extreme wide shot shows the friends walking up a parking garage while the options "Dare or Lose it all" is is shown on screen in a very unique pixelated font. The "Dare" blinks, indicating that the teens have chosen this option. They walk up the stairs and the camera pans and moves around, making it feel like the audience is actually there with them. The group is then seen entering a car and the energetic EDM music drops while sound effects emphasize the tires screeching and the friends screaming with excitement. Thrilling shots of the car driving on the highway is shown. However, things take a turn when the car is off the highway and drives over a speed bump in a parking lot. Here, a thud is heard and one person turns the music down. Things go silent, fade to black, and then a shot of the friends opening a car trunk and reacting in a scared manner is shown from a low angle. Finally, the "directed by" is shown and the title "Dare to Thrill" is shown in a pixelated font.
Always Watching
In this film opening, the title, production company, and directors are shown on a black screen in a red font. Then there is a two-shot of a boy and a girl in what appears to be a therapy session. Credits continue appearing on the bottom of the screen. They discuss the boy's apparent obsession with another boy's life and the boy is seen getting angry. After this, there is a bright and colorful shot showing this boy and another boy with glasses walking cross a street directly towards the camera. After, there is a mysterious shot of the original boy being alone and staring directly at the camera in a close up. Ominous music plays while the next shot shows an over-the-shoulder shot of the boy staring at the boy with glasses that is now walking away. Then, several shots cut between the therapy session rant and the boy walking around in darkness. The boy gets angry and stands up while the therapist tries calming him down. Then, more ominous music plays while the boy with glasses enters his house and walks towards a room. The stalker boy then follows him down that path. After another cut to the therapy session, there is a shot of the boy staring with a sinister smile, and the he tapes the mouth of the boy with glasses. This back-and-forth cutting continues, and then a unique jump cut occurs in which the glasses boy looks in the mirror, but it switches between him and the stalker boy very rapidly. The boy keeps getting very angry in the therapy session, and there are more cuts in between the therapy and stalker-like shots. The last thing that happens is the therapist asking the boy to tell his story again from the beginning, leaving the audience curious for what will happen next.
Blue Boar
This film opening begins with a medium close up shot of a girl walking in a blue dress that looks like it's from colonial times. Mystical music plays, and an elderly woman is seen talking to her in a mix of voice overs of the girl and extreme close ups of the elderly woman's bottom half of her face. The girl walks around after this, and the music plays while shots of the sun, the girl's feet, and the the girl walking around are shown while credits roll. Then, an extreme close up of the girl's eyes is shown while the music reveals its lyrics. It appears to be an original song, or at least one that the girl is actually singing. With more shots of nature and the girl looking around it, the girl is then shown singing to the petal that she's picked. She then unwraps her hair and smiles while doing so. More shots of the girl singing in the outdoors happens. A shot shows her playing with another flower, and then a close up shows her face singing directly to the camera. She proceeds to craft something out of the branches and leaves, and a shot displaying an overlay drawing of a boar shows what it's supposed to be. Then the overlay remains while the rest of the nature disappears. The words "Blue Boar" is shown inside of this boar, indicating that this is the film's logo.
White Coat
This opening begins with different dark shots showing the credits. Eerie scary music plays while a boy with a mask is shown. Then, some boy's legs are shown tied together and other shots of rope and a face is shown. There is no dialogue throughout any of this. The boy is then seen trying to escape from being tied. Quickly, a man with a mask and glasses is shown. The boy then appears to break free from the restraints and the masked man pours liquid to a glass. The eerie music continues while more dark shots play very quickly. The man appears to be a scientist and he fiddles with different vials and lab equipment. After, a paper is shown showing "Patient #0534", hinting that the boy in restraints is part of some experiment, or at least some doctor's patient. More liquid gets poured into glass, and the restrained boy opens a box and looks towards the camera with a serious glance. Then, the title "Black Coat" is shown on the screen with a black background.
Stalker
This film opening begins with a shot of a girl in bed shutting off an alarm and leaving her bed. The credits are shown on the bottom of the screen. The girl then opens her window, and then it cuts to her brushing her hair in front of a mirror. Camera sounds play, and eerie music plays after. The girl turns around after hearing this. A shot of the window is shown, and the girl is shown looking back. Them, the title "Stalker" is shown over a black screen. A high angle of the girl, now in another location is used to show her opening her school folder. Then a medium-close shot is used to show her opening a paper. As she reads the paper, she looks up with a scared face and suspenseful music plays. She quickly runs out of the school, and enters a car. A point of view shot of her trying and failing to start her car is then used. After this, more suspenseful music plays as the camera shows her facial reaction to the camera, suggesting that there is something behind it.
Nostalgia
This film opening starts with a "Valle productions" logo. Then, a shot of a tree that pans to the sky is shown, with the title "Nostalgia", the writers, and directors on it. Piano music plays as various shots go back-and-forth between different paintings of landscapes and shots of an elderly lady. With these paintings, the camera pans and tilts. The lady is then seen grabbing branches of a bush, and holding her chest. Then, there is a overhead shot of a table with different pictures and religious items that the elderly woman's hand touches. Then, a shot of flowers is used. After, a shot of a family portrait is used that the camera moves away from. Following this, another medium close up shot of the elderly woman is shown, and this time she smiles. This jump cuts into a much younger girl with the same outfit, probably indicating that this was the elderly woman when she was younger. This shot of the young girl tilts up and pans to the right into the sky, and that is how the opening scene ends.
Conclusion
After watching all these opening scenes, I have several thoughts. First, I definitely want to take time in finding a good font to use for the credits, since this can definitely enhance the quality of my group's opening scene. Also, I want to use filters in order to make my group's opening scene seem more professional. I noticed that sound completely changed the atmosphere of certain opening scenes, so I hope we find good songs to tell our story in the best way possible. Furthermore, I want to make sure that if my group decides on having dialogue, that the actors are good. The delivery of the dialogue must be good or else I wouldn't want it. I also noticed how some opening scenes reveal little of the plot; they just establish the setting and characters. I hope my group does something like this as well, since after all, this is just an opening scene and not the entire film.
That's all for today😆
Mediamel out!
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