March 8 2018
My group and I have finally pin pointed our film's genre as both an action and thriller. It is an action film because there will be constant movement in front of the camera, and a thriller because the film will build up as it goes on and end on a cliff hanger. My group and I agreed that the best film openings are those that leave unanswered questions because it makes the audience beg for answers they can only get by watching the rest of the film.
I specifically liked this idea because I watched "Pitch Perfect 3" a few months ago and was intrigued by the opening scene, where all the characters are on a yacht in the middle of nowhere. Several men in black suits were watching them preform a song, constantly checking their watches as if time was running out but the audience doesn't know for what. Shortly after there is a cut to the actual movie in chronological order, leaving the audience confused and even more interested. The last ten minutes of the movie repeat the exact scene shown in the beginning and the audience pieces together the real meaning behind the clip. Ironically, showing the last scene before the first scene is very effective.
However, I know this is can be hard to do without giving away the whole movie. Instead of giving the audience immediate answers, the goal in showing the last clip first should be so the audience can slowly have "ah-ha!" moments throughout the movie while remembering the opening scene.
I know this strategy can't be fully implemented into a film opener since our audience won't see any other part of our movie to refer the scene back to, but I would be interested in doing that process within our film opening. For example, the first clip in our opener could be foreshadowing events that will be confirmed our denied by the end of the opening, while still leaving out important details. This way, the audience will have some general answers but not enough to satisfy them.
My group and I have finally pin pointed our film's genre as both an action and thriller. It is an action film because there will be constant movement in front of the camera, and a thriller because the film will build up as it goes on and end on a cliff hanger. My group and I agreed that the best film openings are those that leave unanswered questions because it makes the audience beg for answers they can only get by watching the rest of the film.
I specifically liked this idea because I watched "Pitch Perfect 3" a few months ago and was intrigued by the opening scene, where all the characters are on a yacht in the middle of nowhere. Several men in black suits were watching them preform a song, constantly checking their watches as if time was running out but the audience doesn't know for what. Shortly after there is a cut to the actual movie in chronological order, leaving the audience confused and even more interested. The last ten minutes of the movie repeat the exact scene shown in the beginning and the audience pieces together the real meaning behind the clip. Ironically, showing the last scene before the first scene is very effective.
However, I know this is can be hard to do without giving away the whole movie. Instead of giving the audience immediate answers, the goal in showing the last clip first should be so the audience can slowly have "ah-ha!" moments throughout the movie while remembering the opening scene.
I know this strategy can't be fully implemented into a film opener since our audience won't see any other part of our movie to refer the scene back to, but I would be interested in doing that process within our film opening. For example, the first clip in our opener could be foreshadowing events that will be confirmed our denied by the end of the opening, while still leaving out important details. This way, the audience will have some general answers but not enough to satisfy them.
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