Purpose and common features in a film opening
All film opening scenes contain similar features. Depending on the genre of the film some features may be more obvious in certain films compared to others. Their are many different purposes of different features within the opening scene to give out different messages so the audience gets drawn into the film and also get more of in insight into what the films about. Also it sets the mood for the entire film.
Common features of a film opening?
- Characters
- Title of the film
- Overview, intro or context to the story/plot of the film. (Composition)
- Setting/Location and time era
- Credits
- Non-diagetic background music
- Set a them, tone and emotion.
- Indent
Skyfall
A film opening which includes all of the features above very successfully is Skyfall. Skyfall is from one from the classic James Bond trilogy. I personally think that all James Bond film opening are amazing and all link to the film yet are all so unique in their own individual ways, either through the sound, colour palette and visual effects. Skyfall film opening starts with James Bond in the classic position used withing other openings of the sequel of him looking very calmly falling, the interesting thing is that when you pause the film in that position, the image looks as if James Bond is falling through the sky, which is linked obviously to the name of the film Skfall, but he is actually indeed sinking in water. As he is being pulled into a deep dark hole within the sea bed, the title of the film is places upon the shot.
Cleverly as the music by Adele is being indented to the opening, most lyrics she sings have a reference to what is going on in the scene, "here my heart burst again" is shown through a cutout of a target of Bonds body, has been shot in the heart in which it is bleeding. Also "but you'll never have my heart" has been shown as it looks like many red veins going to the centre point where their is a skull which appears through the veins very successfully.
You are introduced to the classic Bond girls quickly within seconds of watching the scene. Also briefly the enemy is shown through Bond aiming his gun at this man and then the man aiming his at Bond. Some locations are revealed which may be significant to the film of his house which creates a personal atmosphere and also a graveyard which is significant to death, which then again links to the music by "this is the end".
The theme of violence is then brought into the atmosphere of Bond shooting shadows with a gun, this lets you acknowledge that this film is an Action film. Credits are also used seamlessly throughout the opening to show the audience which main actors will be included in the film.
This film opening is very successful as it includes all of the aspects needed within a film opening to lure in the audience and be exited for what they are about to watch.
Cleverly as the music by Adele is being indented to the opening, most lyrics she sings have a reference to what is going on in the scene, "here my heart burst again" is shown through a cutout of a target of Bonds body, has been shot in the heart in which it is bleeding. Also "but you'll never have my heart" has been shown as it looks like many red veins going to the centre point where their is a skull which appears through the veins very successfully.
You are introduced to the classic Bond girls quickly within seconds of watching the scene. Also briefly the enemy is shown through Bond aiming his gun at this man and then the man aiming his at Bond. Some locations are revealed which may be significant to the film of his house which creates a personal atmosphere and also a graveyard which is significant to death, which then again links to the music by "this is the end".
The theme of violence is then brought into the atmosphere of Bond shooting shadows with a gun, this lets you acknowledge that this film is an Action film. Credits are also used seamlessly throughout the opening to show the audience which main actors will be included in the film.
This film opening is very successful as it includes all of the aspects needed within a film opening to lure in the audience and be exited for what they are about to watch.
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