Above are my notes from my previous lesson where we went through the ideal things needed in a film opening to make it a proper, professional and good opening. I am going to use this when analyse the following film openings that media students from a variety of schools have made.
Blitz
The film opening blitz was extremely good and unique. You could immediately see that lots of time and effort had gone into it and because of this it was a very successful piece. As soon as the opening begun it had already created a lot of enigma as you could see all the posters of the war and a random girl in a bed which made you wonder why.
One thing it does not really indicate is a main character as when a person comes into view you can barely make out his face and is hard to realize what is going on. However this does create suspense and makes you drawn into it even more wondering what will happen next.
I found that the genre horror was very clear as there was a lot of gloomy, spooky moments as well as having someone in a gas mask suddenly appear making everyone jump.
I really enjoyed this film opening and would rate it a level 4. Although i would not give it full marks due to the fact as it got nearer to the end it began to turn into more of a trailer rather than a film opening as it started to reveal too much.
Captive
I really enjoyed this film opening especially due to the extremely high quality in camera, editing and sound. I thought it was quite original with what they have done however i think the genre horror is getting used too much and nowadays it can be quite hard to make a unique never seen before clip.
It created a lot of enigma at the beginning however i feel like it told the whole story in just 2 minutes and that there would not be much more else to see.
Due to this i was not interested or wanted to watch anymore. It was also very similar to a film trailer and because of this i will rate it a low level 4 / high level 3 as i did enjoy it, thought it was well made but lacked in looking like a proper film opening and more like a trailer.
Roses Are Red
This film opening had a really unique way of producing the titles as it did edit them on via a computer, instead they wrote it / painted it on varies objects which made it very original and more interesting to watch.
However i think they focused too much on making the titles then creating an enigma for the opening as it had no real story and nothing to drag me in and making me want to watch more. Despite this it was very well made with good editing and sound.
Another query was that the opening film scene of someone waking up is very over used and can be very boring as everyone chooses to use it.
Because of this i would rate it a level 3 as it was very good with its titles but had nothing to hook you into watching the rest of the film and was not so original with the footage of someone getting ready in the morning. The genre was also not clear as i could not identify what it was.
I chews you
I did not enjoy watching this film opening as i thought it was very dull and nothing was able to grip me into watching the rest or anymore of it.
The genre was not clear however my guess is horror, if so it was not done well as it was not scary enough and created no suspense.
However the camera and sound was done really well with no shaky camera or blurred sound effects.
Due to this i will give them a level 2 as i thought also it was more like a trailer than an actual film opening. It made no sense.
The last thing is i liked how the title dropped in at the end, the special effects were done very well.
The disappearance
I really enjoyed this film opening as i thought it created a lot of suspense with the running and the man trying to get to the girl. However I think it told the whole story in the 2 minutes it was in.
I felt as if there was nothing else to watch and that i did not even want to watch anymore anyway because of this.
The camera shots were very well planned out and there was a good variety of different shots throughout the opening.
Overall i would rate it a level 3 because it was very good but it was not like a proper film opening as it told the whole story in one.
The edge
I thought this one was extremely good and unique. Very different from most other film openings. I really liked the effects of the writing and constant action which created a lot enigma ans suspense wanting me to watch more.
However the only downside to this opening is that it went on far too much and started to get boring near to the end. I think they need to make it shorter and that is the only negative i have for this as i think everything else was really well made and edited.
I would rate this a high level 4 because of this.
