Today we chose our groups and thought of what our final genre for our opening sequence would be. Our final idea was to go with an action-thriller. In oder to create an effective opening that fits with this specific genre we had to find inspiration. We chose to look at three different opening sections to work from: Bourne Identity, Casino Royale and Mad Max; these had many similarities that we were able to notice that would become useful when it comes to creating our own.
Music and Sound
The music in the videos did tend to have a very fast, upbeat tempo that was very engaging. Other times it would be very dark and melodic giving off a haunting effect to the viewers. I liked the use of voiceovers too. To me, personally, voiceovers are so much more engaging and can give a very good backing story. It is also a really good way to introduce one or more characters.
Shot types and camera movements
Interestingly enough, many of the camera shots were used with a handheld camera. This really surprised me because I was expecting them to be very formal and neatly packed together. I think I was expecting this because I have seen many other movies such as horrors that have a handheld where they're recording themselves to make a scene. It was very effective to use the handheld because it would follow a character as if you were seeking around and creating intimacy and an automatic link/connection.
Editing
One thing I did notice was a lot of back-to-back scenes. It would have one scene cut to another and then link them together. There is an example within the videos below. Not only were there back-to-back scenes but there were some very quick-cut scenes. It would have us follow what a character was doing and not show us a face. Much of the lighting is made dark and the shots are usually very simplistic. Even with the simplest shots many of them can be very hectic, theres a lot going on and sometimes, not enough. Another brilliant thing is the use of flashbacks. I really liked how these were put in as it created such a great effect.
Locations
It had several settings. I think the good thing with an action-thriller is that it can be set most anywhere and still have such a good effect. However, the majority of them are set in small dark rooms, empty fields etc. I found that any of these types of movies began with a lot of extreme weather, e.g. deserts or sea storms.
Titles and colour schemes
I found that many of the fonts were just standard and straight forward. these wwre probably used to show formality and style. The colours consists of red, blacks, creams. They're not all very strcking coulours but when put together it creates a very nice contrast. You'll find that the majority of the opening sequence scenes had a font colour similar to the ones occurring through the opening credits. Sometimes the credits aren't even put on until after a scene has even played which I found really effective because it was a nice build up.
Bourne Identity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw9DhUhUCeU&feature=player_embedded
Casino Royale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5OTSW4DRcx0
Mad Max: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-IJ8_Jf891k
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