The theme and concept of our teen film opening was a crime/drama. The idea of our was inspired by the London 2011 Riots and the French film 'La Haine' directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. The purpose of a film opening is to clearly state or hint the genre of the film and give the audience an idea of what happens. Furthermore, depending on whether the opening is good or not, the action should capture the viewer making them want to watch the entire movie. Conventions for film openings consist of the characters being introduced, the narrative being hinted at, an important event will occur and the opening credits are shown.
To set up the opening to our film, we had to ensure the location was right and suited the film. As our film is a crime/drama, we decided to film in Hackney, East London which has a high crime rate. Next, we made sure that we had effective close ups to capture the actors emotions and long shots/establishing shots to show off the run down environment. The editing is fast pace, matching the speed of the running and the hardcore adrenaline this opening begins with. We all used tracksuits and hoodies which usually have a negative connotation within society as it's clothing usually worn by those from gritty urban areas. For the smarter boy he wore a jumper with a white shirt beneath it, looking formal, giving off the impression he is an intelligent young man.
Film openings usually welcome the viewer and have idents from the distribution and production companies giving them credit. The purpose of having indents is so the companies can get recognised for their work. They also have a strict order of actors names and who was involved in creating the film. The title sequence puts names in order of importance, for instance the distribution is mentioned first and then the production company. After this, the actors names are shown and the other people who had a smaller role within the making of the film such as make up and costume. In our Ident we had a city landscape to match the urban/city like theme we were aiming for. The name 'Mural films' links to the mural in Hackney which was included in our film. For the distribution company, we had a circus tent spinning with the name 'Fun house distributions' as well this we had the sound of a running film in the background matching the motion of the tent spinning.
As shown by the 'Kizoa' slideshow above we have carefully stuck to these conventions in our film opening, for instance, in 'Shank' Revolver entertainment's (The Distributor) logo shows up first and in ours Fun House Distribution shows up first. Next to show up in Shank is the ident of the production company, Gunslinger. After this, they mention the distribution company and the production company once more but through text rather than a motion, for example 'Revolver Entertainment presents'. After that they introduce the first actor. This sequence was followed in my film as it is a common title sequence within movies.
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