Notes On Film Openings.

We looked at two film openings "My best friends wedding" + "Catch me if you can", which are two very different openings, we had the analyse both to help us with our research on openings.

My Best Friends Wedding

We watched the opening to the film “My best friend’s wedding”.
Genre – The genre of the film is romance, this is because the opening of the films shows a bride which means there is going to be a wedding as two people love each other (romance). The colours used in the opening are mostly pink which also represents love and romance.
Narrative – In the film there is going to be a wedding as we see a bride, but you also get the impression that something is going to go wrong and it is maybe to do with the brides’ friends as the film is “My best friend’s wedding”.
Character – There is going to be a bride, as we see her in the opening and if there is a bride that means there is also going to be a groom and bridesmaids, best man, lots of family and friends as there is going to be a wedding.
Atmosphere – The atmosphere in the opening of the film seems quite light and happy, also love and lots of femininity, this is because in the opening the women is talking about getting married (happy), everything seems perfect (light), she is talking about her man (love) and everything is very pink and girly (feminine).
Themes – From watching the opening from the film the themes I think it will involve is romance, love, wedding, happiness and friendship.
Setting – The setting of the opening is in the studio and this is because it’s taking the mickey out of the film because it’s very “cheesy” and “happy” also it shows a stage performance.
Sound – The sound played is diegetic and is a song which is a reference on how to love and keep your man which shows romance, love and happiness.
Titles - The titles used are in a handwriting style which makes them look like an invitation which links with the theme of a wedding.

Catch Me If You Can

We watched the opening to the film “Catch me if you can”.
Genre – The genre is action I think because there is a lot which is going to happen there is going to be a chase, maybe something to do with a mystery and the film also could have something to do with detectives.
Narrative – The film will involve some sort of chase, now we don’t actually find out in the opening why someone is going to be chased but I think there could be a chase because someone is undercover as a detective trying to catch someone out.
Character – There looks like there are going to be characters in disguise and detectives, which shows us there will be good and bad people in the film.
Atmosphere – The Atmosphere looks like there is going to be a lot of suspense and waiting because you and just waiting for someone to be caught as it says in the title “catch me if you can”.
Themes – The themes that will be involved in the film I think are danger, crime, chase and disguise.
Sound – There is a non diegetic soundtrack played which is very sneaky and suspicious which makes me think that there is a lot of sneakiness and suspicion in the film.
Titles – The titles are used in a very creative way as they link in with the animated opening and are used (for example an M is also used for a ladder which someone climes up).

By looking at these two openings, I am learning more and more about what needs to be involved, this will help me when I come to making my groups film opening. We need to make sure when planning our film we consider all of these points above (Genre, Narrative, Character, etc......)