Before I actually start talking about my film openings that I was inspired by, I would like to tell all of you something. That something being the fact that family issues have arose within my life. How fun! (Note the sarcasm). While am not comfortable telling you all exactly what happened, expect the next couple of blogs and the video production updates to be pushed back or submitted early in the morning to fit my current time frame. Anyways, back to the film openings.
So, I have decided to actually go down the route of drama instead of thriller, leaning more into the teen life type of drama. Currently, I am storyboarding and I need some inspiration, so I watched a couple of openings to a drama with younger adults in it. Specifically younger adults because I want to lean more into the sort of teen like character as a main character.
My first movie I picked out was Whiplash. It was first introduced to me at the start of the year during the introductions into the course, which were a bit hazy now that I try to think about it. When I rewatched the intro, it gave me a good grasp of ideas on what to show in my opening introduction. I plan to use some of the ways that the shot were framed. The unusual angles and some frames of the intro are some things I could grab at. The first shot of the movie shows something I could use within my own introduction.
Another movie introduction that called out to me was The Virgin Suicides. While, it is not a movie that I am all about in the plot, the contrasting of the shots in the opening is something that I could take off the movie. Each shot is either warm and happy on the outside yet on the inside of the house it is cold and dreary. If you do not know what the Virgin Suicides is as a movie, it is about five isolated sisters feeling suffocated in their family.
The last movie introduction that I liked was Knives Out. Personally, I watched this when it first came out on Netflix. So it has been roughly seven years now and I barely remember the movie, but I had a fun time with the visuals that I might actually watch the movie over again. That is what called to me about this movie, the visuals. The mise-en-scene was so stunning to me, and still is. I know that within my current situation, I would not be able to do such mise-en-scene with what I wanted to do, but I could definitely lean into more of a style. While this movie is more of a thriller about a death about this well-known man instead of a drama, I thought I would add this movie to the list just because it was beautifully styled.
Citations:
AcademyAwardClips. (2016, December 19). Whiplash opening scene | Whiplash (2014) | 1080p HD [Video].YouTube. https://www.blogger.com/u/1/blog/post/edit/6957086467473321234/956738030271921649#
Art of the Title. (n.d.). The Virgin Suicides. https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-virgin-suicides/
ENT 4U. (n.d.). Opening scene | Knives Out [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1CW6zMlZaI
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