Researching different opening scenes | AS Media opening scenes

When researching different opening scenes of movies, I decided to look at other AS Media opening scenes to see the different type of conventions that they used to make their film effective.

Insanity

The first opening scene I looked at was from a film called 'Insanity' which was created by other AS Media students. 

Through this opening scene we can see that the movie is going to be a horror/thriller because of the conventions they use. They use dramatic music from the start of the opening scene to the end. This makes the movie effective as the viewer can feel tense and maybe scared as to what is going to happen.

The colour of the video is quite purple. They tinted the footage to make the scene more dramatic but also to make the main character stand out. The main character is dressed in a green jumper, but against the purple tinted footage it looks like he is wearing a very bright green jumper.

Pros: I like the use of different camera angles. They have used quite a lot of the match on action shot, and they have used it well. I like the graphical design that they have used at the end of the opening scene.

Cons: I'm not too keen on the dramatic music that they have used. It's very plain and dull and boring and there isn't really much to it. I think they need to add some more dramatic notes or some more dramatical chords to keep the audience interested.

I Can Hear You

The next opening scene I looked at was from a film called 'I Can Hear You' which was also created by other AS Media students.

Through this opening scene we can see that this movie, is a type of horror genre movie. However, it is quite hard to identify this in the opening scene because they haven't used much horror genre conventions. Also they haven't made it clear what is actually going on in the opening scene of the film.

In the opening scene you need to give the viewer a slight idea of what the rest of the film is going to be about, but I feel that this opening scene doesn't really give enough of the plot away. However, they have used a lot of different camera angles, and they have used them effectively.

Pros: I like the use of camera angles that they have used, and I like that they have used quite a lot of props in the opening scene. They have also made it quite normal, as in, it's a typical morning for a girl and the viewers can relate to the beginning of the opening scene./

Cons: I don't like that fact that they haven't make the storyline clear and they haven't made the genre clear. Also I don't like the music that they used at the beginning because it was too loud and it didn't really fit in with the opening scene.