Film Opening Examples

Rise- really like how the camera focuses on close up objects when introducing the main characters, do not like how the title takes up the whole space, definitely do not want to do that in my film opening, seems very professional until the character dialogue, I think that is something I want to keep out. Really liked the music throughout the whole film opening. The over the shoulder view then focusing on something that the character is looking at through the over the shoulder shot is very cool.

offline - really liked the noise of the typewriter introducing the title and producers but did not seem as professional as “rise”. I liked the contrast between scenes. The dark filming looks very cheesy and granulated. Did not like this film opening at all.

Dear lover- shaky camera, definitely needed to use a tripod, the voice over was kind of interesting but the filming seemed very unprofessional and not that high quality., Narrator talking directly to the camera does not look professional at all especially since it was a voice over. Seemed way too complex for a film opening, should have ended way earlier

Dare to thrill- did not like how the music was playing but the characters were speaking. The music should have been the only noise and the characters should have been muted because it was not hard to follow what they were doing and their voices sounded loud and were very distracting. Really liked the close-up shots of the objects in the car, definitely a nice touch and change of view. Girls screaming at the end was very cheesy.

After watching these film openings and taking notes on some, I have definitely taken things into consideration to avoid when making my film opening, and things to add to enhance my film opening. First and foremost, my group will be using a tri-pod at all times when filming. It was very obvious to tell which groups used tri-pods and those who didn’t and the difference is incredible. Also, I think, well at least speaking for myself, that our film opening should be silent for the most part. Maybe a few pieces of dialogue but it made most of the films seem unprofessional. Also, another filming technique that really stood out as a red flag was filming with low quality/in the dark. One filming technique I liked was close up shots on certain objects when introducing the producers or just in general. From watching these film openings, It has made me more aware of what makes a good film opening really stand out.