It is currently 7:54pm on March 26th, 2017 and we still don't have a solid idea. It's not because we are too lazy to come up with something good, its just trying to convey our ideas into something real and well-produced as well as finding good ways to keep our audience at the edge of our seats. Since we don;t have a solid idea for our film opening, we thought we should research some film opening from different thriller movies so that hopefully we will be inspired to produce our own film opening.
A favorite film that we have talked about in class is Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. A psychological horror film that portrays a stressed and under pressured female that after stealing a large amount of money, she runs away so that she could marry the man she loves. She finds herself at a motel and stays the night there, which is revealed later on that staying the night was a terrible mistake. Since this movie is very thrilling, we decided to look at the film opening. The opening to Psycho is nothing more of just opening credits in white lettering on a black background. Although this 2 minute opening credits includes one thing that sets the tone for the rest of the move: music. The music included in the credits lasts for the entirety of the opening credits and it gives off a suspenseful tone because of the fast melody and low octave.
Another film that we chose to research was Gone Girl. This thriller film portrays a man, Nick Dunne, who is the prime suspect for his wife's disappearance and the resulting police pressure and media frenzy causes Dunne's image of a happy union to be crumbled, which questions him and his wife's relationship together. As for the opening to Gone Girl, it includes a voice over of what appears to be the husband talking about his wife or about marriage in a negative fashion while a close up of his wife shown on screen. While this is happening, music is being played in the background. This music gives a suspenseful tone but unlike the background music in Psycho, this music appears to be a lot softer in melody but it gives off the impression of a thrilling and suspenseful tone.
The third film we researched was Identity. This film is about these strangers who are stranded at a motel in Nevada during a storm and realize that they are being killed off one by one. While watching he opening to Identity , I noticed many things that helped establish lots of information that is implied will be relevant later in in the film. This is what I took mental note of: a tape is being played so that there is sort of a voice over effect and it is of a psychiatrist and his patient, visuals of pictures and newspaper articles are shown of deaths, murders, victims, and suspects, and a guy who looks professional seems to be listening to this tape and looking at the articles. The opening ends when the tape ends. Also, there is eerie music playing in the background to help create that suspenseful tone.
A correlation that I have found as well as researched is that thriller movies use music to help establish the genre and tone for the movie. What is also included in some thriller films is the use of voiceovers to help establish relevant information. Watching these thriller openings really did help understand what thriller movie opening's should have in order to engage their audiences. I personally believe that Identity had the best opening because they established to much information in 3 minutes and the information came off as thrilling and full of suspense making the audience to want to keep watching to find out more. Now when we come to the filming part of our film opening, we should use sound to establish tone and perhaps use voiceovers to establish relevant information. We do not have much time left, so I am PRAYING that we come up with a solid idea so that we can use these techniques to create a well-produced film opening.
Citations:
"Plot Summary." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.
"Plot Summary." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.
"Plot Summary." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.
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