Film Opening HelpMEDIA AS

TIPS

• Draw the audience into the story

• Unique opening

• Narrative hooks

• Setting the scene

• Introduce characters

TIPS

• Set the tone of the film

• Titles and effects

• Music and audio

STAGE ONE

• Think back to research

• Which aspects of openings you have analysed have made an impression?

• List the elements

Location Ideas

• House/Bedroom- Equilibrium

• Underground- Mysterious/Odd

• Office- Formal

• Warehouse- Abandoned

• Forest- Nature

• Club- Scandalous

• Street- Night and Day / Open / Public

• Scrapyard- Dirty

Location Ideas

• Cliff Sides – Tension / Isolated

• Church – Peaceful / Tension or Horror

• Shopping Centre

• Abandoned Rail Yard

• Messy Bedroom

• Car

• Bathroom

• Industrial Area- Westonzoyland Airfield