1. How did we attract our audience?
Whilst making our film opening, I had to think about
certain factors as to how it would become successful.
Music was one of our main factors as we needed an upbeat
song with a drop to emphasise the opening scenes and
their meanings.
We used a young white male for the role of our protagonist
as he reaches out to a wide audience without racial
stereotype and the audience can relate to him as he is a
young man, in a similar age group to the target audience.
This also creates more of a realistic feel to the film opening
because if they can put themselves in the actors shoes, the
film becomes more realistic, especially due to the fact that
he acts as an average person and does his best to fit in.
2. Similarities With Other Film Openings
Our film opening is similar to other movies such as the Alex Rider
Series or the James Bond series. We used similar techniques in
shooting the opening of the film but with our own twists on
everything. Here we have our fight scene which is shot in a CCTV
style camera compared with the James Bond fight scene which is
very similar. Both have a filter used on the scene making it seem
more realistic as if it was shot using a nearby camera as a
coincidence. The James Bond film used a close up for the fight
scene, making it harder to understand what is happening and
causing the scene to become a bit more thrilling as you cannot
predict what the outcome will be. Our film opening juxtaposes
that idea as we make the fight very clear to demonstrate the skills
of our protagonist and add in the background props which add to
the realistic feel of the scene.
3. Unique Point Of Film
Our unique selling point of the film would be the plot. We
are able to see the capabilities of the protagonist
throughout the opening scenes but we are not aware of
the plot. Three characters are partially introduced to us
but we are not told anything about them and are forced
to work it out from their actions. As the protagonist
enters the warehouse after driving there in a mysterious
black car, he carefully approaches a worker who seems to
be doing something illegal. This clearly gives us the
impression that he is infiltrating an enemy base in the
attempt to get something or do something. We then find
out about his fighting skills and his ruthlessness. As he
approaches the final man, who’s face we cannot see. We
are told a lot through his facial expression. This hints that
he has or had a relationship with this mysterious
character and reveals a lot of hints but nothing major. This
draws in the audience’s attention and encourages them to
think about what may happen later in the movie.
