The document discusses a film opening project. The author chose this project because memorable film openings stick with them, such as the opening to "The Departed" which uses strong voiceover, shots, music, and style. The author's idea is about an average man in debt who turns to petty crime and kidnaps the prime minister's niece in an attempt to pay off his debts and get his ex-girlfriend back. The target audience is mainly male ages 15-30 in lower socioeconomic brackets as crime films traditionally appeal to working-class males due to plots about rising from poverty.

1. The projectI will be completingisafilmopening. Ichose thisbecause there are certainopenings
frommy favourite filmsthatreallystickwithme andturnoutto be myfavourite moment/sceneof
the film. There isa listof filmsonthe PowerPointthatIbelievehave openingsthat are memorable.
One for example isthe openingto‘The Departed’.There iscertainelementsinthe openingof this
filmthatwas justdone perfectlyinmyopinion.ForexampleJackNicholson’svoiceoverdialogue,is
so strongI remembereditwordforwordafterthe firsttime watchingthe film.The shotsare strong
also;the establishingshotsused showyou the style of the movie straightaway.Andthe use of
trackingshotsalongwithiconicmusicsticksto Scorsese’sconventions.Iwilltryandreplicate my
favourite elementswhencompletingmyproject.
The main premise formyideaisan average Joe type characterthat’s indebtto the wrongsort of
people.He turnstopettycrime such as dealinglow enddrugstomake endsmeetbecause he is
unemployable.He haslosteverythingandislivinginatinybedsitandhaslosthisgirlfriendof 5
years.He isattemptingtogetout of debtand get hisgirlfriendback.He learnsabouta successful
kidnapandransom inthe paperswhere a man hadkidnappedaregulargirl and received50grand
for hersafe returnand got awaywithit.He realisesthisisjustanaverage girl so how much could
youget foran girl witha statusand the openingwill endwithhimplanningtokidnapthe prime
ministersniecewholivesinhiscity.There isa listof characters on the slide show thatinfluence and
inspire the maincharacterand have some similarities.
The demographicformy targetaudience ismainly male,anyethnicity,and15-30 yearoldsin the C1
Bracket downwards.The reasonforthisisbecause of the genre of the project,crime films
traditionallyare mostlywatchedbyworkingclassmales.Because of the typical plotline beingragsto
richeswhichrelatestothataudience……Thanksforlistening,anyquestions?