This document summarizes typical openings for different film genres and provides examples of inspirations for film openings from several movies. It discusses how action films typically start with adrenaline-pumping scenes, comedies with slapstick humor, and sad films with a character already experiencing emotions. Drama openings sometimes show a character's happy past before problems arise. Romance openings focus on the connection between main characters. Horror introduces a group of friends. It then highlights inspirations for film openings from movies like Kidulthood, The Losers, Blood and Bone, focusing on ways they introduce characters, settings, and end with attention-grabbing moments.

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2. Typical Film OpeningsAt the start they show:Main characters: - Producer- Directors- 20th Century- Opening Sequences that advertise the companies involved in the makingThe opening scene is usually attention grabbing to draw in the audience, so they want to watch it.Action- They start with running, shooting, something adrenaline pumping because with this action it also includes fast up-beat music to go with the movements going on.Comedy- In comedy they usually start with slapstick comedy to get the laughs starting. It’s usually something stupid like a comedian slipping on a banana or getting slapped, something we would find embarrassing if it happened to us.Sad- Usually start with a slow song that gets the emotion running. The main character immediately showing sad emotions, he/she would be crying or just looking upset.

3. Typical Film OpeningsDrama - Drama sometimes starts with a montage to show the main character/s happy before the main problem (the drama) happens, this shows that they life was normal before their life went down hill. e.g. Militant playing with his kids and wife while wearing his uniform, then on the bus back to camp laying his head on the window reminiscing with a smile on his face then is sent to war and dies. This is dramatic because the audience start thinking of the affect this is going to have on the kids and the wife. Romance- Slow music, close ups, two main people are focused on to show their connection and what they were like before they met and how they changed after they met or fell in love.Horror- Always starts with a group, doing some kind of activity together or planning to go out in the weekend. This shows the audience about the closeness of the characters and their personality so they figure out what their reactions will be like when the horror and torment starts. E.g. will they leave their friend or take them with them? Will they DramaHorrorComedyActionSadRomanceCrime

4. AdULTHOODName-AdULTHOODWriter- Noel ClarkeProducer- Noel Clarke Director- Noel Clarke Music- Chad HobsonEditing- Tom HemmingsDistributed by - Pathé Pictures InternationalYear - 2008Starring- *Noel Clarke *Scarlett Johnson *Adam DeaconReason of InspirationThe characters gave us ideas of how our character could be like the whole idea of hard and fearless, they are all trying to survive. The settings which is the streets was inspirational too because the name of our distribution is “Street.Life Productions” The whole grey look of the camera which shows dullness and darkeness is how we change the natural colour of our film opening to…….

5. KiDULTHOODName -KiDULTHOODWriter - Noel ClarkeProducer - *Menhaj Huda *Amir Madani *George Isaac *Damian JonesDirector - Menhaj HudaMusic - The AngelEditing - Victoria BoydellDistributed by - Revolver EntertainmentYear - 2006Starring- *AmlAmeen *Red Madrell *Adam DeaconReason of Inspiration The whole idea of the streets and young people trying to make it and survive with their not so luxury life.Also the idea of bullying happening within young people where they are getting beaten up by older people and their possessions are taken of them. Again the colour scheme of the movie showing the great grey clouds of Britain.

6. The LosersName - The LosersWriter - Andy DiggleProducer - *Joel Silver *AkivaGoldsman*Kerry FosterDirector - Sylvain WhiteMusic - John OttmanEditing - David ChecelDistributed by - Warner Bros. Pictures and Studio CanalYear - 2010Starring - *Jeffrey Dean Morgan*Zoe Saldana*Chris EvansReason of Inspiration The start of the Losers is the main inspiration, when they are introducing the characters and they freeze and write who it is then write what their job is we found this interesting and thought it would be good as no one had done this from all the previous productions we watched on YouTube and the examples we watched from previous AS students at our college.

7. Blood and BoneName- Blood and BoneWriter- Michael AndrewsProducer- Michael Mailer Films and Remarkable FilmsDirector- Ben RamseyMusic - Nicholas PikeEditing- Dean GoodhillDistributed by - Sony Pictures EntertainmentYear- 2009Starring- *Michael Jai White *Julian Sands *Eamonn WalkerReason of inspiration Blood and Bone inspired us with that whole action part ad how the main character introduces himself as this hard man who can take on about ten people on his own. The movie is very attention grabbing and it caught eye especially how it ends the film opening by a kick to the camera and blacking out as the camera is viewing him as the victim of the attack. We thought this was great and decided we would include it in our film opening it was a must.