The document discusses how the author used features from the film "The Girl on the Train" in their own film opening. Specifically, they focused on only introducing two main characters (Emily and Poppy), using scene setting shots to establish the world, and providing insight into the characters to set up their development. By mirroring these techniques, the author aimed to ease viewers into the story emotionally and meet their expectations for a clear introduction based on popular film conventions.

1. How I used features of “The girl on the train” in my film opening

2. 2 characters
• In the girl on the train there are only 2 characters in the opening.They are the girl
on the train and the woman that she has an obsession with. Although there are
features of another character, the narration only introduces the viewers clearly to
those two characters. Only using 2 characters in the opening makes it easier for
the viewers to start to connect with the characters (conforming to the drama
genre convention of ‘purpose is to move viewers emotionally’) and it makes it
clear to the viewers who the film is going to be based around.
• Therefore I used this when planning my opening. I chose to only include Emily and
Poppy in my opening and not introduce the characters of the father and mother
because I think it creates mystery as the viewers are able to make their own
assumptions and it also makes it easier for the viewer to see the relationship
between the sisters as they are the main focus through the whole opening

3. Scene Setting
• In the girl on the train shots of the countryside, train and the house that she
always looks at are used to introduce the viewer to what the character see’s
everyday. In the narration the person describes how the character regularly takes
the train and therefore this reinforces how important what the viewers see is to
the storyline.This is something that the viewers were keen to see in my opening as
it is a popular expectation that scene setting takes place in the opening so that the
viewers are able to place the characters in the world and make sense of where
they are.Therefore the girl on the train conforms to the stereotypical film opening
and meets the viewers expectations
• I used scene setting in the opening of my film at the start when I use a tracking
shot of Emily walking home, the wide shots in the hallway and basing the rest of
the opening in Poppy’s room.This allows the viewers to start to make assumptions
of the family ie their class, wealth and the type of life they lead. Using scene
setting also met my audience research as my respondents said they expected
scene setting at the start and it was something they liked when they watched the
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film opening

4. Character development
• In the girl on the train character development is show to be a big feature/purpose
of the film.The opening introduces you to the girl on the trains obsession with the
other women and sets the storyline up to be about what happens between the
two women.Therefore this shows that it is about character development as you
are given an insight into the girl on the trains thoughts and plans and viewers want
to know what happens to her.
• I used scene setting in the opening of my film at the start when I use a tracking
shot of Emily walking home, the wide shots in the hallway and basing the rest of
the opening in Poppy’s room.This allows the viewers to start to make assumptions
of the family ie their class, wealth and the type of life they lead. Using scene
setting also met my audience research as my respondents said they expected
scene setting at the start and it was something they liked when they watched the
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film opening