Thursday, 14 November 2013

How does your opening sequence represent particular social groups?

My opening sequence would appeal to people who have an interest in psychological thrillers because it creates lots of tension and confuses the audience from the beginning. The start is quite disturbing and sets up the main theme of the film which is revenge. This kind of film is not for a younger audience as it requires a more complex mind and someone who enjoys problem solving and can understand the story line. Trying to grasp a member of a younger audience’s attention from the beginning of my film would be difficult. My opening sequence grabs the audience’s attention quickly as it is setting up the story, it leaves them in anticipation wanting to know more. The cliff hanger at the end of our opening sequence leaves them on the edge of their seats to find out what happens next. As I previously found out in my research, thrillers have a huge audience, ranging from teenagers to 50+. This means that my opening sequence would appeal to a number of people especially those who enjoy my particular sub-genre. The key characters in my film are; a female protagonist, who wants to avenge her parents but is psychologically disturbed, and a group of men who murdered her parents when she was younger which she plans to kill one by one. As well as this we have some flashbacks of her younger days with her parents and a news reporter in the opening sequence. In the opening sequence one of the victims faces will be shown in a close up shot of a passport photo when a dart hits his face, the news reporter will either be shown in a mid-shot or mid close up while reporting the story. Our female protagonist will be wearing all black to make her look dark and mysterious; when she is on camera she will be in the centre of the frame so that all of the attention is on her. The news reporter will be wearing smart clothing i.e. a shirt and will be to the left or right of the frame and smaller than the story line as the murder will be more important to the story line. The victim will also be in the centre of the frame as he too is relevant to the film. The victim will be wearing casual clothing and have relaxed body language and a blank facial expression compared to the protagonist who will have a cold look, she will smirk and have good posture. My main character reminds me of Cataleya from Columbiana because she was my inspiration to make the film and turn it from an action thriller to a psychological thriller. The villain reminds me of Byran Mills from taken because he looks quite scary and rough.

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