Media Introductions

By Jack Woods

Mainstream Film Openings

• Mainstream film openings normally have a long winded list of credits at the beginning, if it is a very big title it will also have its own opening sequence. (E.g. James Bond: Skyfall)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrxGDwWBNys

• This is also backed up by a well known singer, Adele, which will back up a mainstream audience and reassure there interests.

Social Realism Film Openings

• They have very specific opening sequences at the beginning, most of them show what they are going to be about right at the start. This also either gets you interested or shuns you away if you do not feel it is appropriate for your viewing. (E.g. London to Brighton)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L90hABSfPG4

• This is a real gritty opening which depicts, a women and a girl, who have both seemingly been beaten going into a grotty toilet. This is very alarming and would either catch the attention or make someone want to turn the film off .

Comparision

• These two films go in very different directions, in London to Brighton it is very dark and dreary with a bad setting whereas Skyfall has a very action packed beginning and it is a big film with a big budget with well known actors. London to Brighton doesn’t have very well known actors it also has a very down to earth, slice of life storyline while Skyfall has a very surreal and imaginative storyline.

London to Brighton

• Production Logo’s Vanity plates – Momentum Pictures, Vertigo Films – 29 secs

• Time – What time its set – 7 secs

• First scene/Opening that catches attention -Locked in a toilet waiting for someone – 4:02 mins

• Name of film – Plain London to Brighton – 9 secs

• This is a particularly gritty piece that’s started in a dirty graphitised toilet, they also have bruises on there bodies this will either catch peoples attention or make them want to stop watching it.

Made in Britain

• Starts with Vanity plates then goes to a black screen – 14 secs

• Opening Sentence – Tales out of School 7 secs

• Scene one – Guy rolling his eyes, Walks through a building with people following him and music playing – 42 secs

• Scene 2 – in court him being accused, being cocky – 33 secs

• Title of film – Made in Britain – 4 secs

• Title of writer – Made Screenplay David Leland – 4 secs

• This catches the readers attention because of the use of non-diegetic sound and also the use of body language to gain interest in the film.

Last Resort

• Production Logo/ Vanity Plates – 11 seconds

• Opening Screen, Titles over the top – 6 seconds

• This very short, very bland opening doesn’t give the viewer any clue about what the movie is about and the plot. This may cause them to become intrigued.