Movie Opening Project

In this blog, I will analyze multiple movie opening scenes, then find out what kind of movie opening I want to do with my group members.

Opening 1: Rise

    This opening utilized many quick jump cuts of action to show high energy. Many angles of shots, often from high or low, are used to show the adept skill of the soccer player by following either his movements or the ball. The audio work is impressive and well incorporated into the film, as the music would fade in or out depending on if the soccer player had his headphones on or off. This makes the film immersive, giving viewers the perspective of the character portrayed in the film. The montage editing that was used really helped spark the action to an ordinary soccer practice routine.

Opening 2: Dear Lover

    This opening had a pleasant intro by using light music and bright lighting to set the tone of the scene. The scenic shots in the mise-en-scene was well organized to give viewers a good idea of the surrounding environment. The use of a camera filter when depicting a flashback was a clever was to separate the past from the present. The soft movement of the camera matched the energy of the scene very well, making use of slow panning and cutaways to important objects in the scene.

Opening 3: Dare to Thrills 

    The intro to this opening comes with a lot of energy, as the pop music and the teens feel like they're in a good mood. The jump cutting with the car ride and low angle camera work emphasize how fun the joyride is in the car. The audio design is also very well done, as after the joyride comes to an end, viewers are able to hear the bump as the teens drive over a speed bump. This audio cue indicates something obviously went wrong and builds suspension when the teens go to investigate.

Opening 4: Always Watching

    This film opens with a spooky soundtrack and sound effects. The audio design of this film immediately serves its purpose of making the viewer feel uncomfortable. This opening focused a lot more on character interaction than world building through dialogues between characters. In this opening, we learn more about the character and their behavior more than their situation. This is accomplished with the use of medium shots and elliptical editing. Cross-cutting shots were also used for the protagonist & the other character to show the relationship between the two.

Opener 5: The Blue Bore

    This opening had an impressive music score, as the film is an opening to a musical that has its own original soundtrack. The high key lighting and use of well designed costumes makes the mise-en-scene very jubilant in tone. The camera work made to follow the main character changes angles and heights often to follow them as they move around the environment. The audio design pared with visuals is a key feature, as some scenes would utilize extreme closeups. For example, the extreme closeup of one characters lips to emphasize her dialogue's importance.

Opening 6: White Coat

    The opening of this film does a great deal of world building. The environment is set in lowkey lighting with laboratorial set design and props, forming an eerie and mysterious tone. The music is also designed to sound eerie which helps evokes the tone of the scene. Many closeups of lab objects help viewers understand the situation and surroundings without revealing everything. What's interesting is that there is no dialogue in this opening, leaving the viewer's imagination to interpret what is happening through context clues and gestures.

Opening 7: Stalker

    This horror film opening utilizes a wide range of noises to express the scene. With so many sound effects, the only issue is that they weren't timed very well. Some scenes would sound odd but it wasn't distracting enough to ruin the tone. The closeups of the protagonist allow viewers to understand what the character is feeling without them uttering a word. The lowkey lighting is essential to the spooky atmosphere and the lack of music builds tension very well.

Opening 8: Nostalgia

    This opening has a very interesting approach to showing viewers the environment by using closeups of paintings. None of the characters have audible speech, but this is compensated with soft music that carries the somber tone of the film. Closeups are used to show viewers important objects like paintings or photos, and facial features and expressions like with the main character that can be seen. This gives viewers an idea of how the protagonist feels towards the closeups of the objects, hinting at a bigger story or past that is related to the objects.


The genre of our opening scene will be horror. We've decided on this genre because we find that creating the feeling of suspense would be easy especially with our budget. We have a general idea of how to create the feeling of suspense using dark tones, settings, and audio design.

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