1) The film idea is about a young girl who is at a mental asylum. She becomes very deranged and starts killing off the other people that live there. In the opening we wanted to establish the main character and the setting which is both inside and outside of the asylum. The basic events of the opening is that she starts murdering people and begins to tally them off.
2) The kind of information that has been included in the film opening is the title, two actor's names and the different sides of the main character's personality. For example, she is a ruthless killer but also has a longing for a loving family.
3) The titles link to the main film idea as the main title 'playtime' reflects how she thinks killing people is fun and a game.
4) I would hope that the expected audience reaction would be a mix shock, fear and intrigue as the opening is relatively ambiguous and confusing. The audience should think about what has happened to the main character to make her act like this and maybe think to the future and worry about what she might go on to do.
5) Three things that are included in my grid that are important in the construction of a film opening are the title, setting and main character. The title's role in understanding the film is vitally important as it must have something to do with the story itself. In this case it reflects her young age and how killing is a fun game to her. The setting is important as an audience needs to understand and where the action is taking place otherwise the film could be too ambiguous if there was no idea of geographical location. The importance of the main character in the opening is to give the audience an idea of what to expect in the film.
6) I believe that my film opening is quite effective. It successfully portrays the characteristics of the main character and establishes the setting relatively well. It also shows quite a lot of action but the links between the events in grid form are not very clear. However, as an actual opening sequence I would hope that the narrative would be more clear.
This is an atmospheric opening that shows good understanding of the role and function of opening sequences. You reflected well on the opening - but how would you have made the narrative clearer if you had more time to improve the grid?
ReplyDeleteIf we had the time we could have put dates on the images to make it seem almost like a diary or her recording aswell as ticking off the deaths.
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