Opening scenes
Opening scenes are a huge part of a movie, they grab the audiences attention into watching the movie. There's different elements and techniques in opening scenes and here's about it.
Key features of an opening scene
Opening scenes consist of features and elements that makes them opening scenes and here are some key features of an opening scene.
- Establishing Setting
Establishing setting, it draws audience in and give them an insight into where the film is set. It gives clues into the plot and narrative of the story while giving context about character and further details about the film.
- Mise-en-scene
Mise en scene is everything that is captured in a frame is put in the movie for a reason, it is very important in the opening scene. How the character looks and what they wear tells the viewer muchs more about how the movie will be in terms of visuals.
- Character placement
Character placement represents different status and class or the relationship between the characters in the film.
- Representing genre
In representing genre audiences csn tell what sort of film they're about to watch, to find what kind of genre is in a film you can use the conventions for each type of genres.
- Cinematography
Cinematography is how you present the footage because it is an important part of opening scenes. How it appears visually to the audience can tell a lot about the movie. Some films have to be aesthetically pleasing and have a plot and narrative basic that audiences will want to watch.
These are the key features ina opening scene and some details about each one of them.
Purpose and reason of an opening scene
Opening scenes are the first very few shots in a movie which can tell you a lot about the movie before even having the opportunity to watch that movie. Opening scenes gives meanings and narrative to a story, that opening scene can be the reason why you do watch the movie and it can also be the reason why you don't watch the movie. Different opening scenes have a variety of ways to express their narrative and stories, and they are multiple types of opening scenes but here five of them, Prologue, Inciting incident, Day in the life, Cold open or teaser and flash forward. They all have a purpose and reasons for being used in an opening scene. Opening scenes can help you find the genre of the film they'res multiple ways to find that throught genre conventions but sometimes you only need the opening scene to be able to tell what time of genre the film is. Opening scenes are very important in a film and they serve a good purpose for the film and the audience.
Similarities in an opening scene
To show my understanding of opening scenes I will be putting the informations about similarities in an opening scene. The genre that I shoose to make these similarities are, Romance, Comedy, and Horror.
Visual elementsIn any opening scenes you do want the scenes and shots to be as visual as it can and to draw you audience into it. In Romance, Comedy, and Horror they all start with shots that would make your eyes wow so you, the audience can want to watch the film based on its visuals.
Auditory elements
Movies consist audio, some movies don't but for most of the movies they do consist od auditory elements. In genres all the audio are different but they also share their similarities. In romance, Comedy, and Horror in the opening seen you should expect music that would set the tone of the movie and put you on a mood to watch it. This is one the similarities between these three genres.
Character developement
I would say they are very much similarities between these three genre, romance, comedy, and horror. By the end of the opening scene in these genre you are likely to find the important characters of the film that will help set up the story and you are most likely to meet your main character and form an connection with them. This is something that these three genres have in common in character developement.
Plot introduction
Introducing the plot is something that usually happens in the opening scene of a movie and it really gives you an idea of what to expect in the movie. Romance, Comedy, and horror has their on way of introducting the plot in their films. They also have ways in common to introduce their plot, it might be by using a prologue, inciting incident, day in the life, cold open, flash forward but these are the common ways that they all can introduce the plot of their story.
Representation
Movies have ways of representing themselves to an audience or a viewer and in these three genres which are romance, comedy, and horror they all represent their films differently but they also do it similarly. They all have to have a great representation because its what audiences are going to look for and it what's going to make the audience want to watch or pay full attention to the film. These three movies have their own similar ways to represent a film.
In all of my researches I learn and studied a lot about opening scenes, I am now able to teach and imform someone else about opening scenes.
Sources: The 5 types of opening scenes: An analysis of 80 films, Main feature of an opening scene, 5 essential types of powerful opening scenes.
- Character placement
Character placement represents different status and class or the relationship between the characters in the film.
- Representing genre
In representing genre audiences csn tell what sort of film they're about to watch, to find what kind of genre is in a film you can use the conventions for each type of genres.
- Cinematography
Cinematography is how you present the footage because it is an important part of opening scenes. How it appears visually to the audience can tell a lot about the movie. Some films have to be aesthetically pleasing and have a plot and narrative basic that audiences will want to watch.
These are the key features ina opening scene and some details about each one of them.
- Cinematography
Cinematography is how you present the footage because it is an important part of opening scenes. How it appears visually to the audience can tell a lot about the movie. Some films have to be aesthetically pleasing and have a plot and narrative basic that audiences will want to watch.
Purpose and reason of an opening scene
Opening scenes are the first very few shots in a movie which can tell you a lot about the movie before even having the opportunity to watch that movie. Opening scenes gives meanings and narrative to a story, that opening scene can be the reason why you do watch the movie and it can also be the reason why you don't watch the movie. Different opening scenes have a variety of ways to express their narrative and stories, and they are multiple types of opening scenes but here five of them, Prologue, Inciting incident, Day in the life, Cold open or teaser and flash forward. They all have a purpose and reasons for being used in an opening scene. Opening scenes can help you find the genre of the film they'res multiple ways to find that throught genre conventions but sometimes you only need the opening scene to be able to tell what time of genre the film is. Opening scenes are very important in a film and they serve a good purpose for the film and the audience.
Similarities in an opening scene
To show my understanding of opening scenes I will be putting the informations about similarities in an opening scene. The genre that I shoose to make these similarities are, Romance, Comedy, and Horror.
Visual elementsIn any opening scenes you do want the scenes and shots to be as visual as it can and to draw you audience into it. In Romance, Comedy, and Horror they all start with shots that would make your eyes wow so you, the audience can want to watch the film based on its visuals.
Auditory elements
Movies consist audio, some movies don't but for most of the movies they do consist od auditory elements. In genres all the audio are different but they also share their similarities. In romance, Comedy, and Horror in the opening seen you should expect music that would set the tone of the movie and put you on a mood to watch it. This is one the similarities between these three genres.
Character developement
I would say they are very much similarities between these three genre, romance, comedy, and horror. By the end of the opening scene in these genre you are likely to find the important characters of the film that will help set up the story and you are most likely to meet your main character and form an connection with them. This is something that these three genres have in common in character developement.
Plot introduction
Introducing the plot is something that usually happens in the opening scene of a movie and it really gives you an idea of what to expect in the movie. Romance, Comedy, and horror has their on way of introducting the plot in their films. They also have ways in common to introduce their plot, it might be by using a prologue, inciting incident, day in the life, cold open, flash forward but these are the common ways that they all can introduce the plot of their story.
Representation
Movies have ways of representing themselves to an audience or a viewer and in these three genres which are romance, comedy, and horror they all represent their films differently but they also do it similarly. They all have to have a great representation because its what audiences are going to look for and it what's going to make the audience want to watch or pay full attention to the film. These three movies have their own similar ways to represent a film.
In all of my researches I learn and studied a lot about opening scenes, I am now able to teach and imform someone else about opening scenes.
Sources: The 5 types of opening scenes: An analysis of 80 films, Main feature of an opening scene, 5 essential types of powerful opening scenes.
SourcesMasterClass. (2021, August 25). What is mise en scène in film? - 2022. MasterClass. Retrieved February 4, 2022, from https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-mise-en-scene-in-film
MasterClass. (2021, August 25). What is mise en scène in film? - 2022. MasterClass. Retrieved February 4, 2022, from https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-mise-en-scene-in-film
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