Approaching the film Project: Research

 

 

    Hello, this is the beginning of the documentation for my Cambridge Portfolio project. I will be discussing the initial plans for this project. The initial process started in class, in which we took notes based on already-existing film openings. Some examples of the films openings we viewed were Scream, Children of Men, Stranger than Fiction, etc. We saw examples of specific filming techniques and mise-en-scene elements to create a film opening. We also discussed the most important parts of a film opening, such as establishing tone, illustrating genre, and effective ways of doing so.

    Despite the examples that were already shown, I still wanted more, so I can see a particular pattern in good film openings that I can learn to utilize and make my opening as effective as a professional film. I looked at openings such as Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and more famous openings. What they all shared in common is exactly as was discussed in class, but they did it in different ways, as well as incorporating elements of their own. I planned to do just as these openings did, follow the book, but do something original that would make them stand out amongst the rest. Unfortunately, I looked more into these examples and studying the art of a film opening rather than putting the actual thought in what I will actually do for my own opening in the project, but I will go into that in my next blog post.