Research

Donnie Brasco Opening Scene

We were shown the opening scene to the film Donnie Brasco, this scene was a primarily stills based clip which used many of the traits of the cinema film as we know it. it had everything, change in pace, flicking images, fading images etc. All of these helped to create tension which, coupled with the suspense in the music made an impacting and memorable piece of moving image. I have defiantly taken note from this clip and will the ideas in this forward to my own piece. One thing that I especially like about this clip is the use of the film negative strips where photographs have been inserted into it to create the narrative into a video using stills. My favourite thing about the short clip must be the drama that the mixture of overlaid stills and audio create!

Below is the clip that we watched in a lecture. 

Dexter Opening Scene

The use of close ups at the beginning of the film helps to create intrigue and automatically gains the audiences attention. We want to see who the character is and learn more about his life. As interesting the close up scenes are, I am not a fan of this style of moving image. This might be something that I notice in my final piece, I may subconsciously steer away from shooting close up macro style shots. Saying this, after re watching the clip several times, the close up shots do create a narrative and ideas in the viewers head. Something that may look questionale may turn out to be perfectly normal.
The music really helps to put a ominous feeling around the video, which without the audio seems almost a normal day to day routine of a man. 
I will again take on board the techniques used in the clip and I am sure in some way or another, it will influence my own final piece.

Below is the clip that we watched in a lecture. 

Seven Opening Scene

With this short opening scene for the film Seven, the creators have made a brief overview of what the film consists of, this is apparent in many films of today where the viewer isn't given much information at all but the opening scene kind of 'sets-the-scene'.
The shaky camera movements and the brisk shooting actions that have been used for the clip create a dramatic opening scene which immediately puts questions in the viewers heads. 

Below is the clip that we watched in a lecture. 

Director: Kyle Cooper

One thing that all of the films possess is the same kind of time frame, which links with the amount of time that our final time based piece has to be (30 seconds to 3 minutes). This is similar for all opening credits, however usually longer for films.