Film Opening Research

 Film Openings: Samples and Interesting Techniques Found

The film opening that has supplied a majority of my inspiration for our film opening is the one of The Virgin Suicides. While it obviously covers the topic of a teenage girl's suicide, which is relevant to my film opening, I was also always attracted to the entire film and its opening, as it introduces the aesthetic of the piece nicely while still being able to provide context for the story. The opening uses text on the screen stylistically to provide context and add visual appeal, which I would like to use in my film opening. 

The opening also uses dialogue sparingly, choosing strong phrases to really impact the audience, such as "Obviously doctor, you've never been a 13-year-old girl." Dialogue like this is used to evoke emotions in its audience. In this case, it makes you feel sorry for the character, as she is suffering in life from such a young age and feels misunderstood. By using strong dialogue in my own film opening, I will be able to somewhat manipulate the audience's emotions, making them feel bad for the characters in my film opening, and making them want to continue watching.

My absolute favorite part of this film's opening is the title card. I really just like how it looks. As it repeatedly shows the title of the film in different fonts, it gives a very 'cute' feeling and somewhat of a girly vibe to the opening, which helps to introduce that the target audience of the film is more focused towards the female gender.