As part of my research into producing an opening scene for a film of my own choice of genre i looked at the first five minutes of the beginning of 'Fight Club'. My chosen genre is murder mystery. Fight club is not murder mystery but a mystery film. I really enjoy fight club and would like to add aspects into the opening scene of my film, such as: the tense edgy music.
You then come out of inside the mans body to him perspiring with a gun held up to his mouth and his eyes straining with fear. This automatically makes you feel not only anxious but extremely curious as to what will happen next, who the person is holding the gun and why he's holding the gun.
Camera angles
When the film begins the camera is focusing on fast moving flashing images with the names of actors in the film. It then follows onto an extreme close up of not only the man but of the gun zooming out to make a focused picture of the man in fear. After there is a close up of the mans head with the gun going further into his mouth looking more and more scared. The camera never focuses on the character holding the gun his name is only mentioned this creates a curiosity within the opening. The film zooms out slightly to a mid shot showing the room in which they are in and the surroundings but still not given us a clear idea of what could possibly be going on.
Lighting
Throughout the fast moving beginning it is very dark with slight light coming from the flashing of slights and streams of silver surrounding the actors names. Light is then produced around the face of the man making him the main focus, however light does not appear much until three minutes into the film. The slow relaxed yet anxious voice follows the light when the light starts to get brighter.
Sound
The sound throughout the opening scene is dark and gloomy. It makes the atmosphere quite tense. The music runs fast through the introduction to the film flowing fast amongst the light of the inside of the mans body. The music automatically draws you in as the sounds creates a dark scene where the narrator begins to talk.
Camera Cuts
Through the first 50 seconds or so of the film there is a constant flow with the camera, Yet, when the narrator starts to speak there a slow moving cuts taking you from one image to the other. However the shot from the bead of sweat leading to the point of the gun is a fast single moving transaction.
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