Film Openings

During class, we watched a number of openings from popular films such as "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Deadpool". Each opening had its own unique characteristics and feeling. One common aspect from the openings I found was that they all set the plot in stage. They all did this by showing the viewers a location and a conflict. By doing this, the rest of the movie would be spent solving this conflict. In our opening to our film, we found that we had adequate film quality and plot potential. However, our opening didn't clearly explain to the viewer what was going on. In our eyes, we could completely understand what was going on but the viewers had a hard time grasping the concept. We plan on implementing a clearer conflict in which the viewers will be able to full understand. We also learned some techniques on  how to implement the credits into the shots.The intros we watched all had a variety of ways to doing this. In "The Shawshank Redemption", the credits follow the camera while others moved across the frame depending on where the main subject was located. While in "Deadpool", a CGI scene was created in which the camera was following a car crash and the credits appeared on the objects in the scene, Our film implemented first method as it is much easier and less costly to work with. We plan on refining our credits so they are not in the way of the subject on screen.