My Film Openings Genre

OUR FILM OPENING GENRE

Example of genre Film Analysis 

My group has decided to do a horror/thriller for our film opening, I think this genre will be a very good genre to do because we believe that our camera shots will be very good, we said extreme close ups and close up will be used often as this shows a real insight of what is going on and also will show the tension as the film goes along. Slow extreme close up will really bring a horror and thriller effect. As I watched different horror /thriller film openings I noticed that they all had a kind of dark setting this shows something is bound to happen. Close ups was the most used camera shots which gave us the idea to use it in our film opening as they really show the affection on the characters faces. 

The red dragon is a American thriller film, the opening scene started with an opera show, Dr Hannibal lecter was the character that was shown on the cover of the film and the advertising poster was the first important character shown in the opening scene. Dr Hannibal lecter looked evil from the start he was the first character which will steal your attention out of the crowd of people there was something about his look that showed that he was a scheming, mysterious character who carriers a lot of trouble. In my groups film opening we need to make sure our main character will have the right look, something about our main character needs to look like he is going to be up to something, needs to steal our attention and this film could give us an example to how we could dress him up and make him look like a mysterious, not a everyday normal guy. Normally these main characters who are up to something dress well this could give you the wrong impression at first but will surprise you as the film goes on because you will start to realize who this guy really is and what his aim is.  In the red dragon opening scene in the opera show Dr Hannibal lecter was shown winking at another character with his dark appealing eyes, straight away you knew something was about to happen with him. Close ups was shown on him which gave the effect of tension because you would want to know whats going to happen next.

As the film went on another character was shown having a meeting with Dr Hannibal lecter which was shown at the beginning of the film, straight away you realize there's something strange about these two guys relationship and you want to know more and as the meeting was coming to an end slow dramatic music was instantly played which gave the feeling of suspense.

Extreme close up on a old book was shown, this could symbolize something important that's going to happen later on in the film which is essential for later on in the film. For the credits the first name was in red which symbolizes blood and gives a horror/thriller effect.