WHAT DO I DO WITH MY LIFE?
Okay while discussing with my partner we couldn’t think of the right way to go about our film opening, with so many things going on in today’s age thinking about what to do felt overwhelming. We are also in the process of deciding what and where to go for the next four years of our lives. It’s an immense amount of pressure that has honestly felt stressful. How do I know that the choice I make will lead me to success or could possibly screw my life up completely? College decisions are stressful especially when factors like cost, location, and courses are involved. The hardest part of it all, change seeing your best friends leave to chase their dreams and being separated from someone whom you thought you could be with forever.
That is when we realized why not dedicate our film opening to that. An idea that is simple yet so complicated. Who better to produce it than two high school seniors going through the same thing? Although were not sure which direction we are going to take yet we know it is involved with the drama genre. A genre that is involved with real-life scenarios and that our audience can relate or resonate with.
The rest of this post is going to be dedicated to some film openings that are within our same genre and have some similarity to what we are trying to achieve. I’m going to be discussing the film opening of films such as The Fallout (2021) , The Florida Project (2017), and Priscilla (2023).
The Fallout is a film based begins with the first minute being dedicated to many film credits such as the Warner Bros, SSS entertainment, Clean Horizon and Good Pals, each with their own introduction. It is followed by a close up shot of Vadel Cavell (Jenna Ortega) brushing her teeth with her hood up while urinating on the toilet while falling asleep. Her facial expression can tell us that she is tired and slightly out of it. Later, it cuts towards what looks like her younger sister Amelia Cavell (Lumi Pollack). It establishes the main character by introducing us to how she is while placing a ton of peanut butter on a piece of bread with dripping unbrushed hair. It allows us to understand her personality a little more. The scene cuts to a car driving where we are able to see her again with one of her friends singing in the car while stopping to get Starbucks coffee. A takeaway from this opening is that it establishes character and setting which I think is essential for having success in my film opening. The overall introduction specifies what looks like a typical teenager high-school morning. The film opening introduces us to her and the setting.
The next film opening I wanted to evaluate is The Florida Project (2017) the film begins with introducing the credits along with their introduction, stating it is an A24, June Pictures, and CRE film. It is followed by a pitch-black screen where we are only able to hear what appears to be outdoor. It cute to a mid-shot of two small children sitting behind a purple wall wearing colorful clothes. Their friend begins to shout at them later letting them know there is “freshies at the future” where we are met with the purple wall and song celebration playing indicating that something “good” was about to take play. The credits also appear stating the characters, and producers. The colors and lighting allow us to establish the summertime setting. Why were the kids excited? To have a spitting competition spitting down below from the top balcony. What I like about this is that they allowed you to dream something amazing was going to happen when for them their excitement was having a spitting competition. Using this tactic helps keep the audience intrigued by adding a simple twist. Just from that scene we can understand the financial situation these kids are in which can help us develop ideas into what is about to take place for the remainder of the movie.
Finally, I want to dive into the film opening of the movie Priscilla where we can spot the pattern of the credits being introduced before anything else, each with their individual template. I think this is a very particular film opening specifically because it begins with red manicured toes walking on a pink rug. It cuts to an extreme close-up shot of light blue eyes drawn with a black eyeliner and dark thick lashes. She applies think eyeliner on the edge of her eye. It cuts in between her process getting too ready to introduce the credits of the film. From the hairspray, lashes, and lipstick we are easily able to determine the time they wanted to portray in this film opening.A takeaway from this film is the attention to detail in establishing the time and introducing us to the main character Priscilla.From the sound choice to the details in the living room, I want to be able to apply this use of details in my film opening.
Overall, each of these films implement their own form of originality introducing the character's, establishing setting and including credits. All of these being in the drama genre represent real-life scenario and people!
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