Film openings :)

Casino Royale-Film Opening.



In my opinion the film opening to Casino Royale is a very interesting and edgy, this made me realise on my first instinct that it will get the viewer hooked. This makes it excellent, as that’s what a film opening is meant to draw the viewers in to taking interest of the film. It has many different camera shots, for instants it has close ups of the characters, to show their emotion. There is also close up of action shots, this makes the viewer feel part of the film. I also noticed there where a serious of helicopter shots, this makes you on edge, as for an example the helicopter shots showed how high the buildings are and makes you nervous for the character.

This particular film opening is also very good because at the very beginning of it, it shows the setting of the film in which gives the viewer that total understanding of the place that the film is being shot at. However one of the main things I noticed was the background music, the particular music fits well with the action film, this also makes the viewer keep interested, this is because it makes it sound like something bad may happen, in which the viewer would not want to miss.
Another point in realised was that it shows the two main characters in the film in a chase. This makes the viewer want to know the two different stories of the two and see why they are in this certain situation (the chase), and so has the effect of the viewer wanting to watch the film to hear both sides of the story. Overall this is a very first-rate film opening.


Student Film Opeining



I found that this particular film opening has its weakness, but also it had its strengths. The first weakness I noticed was that the sound track that was used did not go well with what was happening in the opening, in my opinion I felt the music should have been more trippy which would have hooked the viewer in. I also noticed the blank scenes went on for too long, in which the viewer may get confused on what’s happening. Another weakness I noticed, was that the opening was the same all the way through and had the same setting all the way through, in which did not give a sense of adventure or excitement.

However the film opening did have its strengths. I thought one of the main strengths was the different camera shots they used, as this made the particular scene more interesting as it wasn’t just filming in the same shot in the same frame all the way through. I also thought that the random heart beats which were used fitted well with the opening, although it did not particularly fit with the background music. The editing of the writing was good as it was set out well, this as they have admitted the movement and motion. I also thought that the voice at the end was very intressting and creative, this is as i found it made me want to find out the story of the person. Overall this was a good opening, although it could use few improvements.