FINAL IDEA AND RESEARCH

FROM LOOKING AT EXISTING OPENING SEQUENCES TO MOVIES AND LOOKING AT THE CONVENTIONS OF OPENING SEQUENCES, WE FOUND THAT MANY INCLUDED THE NAMES OF THE;

- Director - Producer -Executive producers - Director of photographer - The music crew - The casting crew - Actors - Distributing company

ALL OF THE OPENING SEQUENCES AIMED TO DRAW IN THE AUDIENCE AND USUALLY CONTAINED LINKS TO THE REST OF THE FILM. FOR EXAMPLE - IN THE OPENING OF THE AVENGERS, A CLIP OF ARROWS WAS SHOWN WHICH SIGNIFIED A CHARACTER'S AIM AND SPEED. HOWEVER, SOME LINKS ARE NOT CLEAR UNTIL THE ENTIRE FILM HAS BEEN WATCHED - THIS IS WHAT DRAWS IN THE AUDIENCE.

AFTER DELIBERATING AND ANALYZING POTENTIAL IDEAS, THE STORYLINE THAT WE ARE GOING TO PURSUE IS;

A teenage girl is preparing for a vey important ballet audition, she is running very late. In the opening to the film we will cut back and forth from her preparation and journey to the audition, and the judges growing impatient awaiting her arrival. However, the audience is unaware whether she makes the audition or not.

Genre: Dance Chick-flick

WE RESEARCHED INTO FILMS WITH SIMILAR GENRES TO OUR TYPE OF FILM OPENING, IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH AN OUTLINE AS TO WHAT FEATURES THESE TYPES OF FILMS HAD IN COMMON:

Ballet (dance) films:

Black swan The red shoes Centre stage Ballet shoes Swan lake First position Ballerina

Dance Chick-flicks

Black swan The red shoes Centre stage Ballet shoes Swan lake First position

WE FOUND THAT, IN GENERAL, MOST CONTAINED SIMILAR ASPECTS SUCH AS; BIG CLOSE-UPS ON PARTS OF A DANCER'S BODY WHILST DANCING, APPROPRIATE MUSIC ALONGSIDE THE DANCING, SOME FORM OF COMPETITION AND SOMETIMES A SET-BACK. IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A REALISTIC DANCE CHICK FLICK FOR OUR TARGET AUDIENCE, WE WILL NEED TO INCORPORATE SOME OR ALL OF THESE ASPECTS INTO OUR OPENING.