Film Opening Ideas: Planning

 Some Thoughts on Planning:



How I Want my Film Opening to Be:

I have decided to divide my film opening into three sections between which I can cross-cut.


Section 1: Routine and packing/moving:
  • Show a small part of the character's daily routine to introduce her and make her more relatable and close to the audience.
  • Some ideas for this would be to show her waking up and getting up, and then packing up some things in a box.
  • There could be a shot from the window, to begin with, to convey it is a new day and a new chapter in her life, or just start with the alarm beeping.
  • There is definitely going to be a shot with the boxes to portray the plotline of her moving house.
  • There has to be a shot getting into the car and maybe then the car starting and leaving.
    Inspo: After (2019), Twilight (2008) and Battle (2018)



Section 2: Car travel
  • Shot from the car window preferably with the sunset and some birds 
  • This is where the voiceover will be the most prominent
  • I could start with this section and then cut back and forward to sections one and three 
  • Or I could start with section one and then cut to section two and from there cut backwards and forwards to sections one and three
  • Shot of the girl looking at the car window
Inspo:



Section 3: Flash Forward
  • This is the hardest section to plan 
  • I want to use it as a cliffhanger and introduce the boy at the same time
  • I'm going to link sections two and tree with the voiceover
  • I want to show a moment of bonding between the boy and the girl
Inspo: Set It Up (2018)


 
This structure is going to be the basis for my storyboard and script, now that I have an idea of what I want my film opening to look like.

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