Evaluation Of Another Student Opening

The missing


The opening starts with their groups ident of "scully entertainment" it flashes onto the screen and then stays at the bottom of the it as the first shot begins of a boy walking into a room. The music playing in the background is quite eerie and mysterious which is good because their film is called "The missing" so it has a creepy feel to it. As the film is beginning the actors names start appearing in the scene at the corner of the shot. The first shot is of a boy looking at missing person records on various people. To do this shot they are using an over the shoulder shot and the first establishing shot was a mid shot to show a character walking out of a lift and into a rom. They show one of the records to have a sticky note on the back when he sorting through them which says something unfortunately though its quite hard to read as the scene carries on but if you pause it you can make it out to be an address.

Example of the over the shoulder shot.

The scene cuts to another person with a mask covering their head tied onto a chair this is only a short scene as it later cuts back to the first character show. Already you can tell that the genre of the film is an acton film due to the the idea of someone being kidnapped. The opening carries on shifting to each character one of them being in a lift and in a public car park the other tied up in a cupboard. One of the shots of the boy in the cupboard is an extreme close up of his face to show the characters emotions and to show how scared he is.

An example of setting the scene for an action film.

The final part of the opening is set at a third characters house and is the first time the characters speak to one another throughout the whole opening. The scene ends on a cliff hanger as the private investigator arrives. I think its clever how there is not much speaking in this opening because it creates more suspense and mystery when watching it. The lighting in the opening is quite dark and uses quite neutral colours with the car park being greys and both rooms being dimly lit. The only bright colour in the opening is the car that the boy drives which is red and in the scene where he pulls up at the house it stands out very clearly with it being surrounded by grey cars.