today we looked at the opening scenes of films of different genres (Kidulthood and Goodfellas for gangster, High School Musical, Hairspray and Grease for musicals and Scream, Saw II, Cloverfield and The Village for horror) and took notes on what we thought were distinctive techniques and characteristics used to help convey what genre the film is. I found this task useful because I will be able to apply the ideas that I have taken from watching the openings of the musicals to my two minute opening scene. I found that musical films are interesting because they do not seem to have to follow a particular theme or use any specific techniques. Also, only hairspray opened with music, where as Grease and High School Musical both begin with scenes introducing the leading characters. I think I will have to include song and dance in my opening scene because there seems to be no other obvious way to convey the genre of film that I am trying to recreate.
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