Goodfella's Opening Sequence

The opening of 'Goodfella's' starts off with some credits and each credit enters as a wipe to the sound of a car passing. Then a piece of text enters saying, 'This film is based on a true story,' this definitely engages the audience as because it is based on a true story it makes people relate to the film more. The car sounds then become the noise of a car driving along a road. There is a good use of camera movement here as it shows different angles of the car. The lighting here is very dark and the audience is still not introduced to any characters, creating uncertainty. There is then a black out and a piece of text appears as a fade in, saying, "New York, 1970" this informs the audience of the place and time setting. The next footage seen is a static shot of three men in a car which are all dressed smartly, creating them to look wealthy.

Filming Three

On the 14th we wanted to do our final filming session. To do this we had to be very organised and prepared. The last piece of footage we needed included the car scene which meant we needed our male friend to definitely turn up this time. We made sure at the start of the day that he could come and he said he would definitely be able to make it. The group all turned up at the location being Epping Forest to film. We we had all the equipment, props and costume to make our last filming session was a success.

Filming Two

On the 11th of February we decided to film again to film at the location of my house. This would be for the  second half of our opening. All of the group was very well organised and focused on what we was supposed to be doing. We set up the scene making sure everything was ready to be filmed. everything we very well however we did have a few issues with the lighting and the layout of my house. We could not seem to get the lighting right for the scene especially as we wanted a more obvious bright light on one character. we did finally manage to do this by using a torch but it was difficult. The other issue being the layout of my house was because we all had a certain image in our head to how we wanted the scene to look and we could not rearrange the furniture to suit the angles we wanted to shoot. We did as a group solve the issue and overall it turned out to be a great filming session.

Filming one

On the 7th of February we started to film our opening scene for our film. A scene within our opening includes a car so we asked a male friend who can drive to help us with this scene. The group arrived at the location being up by Epping forest college and waited for our friend to turn up with his car however he wasn't able to make it. This was disapointing although he did manage to film some sections a few times showing different angles of the shot.

Our first filming was quite succesfull as we was very organised and was equipped with everything we needed to film however it was unfortunate that we could not film the car section. 

Gone Baby Gone opening sequence

The opening of 'Gone Baby Gone' starts with the sound of the wind and of the distant noises. There is then a static shot for three seconds of an American flag poster which makes the audience realise the film is based in America. Soft music starts to play, blending in with the diegetic sounds which straight away creates a calm yet sad atmosphere which hints to the audience that something bad has happened. There is then many straight cuts showing different people which then becomes clear towards the end that they are all part of a neighborhood. There is a voice over of a man talking about life in a very warm and loving way which makes the audience want to get to know his character. The voice over then stops for 23 seconds where there is a climax in the music. The camera then focuses on a man and the audience and the voice over starts again which makes the audience think that the man is who is speaking. The voice over then says, "when your jobs is to find people who are missing." This makes the audience think this character may be part of the police and that someone has possibly gone missing in the neighborhood, which relates to the title of the film. The footage being shown along with the voice over is of a neighborhood showing the type of people that live there which come across as working classed people due to their clothing. The audience also gets to see the setting of the film. There is then a straight cut showing a policeman then another straight cut of a photograph of a young girl, which makes everything link together that a little girls has gone missing. The use of lighting is natural creating that normal day to day life atmosphere. Altogether this opening is very effective as it engages the audience and enigma is created, making the audience want to know the answers, making them continue to watch the film.

Harry Brown Opening Sequence

At the start of the Harry Brown opening there is a black out which includes some credits over the top which is a good way of of making the audience focus on just the sounds and credits. There is a voice over being a males voice using offensive language. An image then appears and the camera movement is hand held, creating the effect that it is a video being filmed on a mobile phone. The sounds here are loud and there is a lot of shouting which creates it to be quite intimidating for the audience. The dark setting adds to this frightening atmosphere. There are many hooded male characters which creates enigma because of there being no certainty of any main characters being introduced. There is then another black out when the chanting of the hooded characters stops. The footage then goes back into a hand held camera movement again creating it to look like a mobile phone video. It is very busy and the pace is fast as the characters are on a moped. The sound along with this footage is very loud adding to the busy camera movement. With so much happening it really engages the audience into the film. With the use of the hand held camera movement it lets the viewer get an insight to where the film is set, being a London council estate. Overall the use of camera movement and sounds in this opening is what engages the audience and make them want to carry on watching the film.