Film Ideas

   Today me and my group started to research other film openings that we liked and would consider as ideas. By viewing a variety of film openings this helped us gained inspiration to work from.  The Wolf of Wall Street  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vg7DLT2cew was one of the openings we liked a lot. Me and my group liked the idea of breaking the fourth wall which creates the idea of breaking down the wall between the characters to the audience. This helps create that intimacy between the main character and audience as they become friends through personal dialect between the performer and viewer. Another opening that also had the breaking of the fourth wall was Ferris Bueller's Day off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KFVLWX7eEY which is one of my personal favorite movies. I find the acting of Matthew Broderick to be very entertaining as he talks directly to the audience giving tips of ways to fake sick to get out of school. By doing that it helps establish the audience of other teens, and set the tone of humor for the rest of the movie. It also introduces the main character Ferris in a comedic way and leaves the audience wanting to know if Ferris's sneaky plan works out.

   By viewing these openings it helped me and my group see what type of opening interested us, and use those ideas for our product. We liked the idea of establishing the main character by breaking the fourth wall, setting a tone, and leaving our audience with questions unanswered.