In what ways does your opening sequence use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real opening sequences?

As you can see, our setting was heavily based on the setting from the opening sequence from ‘Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull’. We took the idea of a desolate wasteland and transferred it into our film as it is a typical setting related to our genre of action/adventure.

Opening Sequence - SummaryMy opening sequence starts with a few establishing shots to set the scene

for the audience. The next thing to happen is the main protagonist is introduced. It is key for the main character to be introduced early to allow the audience to connect quickly. We follow the main protagonist until the antagonist is introduced. The arrival of the antagonist is signified by a change in the score. Also the fact that you can still see the protagonist in the background shows that the antagonist is following him. The wide shot of the protagonist standing on the hill looking out to the forest was shot for the purpose of the titles. The screen is split into thirds: sky, forest and hill and we decided to place the titles in the hill section as the font colour would have clashed with the sky. Next we jump forward in time to when the protagonist has arrived in the forest, we use multiple shots of the character’s journey with the odd shot of the antagonist to show he is still in hot pursuit of the protagonist. We then use a zoom shot when the protagonist finds what he is looking for as it adds emphasis on the artefact. Next up is the chase scene, we decided to use lots of different shots and cuts to show the frantic element of the chase. Finally the shot where the main protagonist is hiding behind the tree was used to calm down the sequence before it shoots back up in tension when the antagonist finally reaches the protagonist.