Which Films Have Influenced Me In Planning My Thriller?

I began to really taking note on camera angles and shots, to get a feel for what is effective in an opening, and what is not.

Keeping this in mind, I have chosen three films, with key openings, which I have then interpreted into my planning for my opening. Each of these films have similar elements to what is used in my opening.

My first influence is the musical 'Sunshine on Leith'. In the first scenes, it switches from a war zone, to the camera flying over Edinburgh where the film is set. My first scene is planning to use this idea, as I have arranged to use a drone over my school (where my opening is set), and use similar camera movements to establish my setting. Continuing this, I am also to add my title very early on in my opening, to also show reference to this cleverly made opening.

My second influence is the TV Show 'Dexter'. I am always gripped to this opening due to it's continuous use of extreme close ups, which I have tried to incorporate into my own opening. In my opening, we have used a similar theme to 'Dexter', as we have included coding references (which is seen in the TV Show).

Finally, my last influence is the film 'Napoleon Dynamite'. This is one of my favourite ever openings as I love the use of food and day to day objects to demonstrate the opening credits in a unique way. I love this concept which is why I have enticed a similar idea into my own opening. Instead, I am planning to use school related objects, such as highlighting staring names, another name appearing on a water bottle, and finally the coding unravelling the final actors name.