Research post no.3 - Opening credits

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Today we are looking at film opening credit scenes, mainly to get ideas on how to implement my own credits into the film opening.

First up we have the opening credits for The Social Network - directed by David Fincher. This film opening is one of the more basic ones. The main thing I saw in this opening that I thought would be neat to implement, is the film's approach to have the credits out of the way from the viewer. I''ll explain, in this credit sequence the main character, Mark, is running from the bar to his dorm at Harvard. This whole sequence the credits are placed in the relitave negative space of the shot compositions in the sequence. This is done intentionally for two reasons. 1 to not disrupt the flow of the film with the credits, and let the body language of Mark's awkward running develop the story, and 2, to make use of the unused space in the compositions. Try imagining the credit scene without any credits and you'll notice it is much emptier and seems kind of excessively unattentive of our main character. This credit scene helped me realize I really dont want these stinking credits in the way and therefore am taking a page out of The Social Network book.

The Social Network - Dir. David Fincher

The second film I would like to take inspiration from is Goldfinger - directed by Guy Hamilton. This opening sequence is very very weird. It features a woman painted in gold with projected images across her body. This is not why I chose to put that film here. I chose it because of the text aligning with fades of throughout the sequence. This goes on all throughout the scene and is an element I will be implementing in my film opening. This continuous sync of fades gives the opening a nice linear flow that for me is necessary in an opening, hence my incorporation into the my own opening. Nothing else in this scene is something I would like to carry with me, but it is a good visualizer for what's to come in the future (sort of).

Goldfinger - Dir. Guy Hamilton

The last opening credit scene I want to take inspiration from is Taxi Driver - directed by Martin Scorsese. This opening is dirty, gritty, and upclose. It contains all the raw energy that I was referring to during my last blog post in reference to the movie Rocky - directed by John G. Avildsen. This upclose and almost disorienting style, which also paints the picture of what is going on is something I am taking inspiration from when making my film opening. The continuous use of close ups and mediums throughout, matched with the "I have a slight idea of what I'm looking at" framing gives this opening scene a touch that is perfect for the emotionally strained state I want my character to be in when introduced in my own opening. 

Taxi Driver - Dir. Martin Scorsese

This research blog really has helped in aiding the development of my opening credit scene by giving inspiration to some concepts I would love to implement and others that I would like to shy away from, helping create the perfect beginning to my film.

OKAY BYEEEE SEE YOU IN THE NEXT ONEEEEE.