Genre

 

This clip shows some effects and techniques we could use in our opening that could be very effective if used correctly.

The film genre we decided to do our opening on as a group is the crime genre.We chose this genre because we didn't want to follow the stereotypical route that many other groups take in A Level Media which is to do an opening based on the horror genre.
We liked some techniques that are used in horror film clips that we watched on youtube that could be implemented into our opening based because techniques like the quick white flash to seperate camera angles we can use in our piece to show that someone has been punched without actually having to fake the punch in any way.

We could also experiement with the pleasantville effect in our opening. The pleasantville effect is when the whole clip is black and white except for one object which remains in colour. This effect could be used effectively in our opening as at the end of the clip it could revert to full colour showing that the pleasantville effect was showing a flashback. This clip shows the pleasantville effect for a short while when he is bleeding from the mouth, it is used to clearly show the audience his blood and empathise the bloods colour if everything around it is black and white. This effect was used most commonly in the film "Sin City" where the one object in colour draws the audiences attention to it and can be used to convey different emotions to the audience.