The opening title sequence and relating to Pete's five aspects Blog Post #62

Vindicate - The Opening Title Sequence
Blog Post #62

Below is our final opening title sequence, fully edited. As you can see the feedback received from the opening title sequence draft has been listened to as various aspects have been changed such as shortening the drawer scene and adding our own Foley.

          

''How does your opening title sequence fit Pete Fraser's 5 important aspects (genre, narrative, character, atmosphere and setting)?''

Genre: In terms of genre, you can clearly tell the genre is thriller this is because there are different suggestions such as the use of props as our opening title sequence consists of weaponry. As well as this some of the shots were conventionally of a thriller film, for example the use of a point of view (POV) shost and high angle shots connotes this because in thriller films there is usually a high angle shot to show who is of power and who is vulnerable. Moreover, the characters are key conventions of thriller films, because you would expect an antagonist such as the policemen and an antagonist (the sniper assassin) to be introduced within the opening title sequence.

Narrative: Narrative was the most significant part of our opening title sequence, this is because there was a lot of enigma throughout the opening title sequence. This enigma began to really take place when we see the scene with the assassin, this is because it creates a questions in our head such as to 'why he is there?'  and 'why he is attempting to kill the agents for?'. Furthermore another form of enigma was towards the end where the sniper bullet goes off and the movie title 'Vindicate' is shown, this creates a sense of mystery because we do not actually see the agent being shot, this could create questions in the audiences head such as 'did he really get shot?' and 'does he survive?', which could lead to audience interpretation. 

Character: In terms of characters, there are two main characters; these are the two police agents. They are portrayed as brave and outgoing as they take matters into their own hands, the lead character (agent 1) is represented as a brave authoritative character, this is because he gives orders to his partner, for example when they enter the house agent 1 signals agent 2 which way to go which suggests confidence. Having a sidekick is quite common in the thriller convention for example in Hot Fuzz, the main two characters are a police double act (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost). Another character introduced in the opening title sequence was the assassin, he is presented in a dark mysterious way as he is wearing a hood and we don't hear him speak at all. Having an antagonist is also a key convention of a thriller film, the assassin also does not care about the death of the agent which suggests that antagonists will do anything to get their own way. 

Atmosphere: Relating to atmosphere, within our opening title sequence the use of fast paced cuts creates tension because this makes the audience feel as if something bad is just lurking around the corner which keeps the audience on their toes and their eyes glued to the screen as well as this tense and eerie mood, has been created by with the help of the soundtrack which complements the genre, the soundtrack is fast paced and instantly suggests that the genre is of thriller.

Setting: In terms of setting, our opening title sequence is set in a house, this is quite a common place for a thriller to be set in because it helps the audience identify the type of character they are. For example, in the opening title sequence 'Se7en' we see a psychopath at home getting rid of his finger prints this instantly suggests that he is mentally ill as well as this in 'Psycho' the female character gets murdered in the shower in a hotel. Setting is really important, we showed long shots of our characters to give the audience a sense of setting, the fact it is situated in a common place such as a house could suggest that there is nothing to worry as the location 'house' seems like a safe place but it turns out to be disastrous.