Similar Film Openings

Quadrophenia (1979)

The use of this establishing beach shot is relevant to the theme of reflection and solitude that we aim to incorporate in one scene of our film opening. It is a highly effective shot for the reason that the character is surrounded by vast space, emphasizing the focus on this protagonist whilst contributing to the ambient of this particular film. In contrast to this opening's colour scheme, we aim to make use of a bleaker colour pallet to set the emotional tone effectively.

This tracking shot of the protagonist represents a youthful, adventurous scene, as the teenage boy is exploring back streets, despite their potential danger. In regard to our opening scene, it relates to how we would like to use street lamps and tracking shots of our main character to summarize her daring and enigmatic persona. 









Submarine (2010)

This opening scene also incorporates a beach shot, of which displays more landscape than Quadrophenia; discarding character presence. The purpose of this scene is most likely to set the physical landscape of the film as opposed to introducing the character's persona. When filming our opening, we would like to incorporate the beach setting with our protagonist in view, and use the beach setting as an accessory to highlight her emotions.

Here, a simple bedroom panning shot is used to display the typical bedroom of a teenage boy from a working/middle class family. Similarly, we plan to take quick shots of our protagonist's home to identify her as a fairly normal teenager in terms of her family life, thus highlighting the predominant root of her misfortune as being her illness.