Why we did this:
This was mainly for practice as we had just gone over credits in opening sequences and their order. we're going to need to include this in our own opening sequence which we end up creating. We didn't have the same genre however, as we had not decided on our genre when we had started this, so we chose action.
The Scenes
Note: I know this isn't in the correct order, mainly because we forgot to add some main credits in, so we had to rearrange the scenes so it still told a story, at the price of correctness
The order should go:
PRODUCTION COMPANY presents (distributor)
a PRODUCTION COMPANY production (producer)
a FILMMAKER film
Film Title
Lead Cast
Supporting Cast
Casting Director
Music Composer
Costume Designer
Associate Producers
Editors
Production Designer
Director of Photography
Executive Producer
Producer
Writers
Director
(In this order)
In this opening scene layout it went:
Music composer
Writers
Production Company
Actors
Filmmaker
Executive producer
Costume Designer
TITLE
(in that order)
What the scenes show:
We wanted to portray an opening scene of a bank robbery, so we wanted to show each camera shot.
1) The robber is picking up a can of coke (one of the scenes that we forgot to put in, music producer shouldn't be first in the credits list)
2) The robber is then walking past the isle which he grabbed the drink from, showing credits for the writer and co-writer
3) The initial starting point. This was the first scene we created, hence why it has our Production name there near the counter. It shows people (jelly babies) lining up and paying for what they're getting from the store. the robber is walking towards the line.
4) Aerial shot of line. one person has already finished paying so they're walking out of the store, now its the next person in line. Dwayne Johnson is the lead actor
5) The previous person has left the store by now, the shot shows only the cashier, the person paying, and the robber from a side on view at around a medium / long shot range. Filmmaker is Joe Fisher
6) The camera is now at a close up shot of the robbers and the person who is paying for their items feet, showing tension building up
7) The camera would then tilt upwards, revealing the executive producers name, Joe French. in the foreground, it shows both of the people, one being the robber, one being the customer. Eyeline match does not occur, they are not looking for the same outcome.
8) The customer has now finished paying, and the next in line is the robber. in this scene we can see the customer walking towards the door. The costume designer credit then appears, Oliver Jewers
9) Over the shoulder shot from the robber, who is facing the cashier, "In..." appears behind the cashier, as in the next shots, the film title will appear, any background noise now has faded away
10) The robber then pulls out a gun and the cashier gives the robber the money in the bag, a lot of shouting
11) The robber walks out of the store, only to be confronted by the LAPD. "The Robbery" (name of the movie) is in the background.
We liked the idea of Dynamic credits, which seem to appear in a lot more films nowadays due to digital improvements, we also chose to be a mainstream company here, hence why actors like Dwayne Johnson are in this film. We also colour coded the Jelly Babies:
LAPD: Green
Cashier: Yellow
Civilians and customers: Pink
Robber: Black
Conclusion:
I think this was good practice of how an opening scene could lead out to be, even though we didn't get the credit orders correct. although this wasn't from an independent film perspective, we can still apply it to our main film opening
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