Two minute opening to a Film

Thriller genre called 'The Statement'

Sunday, 9 January 2011

The Hand that Rocks the Cradle - Opening Sequence

0.08 - Hollywood Pictures
0.18 - Shots of a country American House
0.26 - "Hollywood Pictures presents" appears in white over the film
0.29 - Edit fade to another shot within the house
0.30 - "Interscope Communications Production" (white writing over the film)
0.34 - "In Association with Nomura Bakcock & Brown" (white writing over the film)
0.40 - Edit fade to another shot within the house
0.42 - "A Curtis Hanson Film" (white writing over the film)
0.48 - Edit fade to another shot within the house
0.49 - "Annabella Sciorra" (white writing over the film)
0.55 - Edit fade to another shot within the house
0.57 - "Rebecca De Mornay" (white writing over the film)
1.02 - Close up of a man cycling a bike (dolly shot)
1.09 - Back to the house, shoot of the stairway
1.13 - "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle" (white writing over the film)
1.14 - Tracking shot to the top of the stair way
1.22 - Back to the man on the bike
1.25 - "Ernie Hudson" (white writing over the film)
1.29 - Camera now positioned at the top of the stairs in the house
1.30 - "Matt McCoy" (white writing over the film)
1.34 - "Julianne Moore" (white writing over the film)
1.43 - "John de Lancie Kevin Skousen and introducing Madeline Zima" (white writing over the film)
1.50 - "Casting by Junie Lowry-Johnson, C.S.A" (white writing over the film)
1.55 - "Music by Graeme Revell" (white writing over the film)
1.59 - "Costume Designer Jennifer Von Mayrhauser" (white writing over the film)
2.03 - "Co-Producer Ira Halberstadt" (white writing over the film)
2.07 - Panning shot ends with a shot of the a nursey
2.08 - Medium shot of bike rider pulling a trailor
2.10 - "Film Editor John F. Link" (white writing over the film)
2.14 - Dolly shot of houses along a street
2.15 - "Production Designer Edward Pisoni" (white writing over the film)
2.20 - Back to the house
2.22 - "Director of Photography Robert Elswit" (white writing over the film)
2.25 - "Executive Producers Ted Field Rock Jaffa and Robert W. Cort" (white writing over the film)
2.30 - "Written by Amanda Silver" (white writing over the film)
2.34 - "Produced by David Madden" (white writing over the film)
2.51 - "Directed by Curtis Hanson" (white writing over the film)

Diegetic Sound begins and Non-Diegetic music stops.

All credits were in the same font, coloured white and lasted 4 seconds each.

I have used this thriller as an example because I wanted a contrast of how different thrillers opened. This can been seen a psychopath thriller film which is similar is what I want my film to be about.

No dialogue or diegetic sound was used whilst the credits were displayed, this could be so no attention was taken away from all the different names. As soon as the credits stopped is when the actors/actresses started to communicate with the audience.

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