Camera shots: In the Heat opening sequence they mainly used the establishing and close up camera shots. The establishing shots shows us the situation of the opening sequence in which the main characters are robbing from the truck and the damage they caused as a couple trucks are on fire and people are dead on the floor. The close up shots shows us the fear of the policemen before they got shot.
Camera angles: The camera angle used in the opening sequence of Heat was mainly an eye level angle. I think this was used to show the emotion more in the facial expressions of the characters.
Camera movement: The camera movement used in the opening sequence of Heat is the panning shot and it looks like it was used with a dolly. The panning was slow which shows the importance of what was about to happen as this was just before one of the characters shot the policeman. This also implies that time was going slow especially before someone dies.
Editing: They used various editing techniques in the opening sequence of Heat such as Cross-Cutting, Matching on Action and Shot reverse Shot. This shows how fast-paced the scene was as they had to edit a lot of shots but it also shows how everything flowed smoothly.
Sound: They used non diegetic sound and dialogue in the opening sequence of Heat. This was used to give the scene more tension and suspense.
Mise-en-scene: Some examples of Mise-en-scene that was used in the opening sequence of heat is the guns, ambulance and destroyed cop cars which were used as props. You also had the police uniforms which were used as costumes and facial expressions of the cops fear.
Shaw shank Redemption Opening Sequence-Purpose and Conventions
The sequence is trying to generate a sad atmosphere as you have a man who is sitting in his car by himself looking depressed listening to sad music. However the mood suddenly changes to suspense and tension when he takes the gun and bottle of vodka out of the car. The gun and courthouse are conventions that you will use in a crime drama.
Shaw shank Redemption Opening Sequence-CAM S.A.M
The shots used in the opening sequence was mainly longshots and close-ups of the man in the car and there was also a close-up of the gun and vodka. The camera angle's are mainly eye-level. In the beginning part of the Shaw shank Redemption opening sequence you have a panning shot of the outside of the house to the man in the car.
Shaw shank Redemption Opening Sequence-Mise en Scene
The one setting that was used in the opening sequence of the Shaw shank Redemption was the car and the house it was outside of then towards the end the setting changed to a courtroom. The props that was used was mainly the gun, car and vodka. There was no costume attire set in the opening sequence of the Shaw shank Redemption.
Shaw shank Redemption Opening Sequence-Editing
There was opening credits in the opening sequence of the Shaw shank Redemption. The pace of the sequence was at a slow pace. There was a transition at the end of the sequence when the scene changes from the man in the car to the courtroom.
Shaw shank Redemption Opening Sequence-Sound
There was diegetic sound in the opening sequence as the radio in the car was playing music. Then non-diegetic sound started to play when the man pulled out the gun. The binary oppositions in this film is happy and sad.
The Godfather Opening Sequence-Purpose and Conventions
The sequence is trying to generate sympathy and empathy as you have the guy telling the story of how his daughter is suffering. The convention that you could say is used normally in a crime drama is the Godfathers office and desk as it is set up as his headquarters which is something a villain always has in a crime drama.
The Godfather Opening Sequence-CAM S.A.M
The shot mainly used in the Godfather Opening Sequence was the Over the Shoulder Shot but there was one brief P.O.V shot also. The Camera Angles are mainly eye-level. As the man is explaining his story to the Godfather the camera shot is zooming out to show that the man he is talking to is the Godfather as you can't see the Godfather in the beginning of the film.
The Godfather Opening Sequence- Mise-en-scene
The setting that was used in the opening sequence was the Godfathers office.The props used in the opening sequence of the Godfather was the desk and the cat. The one costume that was mainly used was a suit and a bowtie. The facial expression's that was shown was a facial expression of tears and sadness when the man was telling the Godfather his story and of course the Godfather's classic facial expression.
The Godfather Opening Sequence- Editing
The Godfather title text and logo was featured at the beginning of the Godfather opening sequence. The pace of the scene was at a normal pace. There was matching on action towards the end of the opening sequence when the man leaves the room and the godfather begins to talk again.
The Godfather Opening Sequence-Sound
There was non-diegetic sound going throughout the whole of the opening sequence of the Godfather.
The Godfather Opening Sequence-Narrative
You can tell from the opening sequence of the film that the Godfather plays the villain as he is a mobster and mobsters are mostly villian's in crime drama's. However it is apparent that he is the main character because the film is about him and the villain is very rarely the main character in a film.
Pulp Fiction Opening Sequence- Purpose and Conventions
You can't really tell what atmosphere the sequence is trying to generate all you know is that you should get the sense of feeling that you should expect the unexpected especially by the way they are talking. The point blank gun robbery is a convention that you would kind of expect to see in a crime drama.
Pulp Fiction Opening Sequence-CAM S.A.M
The main shot used in the opening sequence of Pulp Fiction was the two shot however there was a couple of P.O.V shots as well in the opening sequence. The camera angle was eye-level for the whole opening sequence.
Pulp Fiction Opening Sequence-Mise-en Scene
The setting was in a Cafe. The two characters had on clothes that you will normally wear in the summer and their facial expressions and emotions was of happiness. Both characters were white, had blonde hair and looked like of working class. They were male and female
Pulp Fiction Opening Sequence-Editing
The pace of the opening sequence was at a fast pace.
Pulp Fiction Opening Sequence-Narrative
You can tell from the opening sequence that both characters are the villians in the movie as they are robbing the café; you can also tell that they are one of the main characters as they were shown from the start of the film. The binary oppositions in this opening sequence is male and female.
Good fella's Opening Sequence-Purpose and Conventions
You can't really tell what atmosphere the film is trying to generate until the end when the main guy starts narrating then you can tell that this is a film based on mobs. The generic conventions that are being used are the knife, gun, mob gangsters riding in the car, and dead body in the backseat.
Good fella's Opening Sequence-CAM S.A.M
The main shots that were used was the POV shot and the Long Shot. The camera angle was mainly eye-level. There was a panning shot used at the beginning of the opening sequence when it shows the car moving.
Good fella's Opening Sequence-Mise en scene
The setting used for the opening sequence was the car and then the woods. All characters in the opening sequence were dressed in suits and all there hair was oily and slick. They were all middle aged white men.
Good fella's Opening Sequence-Editing
The pace of the opening sequence was at a normal pace.
Good fella's Opening Sequence-Sound
At the end of the opening sequence before the character begins his monologue non-diegetic sound starts to play in the background.
Good fella's Opening Sequence- Narrative
The binary opposition in the opening sequence was life and death. The mob is represented as the villains in this movie. You could say that the movie starts with an equilibrium by the killing of the dead guy in the back of the trunk.
There are many key idea's that we are planning to use from these opening sequences. We are planning to use probably as much editing as heat used so are opening sequence looks fast paced also. We also like the idea of Shaw shank Redemption's main character starting the scene in the car as well as the tense confrontation of dialogue between the two characters used in the opening sequence of the God Father. We are also planning to use many of the camera shots that got used in Pulp Fiction and finally we think that it would be good to start with an equilibrium for our opening film just like Goodfella's did.
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