Film opening.

I am producing a two minute film opening for my AS Media, I haven't yet decided what genre I'm going for, nor what I would like the film opening to be based on, therefore I am doing a lot of research into existing films in order to thoroughly plan my own.

Below are a variety of movies genres I have been looking at for my film opening;


Thrillers; are known as films that form an adrenaline rush on the readers behalf, amongst tension and excitement. They have the capability to stimulate the viewer's mood, creating anticipation and anxiety. Thrillers often feature cliff hangers and a sudden twist to the story as they're known to be unpredictable.

The main elements of a Romance movie are; emotion, passion and affection between the two main characters. The film often follows their relationship as the main plot focus, usually an obstacle they're forced to over come - such as: infidelity, physical or mental illnesses, prejudice or discrimination, and family issues, to name a few.

Sci-fi is short for Science Fiction. Science fiction films consist of speculative science and the phenomena we are not familiar with such as: aliens, time travelling and space travelling, robots, and futuristic life.

Fantasy films usually involve supernatural or make-believe elements in exotic fantasy worlds consisting of magic and escapism to the extraordinary. There are often powerful mystical experiences, such as flying carpets in Aladdin, the ability to bring death to life in the Green Mile and typically and most popular, Narnia - a movie based on a wardrobe that exits into another world featuring half human fawns and talking lions.

Comedy films emphasise on humour for the audience's enjoyment, often by exaggerating situations or the actions of characters for entertain and amuse the audience.

Horror films are regularly based on what we would see in a nightmare; fear of the unknown and their capabilities, serial killers, cannibalism, torture, gore and often direct satanism. All of these elements are created to cause unease and negative emotions of the viewers behalf.


I have researched a variety of film openings from different genres, and decided I want to base my film opening on the psychological thriller theme. Psychological thrillers are a sub-genre for thrillers and heavily focus on characters psychological state and ability to manipulate their victim's and the audience's perception. This is a contrast to the usual thriller, which generally focus on the perpetrators physical ability to hurt their victims. Mystery is often incorporated into psychological thrillers too, and usually look past gruesome and gore we see in horrors and thrillers and more into destructive mind games, which I intend on being a prominent focus in my own film.