Debating My Thoughts

    I am so lost! I thought that the best way to start this project before planning an outline was to watch the opening from the 2 movies I mentioned in my last post and analyze them, but I must say that I don't know what to do with this information. I wrote more than one page of bullet points analyzing the opening of Wall-E that I searched on YouTube so that I have an inspirational idea of what to do. I refuse to think that this was for nothing. I searched "The Fountain Film" on YouTube too, and I found the full movie and even an explanation of it, but not in any scene of the opening I see the director's name, writer, producer, etc. Besides, when trying to write an analysis for this extract, I found myself finding less information and getting more lost. What I should have done first was understand well from what part until what part an opening is. I am mainly lost because I missed one day's lesson when I had a competition, but if I can advise you on something, I would simply say "Do not miss class".

    After, I simply decided to search for "the best openings of films" on YouTube to perfectly have the main idea clear in my thoughts and not lose track. This way I don't lose time either. After looking at the Art of the Opening Scene video I realized that each film has different openings that don't necessarily have a structured and strict outline that one has to follow. This means I have to stop putting so many limits on myself and just be creative while of course adding the information necessary as the director, writer, producer, cinematographer, editor, or any major actor name. Still, I was kind of lost, so I went to re-read my friend's notes and that's where I found the extra information details that I had to add. But, right now I am not going to focus on that. Instead, I'm going to ask my teacher tomorrow morning for precise information. I know that getting the wheel at the beginning is hard, but once one understands it, is fun. 

    I started watching the intro recommended in the notebook such as "Schindler's List". It helped me but not that much. I didn't lose hope, though. I FOUND IT! That moment of brightness, confirmation, creativeness, and realization, where one understands everything. The opening of the film "The Joker" made me feel all that I have been searching for since the last post. I understood the addition of credits, colors, tone, the title of the film, etc. In this opening, the first thing one hears is the sound of the radio saying "good morning" which I could be inspired by to add an establishing sound in my opening to create a type of hook. Next, just as almost all the other openings, the main character is shown one way or another which means that according to my research, I would prefer to base my intro on a story that is mainly about one character or the main character is just a single one. Understanding this will later help me choose my genre for this fiction as it will depend a lot on it. For example, in romantic films, it is most common that the life of 2 characters has to be shown as an opening or neither of theirs, so I am sure that I do not want to do this type of genre. Although I love watching romantic movies, my skills are not the best in this, or I just know I can do way better in a topic that I would like more. Moving to the mise-en-scene, I've noticed that I would like to add some cool hues and neutrals because I've been interested in what either looks too old or something predicted in the future. I would like something that gives a deep feeling, either too motivational as in the Wall-E's film, or too broken-hearted as in the Joker's extract where the shots, movements, colors, sounds, and angles, serve to convey this idea.

 This introduction showed me how although all openings have to be original and different, there still is information that needs to be added without even making it look bad. Even better, the choices made here, make the plot more interesting and engage the audience. Most importantly, this research made me focus my thoughts, stop overthinking, or think more from different perspectives, and organize my understanding. This made me remember too that I have to think about who I want my audience to be, which I will talk about in another post, so keep yourself updated. Now, I feel ready to start brainstorming clear ideas for the beginning of my opening. I am ready. I cannot wait anymore.