Created by

• Chris Faulkner
• Marlow Green
• Stefano B
• To create an opening sequence of a thriller
to a new fiction film.
•We conducted research on films. We did
this by handing out a questionnaire to
numerous amounts of people throughout
London.
•In our research we asked around 20 people
specific questions related to films and also
personal details about them.
This the
questionnaire
we used to
get our
research.
 How old are you Whats your gender

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Participants
Participants

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16-24 25-30 31-40 41-50 51+ male female
Age Gender

How often do you watch films in a week

12
10
Participants

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1-3 4-6 Everyday Other
Times Times
The amount of times
 How do you watch films Whats your favorite genre of film

8 10
7
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Participants
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Paticipants

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Ways of viewing films Genre
• From our research we have conducted
that the most popular genre of film is
comedy and the least popular is Sci-Fi.
• We also found out that the main way in
which people watch movies is from there
television.
• Also on average people watch movies
between 1 and 3 times in a week.
Relates to our target audience
• We used this as an
opening sequence
idea which can be
recreated easily.
This is an film
what influenced
our ideas when
making our film.
We tried to re
create this scene
but without the
gory violence.
• For the costumes
because of the
storyline we wanted to
keep the clothes
casual and urban.
• The opening sequence of The Godfather is set in a
dark room with two mean talking the lighting is
focused on the guy talking which shows the
importance of what he is saying.
• The music at the start is quite short and the use of a
trumpet which is melodic and sounds like the
soundtrack which is quite calming and relaxing.
• There were only 3 shots in the opening 4 minutes of
this scene which shows how everything in this scene
is shown through how the characters act.
• Both characters are wearing suits so it can show they
handle business in a professional way.
• Also The Don has a right hand man in the room and
he moves his hand in order to tell him to get the other
man a drink which shows his authority.
Storyboard
• One participant stated in our questionnaire
that a good villain captures there attention
in a film.
• An dramatic ending also captures a
viewers attention.
• so as a group we tried to incorporate these
ideas in our opening scene .
• Thrillers usually have a clear storyline
which is shown through the acting then the
dialogue which is why its great for our film.
• Action • Crime

• Adventure • Romance

• Comedy • Children

• Sci-Fi • Horror
• The various characteristics which make
different genres.
• How to edit films.
• How different camera shots and
techniques can have a affect on the
audience.
• “A way in which you can improve your
opening scene is in editing give the effect
that some of the scene is being viewed
through a CCTV camera, this will make
the scene much more effective”.
•Set in Boston due to being told in editing.
•The Character when
first looked upon is
presented
illuminated and his
identity is hidden. He
seems more
mysterious and also
viewers listen more
to what he has to say
•Main character
seemed to have a lot
of authority due to
receiving a money
from another male

•Female is also very