Davionne's Opening Research

LOVE AND BASKETBALL

INTRO

When

text appeared the screen was back and text was white. No text was shown in the

rest of the opening. The use of the date in the text shows that the opening

will be a back story. Text is used to set the time of the film.

The

cuts throughout the opening are of slow pace and the shots are mostly tracking

shots. This creates a calm atmosphere and audience can assume that film will

not be intense.

Starts with an establishing shot of people

moving in to a house then switches to children playing a basketball game in a

park.

Beings

with text saying ‘first quarter 1981’. This clearly demonstrates that the movie

is about basketball, as basketball matches are measured in four quarters. The

text has a clear connection to the narrative of the movie.

FRUITVALE STATION

The

movie is based in a real story. So the movie begins with the actual footage of

Oscar Grant and his friends being detained by the BART Police at the Fruitvale

BART station.

On January 1, 2009 in Oakland California

at 2:15 am before the killing. The gives the audience the bases of the story’s

narrative.

There is no text what's so ever in the

opening.

There is an establishing shot of a train

passing. Which connects nicely with the narrative of the film as it is based on

an event in a station.

Gone

Girl

The opening begins with the only credit

being the directors name.

We

hear soft piano music and a voice over of a man. While we hear this we see a

long recording of a man caressing a women's hair.

There is a mid close-up which allows the

audience to see her facial expression. She looks innocent and slightly

confused. The audience shares her confusion as we are unaware of who she his or

who the narrator is.

Opening ends with a fast cut to black. This

takes always the calm essence that has been created through the softness of the

mans voice and the long cut of the women's face.