Whilsts looking at film openings I have noticed that there are three basic structures. A NARRATIVE opening with the titles running through out, a DISCRETE tiltle sequence and titles over a black screen followed by a narrative opening.
An example of an narrative opening ' Panic Room', I liked this opening because the titles seemed like they were attached to the buildings. It was very bold and clear to see.
An example of an discrete opening 'Enemy of the State'. This opening had a lot of actions in the scene and the credits went along with it. Obviously this one was edited more heavily as there were those targets in the screen and texts were stylised.
Here is an example of credits over blank screen opening 'Donnie Darko'. This opening seems quite simple like the credits are shown first than the narrative. This is quite good as its clear to see the credits as it has the main focus at the beginning and then get involved with the narrative.
There is also another style of opening which has been named 'Stylized Editing'. These type of openings are amazingly stylized and its stands out because the editing is outstanding however it will take a long time in the post production. Here is an example of an stylized opening 'The Taking of Pelham 123'
For our opening of EXHIBIT A we have decided to do a narrative opening similiar to our prelim video Room 333. Whilst doing a narrative opening for our prelim we have noticed that it worked well and we all felt that a narrative opening was the most suitbale for our opening.
One of our ideas is to have the some of the credits pop up at each evidence for example when we see the chalk body on the floor with a card labelling the evidence an actors name would be shown. Something along that line.
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