Throughout post production, I was thinking a lot about the beginning in Iron Man, and really liked how they started with his face really bright and close to the camera, and then cut to 48 hours earlier. I think the technique of teasing the audience with a dramatic scene in your film is something which works really well, as, if done well it can hook the audience from the beginning.
Originally, our opening scene was Bethany on the stage having a heated argument with a man, in which she is punched and dragged off stage. However, I looked over this scene with Vic and felt like we could change it to make it much better and dramatic. Vic and I had a long talk and I showed him the Iron Man scene and he agree'd it fit really well. We began brainstorming and thought the scene were Bethany is tied up in the old dressing room would work well at the beginning of the scene. This is because it's very clear footage of her face, clearly showing she is injured, and it's very close to her.
I decided beforehand, to look into some films which are similar to ours, and start (near enough) at the end and see the different impacts different styles have on the viewing.
The beginning of Memento also starts with the end, however, it's quite a long scene and I think it's not much of a teaser as the whole film isn't linear anyway. Although it still works well, I think if we followed this technique our scene would go on way too long.
Fight Club, however, is styled very similar to our film. Just before this video starts, the man is shot in the mouth which is shown at the very beginning of the scene, he is in a dark room and the light is very strange and he is very close to the camera. I think this works really effectively as it's such a dramatic beginning that it makes you wonder what could happen next. Towards the end of the film, we go back to this scene, and it carries on until the end when they are stood looking out the window.
The introduction for Limitless is also another film which works really creatively. The film begins with a man in a building talking over the clip. The room is very unusual as it's empty with boxes and someone is banging on his door. Soon after this, we see him stood on a very tall building, looking over the edge. The music really builds up the enigma, and although it doesn't start straight away on the building, it builds up to it which is really effective. Something that also works well is the voiceover, it really helps to build the tension and suspense building up to that moment and immediately hooks you into the film. I think this may have worked with ours if we had more voice over like this film does, however, if we did voiceover I think it would definitely ruin it.
The final video, is the opening to Iron Man which is what I looked at first. It really inspired me to think about how we can make our film much more dramatic. Although the film doesn't start straight away with Tony at gun point, it builds up to it and we are still a little lost as to whats going on. However, I really like how the bright light comes on and there is a close up of his face, with unfamiliar voices in the background. At this point we're still not sure what's going on, just that he is in danger. I think it's such an effective way to start the film and really builds up the tension. After this clip ends, it goes back to Tony in a office meeting, with the titles '48 hours earlier' written on the screen which also helps the audience to know what's going on.
Although it's not that much of a change, I still think it makes a huge difference in our film and will be really effective in the final film after it's had colour correction and sound added to it.
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