The 9 frames above, aim to show how our thriller opening sequence portrayed a range of shots, editing techniques, thriller conventions and many more elements of the criteria. The pictures are large so that it is easy to identify all the different components of the shots.
Frame 1 - This is the shot where the title of the movie is first displayed. It comes after the actors' names and before the producers and behind the scene names. We displayed the title here as this is the shot where the man on the run is introduced, and he is the person EVADING capture. Evasion revolves around this character.
Frame 2 - This is an establishing shot. The opening shots of the kingpin answering the phone are clearly shot in a small room, empty of presence apart from that of the kingpin. The main setting for the rest of the sequence is on a busy high street, and we let the viewer know where the caller is by showing an establishing shot of him and his surroundings, putting the conversation in context. We overlapped different audio so that the viewer can hear the character even though the camera is not close to him.
Frame 3 - This is a shot which portrays two of the character's props and costume. These characters are henchmen chasing the man on the run. The costumes fit in with the genre as the characters looks like young thugs as they are wearing all black and wearing a big, puffy coat and a short black jacket with a hat, respectively. The gun also portrays the genre as we know it will be some kind of action/man on the run/crime thriller. The mise-en-scene is completed by the environment. This shot shows the suburban street setting, so we know the movie is going to be shot in a city or busy town.
Frame 4 - This shot is an example of some of the creative camera-work we used. This shot from the back of the car, and the final shot from a rooftop were the hardest to get in position to shoot, and we are very proud as they work well. The shot from the backseat shows us that the driver is on his way after receiving the phone call, and the shot is edited well as it interlinks with the shots of the other henchman walking towards the crossing.
Frame 5 - This shot shows the format of our opening titles. We used a bold font, in white with shadow effect as it looks professional and the shadow gives an outline for the brighter shots where the white is hard to see without shadow. The titles come up over shots, rather than having frames of their own, as this would have interrupted the flow, and made the sequence too long as well.
Frame 6 - This shot shows how the opening sets up the story. In this shot the henchman is just spotting the man they are trying to capture, which sets up for a pursuit of the man on the run.
Frame 7 - This shot establishes the genre, as it shows the main character evading his chasers by jumping over a wall. This lets us know that he is the man on the run and the chasing lets us know of the action style which the movie uses.
Frame 8 - This shot introduces the main character in epic fashion. It is a long-shot of the character arriving from behind the corner, and the tension was built by the henchman seeing him and shouting before the viewer sees the man, this lets us know that the character we are about to see is vital to the story.
Frame 9 - This shot shows a special effect that we used. The effect is the shot fades to black while the text stays up for longer without being faded. This works well as the last shot and looks professional as the director's name is the last footage we see in the opening sequence. The fade of the shot lets us know that the opening sequence is over, and sets up for the rest of the movie to begin.
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