Action Thriller

Action Thriller

Knowing that I wanted to produce a film that would include some sort of Horror, or if not Horror a lot of suspense to help keep the viewer on the edge of their seat, I concluded that I would want to include a lot of foreshadowing. But then since my second option for the genre was Action, I could create a mix which would be Action Thriller. Choosing an Action Thriller allows me to create a lot of Rapid Cuts to create tension throughout the film's opening. Below is an example of a lot of rapid cuts used in the opening scene of "Mission: Impossible (1996)".

This film's opening uses a lot of scenes that were used throughout the movie to help give a little foreshadowing of what is going to occur. Using the mix of shots with the credits allows for the viewer to be engaged and pay close attention to both what is going to occur throughout the movie as well as who produced it.

The second Film Opening that I saw was "Fall Guy - (2024)". Since the opening scene is all a continuous shot it makes it look very good. It makes it feel as if the audience was there in person feeling all the action. Since a lot of stunts were used it helps give the action vibe and the viewer can expect this throughout the movie. Since the director was a previous stuntman it helped make the movie more accurate as to what a stuntman would usually act and think when working. Below is the opening scene for "Fall Guy - (2024)".

The Last Film that I looked at was "A New Hope - Star Wars (1977)". Since Star Wars is one of the most popular movie series ever, trying to incorporate some techniques that they used for the opening scene could help attract the viewer immediately. Since George Lucas started the film immediately into the action it helped attract the viewer immediately, without spending time to introduce everyone. This technique was interesting since when he was first starting no one knew who anyone was so having it start immediately without any explanation was a risk that he took and it turned out to be a good risk.

Since "Mission: Impossible (1996)", incorporated a lot of rapid cuts it gave me the inspiration to try and recreate it. "Fall Guy - (2024)" gave me the inspiration to maybe try to do the whole opening scene in one shot but it led me to realize that I wouldn't be able to include the credits as Mission Impossible did. "A New Hope - Star Wars (1977)" was interesting because it went straight into the action, it didn't introduce anything or anyone, this could be another technique that I could incorporate. Either way, all these opening scenes gave me inspiration on various techniques and ways to film the opening scene for this project.