Film Opening research! :0

 So how I'm going to start my research is first searching up coming of age movies. Also if i haven't already said it, the genre were doing is coming of age!!! This genre just seem like a fun one to do with my partner and we just decided that this is the best pick for us. So to start my research, I will start looking for movies that has genre coming of age. I will look at a few and see which ones really caught my eye.  This was suppose to be a post for last week but time really went by fast and If I'm being honest I procrastinated, But that's no more! I'm get back on my schedule and really make time for this project.

The first film opening that I watch the Florida project. This is a really good film and it fits with the genre coming of age. I really like the lighting they use in the beginning, It gave off a nostalgic feeling. It starts with kids siting down and it seem like their outside, and in the distance you hear a kid call names that seem to be the kids sitting down. Then it cuts of to the  kid calling their names and then back to the other kids. It does that a few times before the kid finds the other two kids which were scooty and moonee. It had very basic shots like close ups, medium shots, and long shots. Once the kid finds scooty and moonee they run off to a place and the film hits viewers with the opening credits and the opening title. Honestly I really like how they did it and I want to incorporate into my film. They also add really fun music along with it which seems like another great idea I could add to my film opening. After the opening credits it goes into the next scene. Im pretty sure this film is somewhere based around summer. Which is what maybe me and my partner film opening is also be based around and I really like the lighting and want to use it as well. This film seem like it would be fun, or exciting but I have watch the movie and this movie isn't kind of not. I think this is a great film opening and it shows kids playing around which I really think grabs the attention of the audience, and with the fun music as well really draws audience in.

The second opening scene was very interesting to watch. It starts off of a low angle of these two parents talking to their child I would assume and they are treating this child as if their young. Only soon to find out that it wasn't a young child but a 16 year old girl name Katie. The camera moves up to the parents eye level and switches the camera to her getting up. I think that's super creative because it trick the viewers into thinking they were talking to a young child. She is starting high school for the first time because she been home school all her life. There is a voice over of her voice talking to the viewers and explaining why she was home school and while the dad is taking photos of the her and her mother it freezes them which I think is also very creative and I would like to use that in my film opening. Its a possibility. She talks about how home school kids could be weird and she gives off examples and it cuts to scenes of "weird" kids. But she explains where she live all her life which was in Africa. and it shows photos of her in Africa while she does a voice over and I really like how they did it in this opening. This opening explains a little about the main character and it gives us a little of her personality.