POTENTIAL IDEAS FOR OPENING

1st Idea• ‘TELL US ABOUT…’ montage of people’s reactions about someone• Each doing different things to add excitement/movement to the

opening, e.g. The sweetest thing and mean girls• Different ideas/reactions from people• Comedy from different reactions/people – crying/nose bleed etc.• Pans around girl (main character) who is talking angrily to friends,

who are in front of her about, about someone. As the camera pans it shows a man stood behind/walking up behind the girl who is still ranting. The friends look up ‘He’s right behind me isn’t he?’ She turns round, smiles and has food on her tooth

• Camera freezes - goes into voice over ‘Yep this is me...'

2nd Idea• Two people on the phone (male and female) - split

screen/quick cuts. The conversation – about a blind date - works between the two people however they aren’t actually on the phone to each other. The scene is fast paced (walking around/going somewhere) they bump into each other (spills coffee?) – That point the audience discovers they aren’t on the phone to each other and they are just strangers, as they walk away from each other, the gap between them is filled with the film title.

• Introduces the two protagonists, their personality’s and the fact that they are strangers. Sets up the storyline of the blind date.

2nd Idea Continued• Split screen – titles in one then shots in the other,

audience drawn to the action rather than text. Keep moving around the half with action in to keep it dynamic. OR use split screen for a phone call between 2 characters EG FWB.

• Introducing 2 people at the same time – opposites (Freaky Friday)

• Or two strangers but in a similar situation

• Music is important to capture the mood and genre of the film

Before Phone Call Options• ‘Tell us about…’• Diary/voiceover of the girl• Flash back of previous blind date

3rd Idea• ‘Tell us about…’• Then it goes to a shot of the back of the guys head and shoulders walking down a street in a suit, with a voiceover.

• Could introduce the female and male at the same time, opposites who are being set up on a blind date.

4th Idea• Back shot of the male character walking down a street or

school corridor. Greeting various people (smiling, pointing, saluting, high fiving)

• Shows he is important/well known. • Voiceover of him introducing himself?

• Could be a split screen of the girl walking shot in the same way and her voiceover. She is quiet/geek like. Work with cliques if in a school?

• Eventually end up walking towards each other/bumping into each other – first encounter

• As they walk away, the titles appear between them, like my 2nd Idea

4th Idea: Initial thoughts of charactersBOY:• Popular• Well dressed• Path is cleared for him, people move

out of his way• Intimidating to some• Music is jazz like – chilled, slow

paced. Representing his mood.

GIRL:• Unpopular• Geek like – glasses etc• Carrying books and a ruck sack• Walking with head down, people

getting in her way, pushed around• Music is suited to her situation – fast

paced, uncomfortable