Opening Scenes- Diamond task

In class we were given a number of things that could be shown or expressed in an opening scene, for example dialogue or genre. We were then asked to rank these things on how important we believed it was to have this thing in an opening scene to a film.

This is what my list of importance was at the start. I believed that giving an indication into the genre of the film was the most important thing to do within the opening. This is because I believed that if a viewer was confused about the genre of a film they may loose interest in the film and not be drawn to it. I then put introducing a setting and characters as two other very important things because I thought that it was important to let your viewer know the setting and characters early on so that they could clearly identify the main components of the film from early on.                                          

 



























This is what my diamond of importance looked like after a class discussion on it. I had moved demonstrate creativity and originality to the very top as an over ruling component because it is the whole purpose of my course.  I also moved ensure your audience gets it to the top, this is because if you don't get a film fairly quickly then the viewer will be less engaged with it and much less likely to continue watching it. I also moved giving an indication of genre down because I also realised that a bit of mystery to things like the genre and characters can be part of what draws a viewer in to watching the film as long as they actually get what is going on within the film.