Trailer VS Opening Sequence

I have chosen the film 'Nowhere Boy' to base my comparison on.
This trailer begins as a fade into a cinema scene containing diegetic sound of applause, it zooms into the main characters, focussing on their reactions to the film they are all watching. The cuts at the very start of the trailer are very smooth and steady. As the pace of the trailer increases after the flash of the cinema, the non diegetic soundtrack begins and the cuts become faster and sharper. They slow down slightly when allowing some comedic lines to be spoken to get the audience more involved in the action happening. In the middle, high tension moments, particularly between John and his Aunt is broken down by the upbeat soundtrack playing. The trailer is completely based around John who's life revolves around music, hence the theme throughout the trailer. There are many heated moments that are, again, contradicted by the diegetic sound playing.

The opening of this film simply Johns home and his daily routine. The cuts and camera movements are slow and purposeful. The opening is a far slower pace than the advert because it doesn't need to attract people in the way the advert did. It displays the cast and crew of the film and the title as it gets into the beginning of the story. However, storyline is barely introduced at this point so we, as an audience have no idea what is happening as yet.

The Task

The task we have been set to do is to create an opening sequence to our own film that we will create in class. This includes cast and crew credits, film name and the beginning of the story. We will be put into groups of 3 or 4 people to create research pages, create a film and edit. The clip cannot be longer than two minutes and all video and music should be from copyright free sources.

Jing

Jobsite - Elle Pullen, Becka Thompson

Push A Little Button - Jamie Watts, Ellie Pullen

Donnie Darko

10 Shot Story

Preliminary Task