Hi, I am back and ready to tell you about the second idea my group and I brainstormed. I feel like I already told you about how I am kind of stressed about falling behind in this project and all that, so instead of boring you with the details, I am just going to jump in and describ the second film opening we came up with.
So, essentially it starts with a girl seen unpacking her belongings into her apartment. My actress, Chloe is my age, but we would like to make it seem as though she is a college student. I think we could do this by using a college banner. Specifically one of the ones people have hanging in their rooms that is in the shape of a triangle. We would also incorporate shots of all the things she is unpacking, including her trophies and medals. This establishes character, by allowing the audience to conclude that she is in a highly respocted college, and is a great student with many achievements. If I were to describe her with words known to be used in romantic comedies, then she is a 'nerdy girl' or 'try-hard'. I would also like to show her placing the objects she is unpacking on her shelves with exact preciseness. This could hint to the audience that she is a neat person as well as a perfectionist.
This is what one of the college flags would look like, and help show the audience that she is a new college student. This image was found on Amazon and linked here.
Based on the various film openings I have analyzed through my research, my group and I decided to start this scene with a song playing in the background. I feel like this is just the best option as it creates that feel-happy mood that plays perfectly into the genre of a rom-com. The girl, Chloe would be seen wearing headphones, so to show the audience that the music playing, is the same as the one that she is listening to on her device. The idea is to have the song be abruptly cut off as soon as she takes off her headphones and the plot progresses.
We plan on incorporating the credits into the scenes of her unpacking her items. This is inspired by the film The Wedding Planner, which also embedded the credits in the shots of the very first scene. I would like to choose a font that is neat and pretty, to match Chloe's personality. If anything, the letters would be extremely straight and aligned to further that perfectionist lifestyle. The font color though, is something that my group and I have to decide after we film. I think this is the best way to approach this as we should decide on a color that compliments the lighting of the room and mise-en-scene elements.
Anyway, so after she finishes unpacking we would like to show her getting some groceries. However, we realize that we don't have much time, so it might have to be simply her checking her mail instead of getting groceries. The reason behind the need for her to leave her apartment is to show her trying to reenter using her keys until she realizes that none of the keys fit into the keyhole of the door. Spoiler: she can not get in with her keys because she is trying to get into the wrong apartment door. When she continues to try to shove the key in, they fall to the ground and someone opens the door.
Surprise! It is the male lead. They introduce themselves and she realizes that she was trying to get into the wrong apartment. We would like to establish the chemistry and connection between them as soon as the male bends down to pick up her keys and they make eye contact with one another. When they begin to have a conversation though, another girl opens the door that the male lead was holding and holds it wider so she fits into the frame. We would like her to immediately say something along the lines of "Babe who is this?", and have the opening cut right after. I feel like that is the perfect place to leave the audience because it's clear that the three of them will have a conversation following that statement.
Now I realize that this is not really the enemies-to-lovers plot that I emphasized various times of including, but my group and ran out if ideas, and the ones we did think of were at times too cliche. Though I would still like to include a contrast between their personalities through what they wear, and how they interact when they first meet at his front door. For instance, she wears light colors and he wears dark, and he comes off as self-absorbed, while she is nicer.
The only thing that I am worried about this film opening if finding an apartment in which we could use. Most of my group members and I know people who live in houses, and not apartments, so the hunt for finding a location to film in will prove to be difficult. But, I have to confess that I like this idea more than the one from the beach that I mentioned yesterday. I feel like this idea could incorporate all the elements that I have been researching for the past two weeks seamlessly and it just feels like a more professional opening to a film. However, I realize that some will call it cliche, and that the 'meeting because she was trying to enter the wrong apartment' is something that has been done before. Despite this, I would still like to move forward with this idea and alter a few aspects to make it unique from the rest. Other than that, I feel like I am in a better place than I was last week, and I am looking forward to speaking to my group members about what is next.
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