Films That Have Influenced Me

For this task, I am going to be talking about the films that have influenced me for my film opening. I am going to look at what ideas they have given me and summarise how I could use these ideas for my sequence.

DEADPOOL (2016)

Deadpool is a mainstream action film that has hugely influenced my ideas towards choosing the genre of my film. I like how it is an action film, but also has a twist of comedy to it because I feel that it makes the film opening more fun to watch as well as intriguing. Its given me ideas on themes as to what lighting to use as it looks quite natural and dull but it suits the genre well. I have gathered ideas about slowly revealing the scene as in Deadpool it begins with lots of close ups and by the end of the film opening, you get to see what the whole picture is. I think this is an interesting of introducing the film and gets the audience intrigued by slowly introducing the scene. It has also given me ideas on location, as to film in city-like location as that is often a popular sort of location for action films. The pace is very slow and calm making the situation seem less serious, bringing out that aspect of comedy.

SPECTRE (2015)

SPECTRE was the 24th installment in the James Bond film series and the 26th overall. James Bond was portrayed in this film by Daniel Craig and it was his fourth performance playing as James Bond. 

In the film, Bond was pitted against a worldwide criminal syndicate corporation named "SPECTRE" and against their leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who was unveiled to be Bond's adoptive brother as he attempted to obstruct his plan to launch a global surveillance network and discovered Spectre and Blofeld were behind the events of the previous three films.

When I watched SPECTRE for the first time when it was released, I really enjoyed it because I like watching action films that have some sort of challenge and explosions and general action. I like the suspense and tension that is given off by these types of films.

SPECTRE attracted its audience through several successful marketing campaigns. These include several product placements by Sony. 

For example, they partnered with Belverdere vodka with the vodka being part of the film in exchange for publicity of the film and the vodka. Also, Aston Martin specifically made an exculsive Aston Martin DB10 - only 10 of them were built. Eight of the 10 cars that were built, were featured in the film and two more were built for promotional purposes. 

Conclusion

By doing this task I have mentioned some points about the ideas I have gathered from other sources and discussed how I could use them in my film opening. This has helped me overview my ideas and begin to develop a storyline from it.