The opening scene of Cain and Easy A are very different in subject of the storyline and genre. For example in Easy A it all starts by showing the high school entrance and where the students' everyday life takes place. Easy A shows all the conventional characters and groups that a typical teen movie incorporates. However in the of opening of Cain we as a group decided to pull away from the conventional groups and keep it simple meaning that we are only showing the quiet girl and the popular boy in college.
The settings in both film openings are different as Easy A is in the entrance of the high school and Cain is in a busy place in London which leads onto the conventional areas such as the college corridor, canteen and library.
The music/ soundtracks of both openings are also clearly different due to the difference in genre. In Cain we used a more gloomy and tense soundtrack however in Easy A they've used a more chilled out up beat music. On the other hand 2 sound effects that are common in both openings are the sound of the crowd of students in the background and the sound of the folder dropping. These sound effects show that they can be used quite often in teenage movies.
The shot types and camera actions that are present in both openings are:
- over the shoulder shot
- wide shot
- medium close up
- close up
- panning
- tilting - toe to head
The title sequence of Easy A :
- Distribution
- Production
- Title of movie
- Name of actors
- Casting by
- Costume Designer
- Music Supervisor
- Edited by
- Production Designer
- Director of photography
- Produced by
- Written by
- Directed by
The title sequence of Cain :
- Production
- Distribution
- Title of movie
- Starring
- Casting
- Costume
- Music
- Co-Producer
- Editor
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
The title sequences in both openings include the same things but the order varies. For example the production in Cain comes before the distribution unlike in Easy A where production comes after distribution. Moreover the Editor in Cain comes after the Co-Producer however in Easy A the editor comes before the production designer. Also in our title sequence we didn't find the need to add director of photography because we thought we all contributed to this as a group. All the rest of the title sequence have the same order in both openings. Finally another similarity that is evident in both openings is the white colour of the font ( although we used black for the job title) and the capital letters used for the title sequence.
Overall I think that the opening scenes are primarily different in accordance to the genre and storyline however the sound effects, shot types and camera actions are similar. This emphasises that these factors are commonly used within teen movie openings of different genres and plots in order to engage the audience. I believe we could improve the opening scene of Cain by trying to use more conventional teen movie locations and experimenting with the editing in order to make our opening scene feel stronger and can capture the target audience more quickly.
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