Research into other media products

Legally Blonde-

The way in which the opening of Legally Blonde introduces the character of Elle Woods is good as it shows the audience parts of her lifestyle without actually showing Elle herself. We think that this is good as it probably tells you more about her character than if it showed you her face straight away. It also makes you wonder what she will be like, creating suspense.

Dead Man's Shoes-

We like the way childhood photographs and images are used in Dead Man's Shoes. We could use this in our opening sequence as we need references to our characters' childhood.

This is England-

We like the way in which the title credits are not on separate slides and are placed on top of the footage. The way in which the footage is dated from the 1980's is a technique we think we could use, as we may need old-looking footage of our character when he was younger.

Green Street-

We would like to incorporate a voiceover into our sequence similar to the one in Green Street which starts 46 seconds into the sequence.This is because we would like our character to introduce him/herself and the situation, like Matt Buckner.

Snatch-

We like the transitions between characters in Snatch opening sequence, and would like to try something similar in ours if we can. It has influenced our ideas, for example when one of our characters swings at a punchbag, but the shot changes to him swinging at a man.