The bullet points below are, key points when certain things come onto the screen, in the opening two minutes of The Godfather. I hope to incorporate some of these techniques into our final 2 minute opening, of our film which is a crime/drama.
- Starts with non-diegetic sound with Paramount Studios logo. As soon as we see the paramount logo we know that the film we are viewing is going to be of a high quality as Paramount is very well known for their production in the film industry.
- Large white text presenting 'The Godfather' comes on. Continuing with the non-diegetic sound. The name above 'The Godfather' Mario Puzo, we had to Google his name to find out who he was. This shows that in today's modern age, Mario Puzo is not a familiar name to people, however back in the 1970's which is when the film was produced I think he was the Steven Spielberg of his time.
- Slow eerie music links in a relates to the fact of it being a Crime/Drama. This music is very slow in entering and exiting the scene, which enhances the fact of this scene being very tense in the beginning. The sound is also non-diegetic, which means that the sound can't be seen coming from anything on the screen and the characters can't hear it.
- It then displays who created the film.
- The start of the film doesn't get going until about 30 seconds from the start, so its quite a slow paced start, which gives it enough time to build up the tension of the film.
- Very dark opening scene, a bit of a 1920's feel, with the characters Tuxedos, this goes great together to give the classic Mafia/Gangster feel.
- Short discussions in the start about previous events which have happened, which the audience is unaware of.
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