Ok so I’ve been thinking about beginnings in movies.\u00c2\u00a0 Not too much, but I have.\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s what I’ve thought about.<\/p>\n
The opening music changes everything.\u00c2\u00a0 A good score can even get people into the credits.\u00c2\u00a0 An example might be The Good the Bad and the Ugly” <\/em>(thanks Craig).\u00c2\u00a0 In that film, we see monocolor stills from the movie, and cheesy animations of people getting blown up by cannons.\u00c2\u00a0 But the score is so intense, I thought it was awesome.\u00c2\u00a0 Star Wars<\/em> is the same way.\u00c2\u00a0 Imagine the explication in A New Hope <\/em>scrolling off into space to Beth playing harpsichord.\u00c2\u00a0 The beginning to Star Wars<\/em> is especially interesting.\u00c2\u00a0 The old movies had that epic in media res <\/em>opening, where the story starts in the middle and ends before the end.\u00c2\u00a0 I suppose Return of the Jedi <\/em>gives us plenty of closure, even down to glowing Yoda.\u00c2\u00a0 But it was cool while it lasted.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0There’s a big difference between a movie that starts with a long credit reel and one that saves all the credits for the end.\u00c2\u00a0 Too much or too little opening credit can be disturbing. Usually, I like to settle in to my surroundings during a brief but informative opening credit sequence.\u00c2\u00a0 If I have to wait forever to see the movie, I’ll admit getting a little bit grumpy.\u00c2\u00a0 But when it starts right up, like they do sometimes with those pre-credit bits, I am almost always caught off guard.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0Gonna go finish getting ready to present today, see you all later<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ok so I’ve been thinking about beginnings in movies.\u00c2\u00a0 Not too much, but I have.\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s what I’ve thought about. The opening music changes everything.\u00c2\u00a0 A good score can even get people into the credits.\u00c2\u00a0 An example might be The … Continue reading