Fight Club opening

I chose to look at this film because its concept of multiple personalities is very similar to my idea.

The opening titles are featured against a CGI moving background of the inside the body. The music is very fast paced and the titles flash in to the beat of the music and fade away which looks very effective and more enjoyable to watch, also the font is very bold and clear so it is easy to read. The CGI of the inside of the body then tracks out of the body to an extreme close up of the skin and pans away to reveal the face of a character looking very beaten up and scared with a gun in his mouth and the sound of another man talking but you cannot see him yet. There is then a voice over describing the feelings and thoughts of an unknown person and along with the voice over the camera pans down the outside of the building the two men are in, with special effects, the shots goes down through several levels of a building to show a bomb inside a car, the camera then moves very fast and pans to the right taking the viewer across several roads and buildings to another car park holding explosives. This all matches with the voice-overs description. The voice over is very effective as it creates mystery as to who the voice is and how they know so much despite appearing to be the helpless and innocent one. There is also mystery around the other man, as the viewer never gets to see his face, only hear his voice. Also the voice over establishes that there is a connection between ‘Tyler’ and the voice.

This opening is quite effective as it uses enigma narrative to entice the audience and to make the opening more exciting. Also the opening scene is a scene from further on in the film, and this is successful as it creates tension and anticipation for the film to discover how the storyline got to that point. In addition, the opening addresses the target audience of young adults/adults as it is very visually interesting with a wide range of camera angles and exciting camera movement which would appeal to their audience.

I could use this as inspiration for my opening and use enigma narrative to create mystery around the storyline, as this is also typical of many films in the thriller genre. Also after looking at several film openings, I understand that music plays a very big part in the opening and so I need music to match the pace of the opening and to establish the atmosphere. In order to address my target audience of young adults, i should include interesting shots and camera angles to make my opening very visually interesting.