Friday, 30 January 2015

                                            Opening Sequence
                                                   Research work

Film:English Vinglish
Genre:Drama

Opening Sequence Summary.
The opening sequence of the movie consists of various graphics,typography,Logos and  characters.It starts with the logos of
Various production teams which have contributed to filming and promotion








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The scene starts with the Landscape Shot of the vicinity and titles.This helps establish and reveal  the Location to audience.Which is India




The opening initiates showing a women dresssed in an Indian attire  who wakes up from bed.Her face isnt exposed to the audience Till the very end of the sequence.It shows her preparing breakfast for her family .The sequence consists of subtle cuts and progresses


In a slower pace.It consists of low angle shots mostly,an eye level shot,a shoulder up shot.The Sound track to the opening sequence is quite melodious and peaceful and appropriately fits the whole
Sequence.

 She picks up the hindi newespaper instead of the english  these build up the fact that She cant
read English

Te. Another object highlighted in the scene is a big stack of boxes of sweets which probably would mean she cooks or has a business relating to this.





Scenes are changing we can see graphics and texts on the screen crediting movie producers,editors etc which is a convinent way to show opening credits




The costumes that are mostly present are the traditional indian attire, the props are a cup of tea,Newspaper etc .The lightning has been kept quite natural which fits the scene appropriately

The Editing and Sound.The editing has slow paced cuts with a lot of eyle level shots.The soundtracdk feels slow and subtle and fits the mood of the opening scene


The main character is revealed at the end of the opening scene .The scene is a total of
3 minutes
Then the Title of the Movie is revealed  "English Vinglish" and then in a transition some of the characters are changed into Hindi 

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