We decided to take ideas from all the films that we watched for research and use aspects from each in our opening.
We liked the idea of having the actors names coming up when their character is on screen like in Notting Hill but we wanted to have all the actor names come on screen like in Four Weddings and a Funeral. So we combined the two and we have the actors name coming up when their character appears for the first time in the opening. We will use a simple font as our characters are just normal people. We also decided on not using capitals for the names to connote that this group of friends our very close and personal and the lack of capitals shows that it is very informal. This is a very rare technique used and we hope it has the right effect. As an formal theme should be suggested by our opening with the wedding and formal clothing, the informal use of crediting suggests that maybe these characters aren't comfortable with the situation and perhaps don't feel as if they fit in. The contrast between the formality of the situation and the informality of the credits could have a good effect.
Unlike the films we watched for research, we don't want to put the title at the beginning (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and we don't want the title during the opening (Notting Hill, Love Actually) so we decided to put the title at the end of the two minute opening.
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