Opening sequence initial ideas

When picking the film genre for our opening sequence, our group was divided. Half of us wanted to create a thriller/horror clip and the other half a romance/romcom. In the end we decided on a romance film because it would be more original as most people in our class have decided to create a thriller sequence.

The original idea for the sequence was that it would be a romantic comedy, with scenes of a man failing to propose to a woman. The shots would be failed ways to propose such as the man putting a ring in the woman's coffee, where she would not notice it. We decided not to go with this idea, because we would need adult actors as teenage actors would look to young to be proposing. Also we thought it would be difficult to make the sequence funny, and therefore not denoting the genre to the audience.

Our main idea is now a very conventional romantic sequence. The opening would start with our two teenage actors single, and hint at how they would meet later on in the film. The shots in the clip we show them going about their daily lives, and how they occasionally cross paths without realising. We were thinking of using a split screen at the start to show both characters routine, starting with them waking up. This would clearly show the audience that they are the protagonists and that they will meet.

We are going to use two very conventional romance characters. The first is a male teenager, who is confident and popular. The second is a female teenager, who is quite shy and lonely.

The locations we would want in the clip are: iconic London buildings, a café, a park and a train station.