Establishing shot Top Boy

Although I am not looking at the content of this scene from the Channel Four Series Top Boy, I like the way the scene was shot. The dark, mysterious setting compliments the mood and themes I am try to get across through my opening. If this was the opening to this series, the audience would certainly want to know more about the characters they have just seen and what lies ahead. Which brings me to my next idea of ending the opening on a cliff hanger. That way the tension will be high and the audience will be on edge. The setting was very dim with the Artificial lighting in the back ground. I thought of having this but in a completely different way in my own way.

Even though this is only a segment of the actual programme, there is no difference between this clip and and opening scene, there is mystery and there is suspicion, most of the conventions you see in an opening. The purpose of an opening scene is to entice the audience into watching the remaining film. The film opening should also establish all or most of the characters and genre. in this scene the production team have based the scene on an enigma, using an enigma is a great way to get the audiences attention. Enigmas are usually used in action and crime scenes but can be also used in almost any other genre of film.

A further example could be a flash back this gives the audience of what has happened in the past and therefore sets up the film. Shot of the location is also a way films open this will inform the reader where the film is being set an example of this could be a Arial shot maybe taken from a helicopter that would fly over a location for example the Hollywood sign. This is exactly what the producers have done with this clip.