Constructing an opening, engaging the audience (Work completed with Danielle Fletcher 9627)

Main Character

The main character is key in a romance movie because the audience need to become attached with their personality and overall characteristics. We decided to use a teenage girl as our main character because this has proven to be common in many romance movies, for both the younger and older audiences. Females are more stereotypically portrayed as becoming attached and in love with a person a lot faster than a male, so it would allow most of the audience to relate to her as they may find her situation relatable and therefore engaging. Furthermore, after researching audiences for romance films, we realised a majority of them are teenage girls. So having a main character at the same age, allows them to connect with this certain individual on a personal level. 

Crisis

For the crisis, we decided that this should to be on a high scale of drama, so we chose a terminal illness. When the audience discover that a character has a serious illness, they instantly become sympathetic towards them because it's upsetting for a viewer to experience   a fellow persons misfortune; especially when their life is on the line. This crisis engages the audience to continue watching, enabling them to explore the storyline of the main characters further as they will most likely be intrigued as to what happens to the character with the illness. The crisis will be exhaled to the audience through a narrator that will be introduced throughout the first minute of the film opening. 

Enigma Code

Towards the end of our film opening, the main character will be receiving a Christmas card. A close-up shot will be inserted at this point to reveal the message printed inside saying 'I need to see you asap, it's urgent!' and it will immediately cut into the film title. This results in the audience feeling anticipation and will therefore continue to watch the film.

Everyday life

As we're only filming the first two minutes of the movie, everyday life of the main character will take up a majority of our film opening, as this is what you typically see at the start of a film. The female character will be displayed doing her typical morning routine - from waking up, to making tea, to even checking the mailbox.