Firstly, on the walking scene in Resevoir Dogs we thought that the song in the background fitted in very well with the genre. We wanted something that made as much an impact on our opening sequence, and so finding the right song took up more time than anything else. We researched many songs that were suitable for a gangster type film and Bankrobber by The Clash was the first song we all agreed on. This was because it was very relaxed, similar to the background song to the Resevoir Dogs scene. We eventually decided that the song wasn't suited to our idea because it was quite a Reggae style song and a bit too relaxed for a gangster film as we wanted something that sent a message that the gangsters in our film were ready for action. After this, we carried on researching different songs and the next one we liked was Misirlou by Dick Dale, which infamously featured in gangster film Pulp Fiction. Although we did not use this track as we felt it would have been too predictable. So, we finally decided on 99 Problems by Jay-Z as we felt that this was a track that would insinuate toughness within the characters when played during the walking scene.
We looked at a few video clips to research good opening scenes to gangster films.
The first was the clip that we based our opening scene on- the walking scene from the film 'Reservoir Dogs'. We thought the slow motion walk fetaured in this clip was a very effective and entertaining opening scene, and that is why we have based our opening scene on it.
This is another example- the Guy Ritchie film 'Snatch'. This opening scene also gave our group good ideas, as we liked the way that each character was introduced. Also, this opening sequence goes straight into action and we liked the thought of our film opening with a very dramatic scene.
We have made a storyboard to show the different stages of our film. This shows the different camera shots and scenes in our opening sequence.
Storyboard
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