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My Film Opening Project- Sci-Fi - Joshua Listrom and Khang Tran

 Movie Opener Genre- Sci-Fi Members: -Joshua Listrom -Khang Tran

Film Opening Research #2 - Back To The Future 1985

 Back To The Future 1985 Movie Opening Scene Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3isQI0nXQRE How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? - There is one for Universal Pictures right in the beginning - Another for Steven Spielberg - Another for "A Robert Zemeckis Film" - And then finally the title slide that represents "Back To The Future" - There are about 15 other titles that are displayed throughout the playing of this opening scene (mostly showing other creators or people that have worked on this film).  What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? - Most of the images show a messy yet very interesting room. This includes multiple owls clocks on the wall, cups and coffee everywhere. But the main theme would definitely be the clocks, each telling a certain time, and these clocks seem to go wherever the camera goes. So this most likely means that this will be a huge part of this movie  What connotations do the images carry? - ...

Film Opening Research #1 - Star Trek Wrath of Khan

 Star Trek II Wrath of Khan Movie Opening Scene Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6iNk9pF9t4  How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? - There is two title screens of Paramount Pictures (Including the Paramount Pictures Presents) - Another title screen that shows "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" in faded lettering What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? - Space is the main theme with a slow creep in of the scene - This slowly starts growing the theme of what the movie is mostly going to be shot of What connotations do the images carry? - The images have a sense of depth yet at the same time the effect of emptiness. I feel like because of the space theme images it represents what space truly is. It is a place that we truly don't know and that we have really yet to discover it.  -Space is a harder image to try and figure out, however, the main connotations I see in this movie opening would be the effect of the unknown but al...