The genre that I'm doing for my film is sports comedy. I know that in my previous blog postings I didn't mention or even think about doing this genre, but during a conversation that I had with my teacher, I have decided that sports comedy would fit better for me and allow me to connect better with my project.
The first film I came across was Happy Gilmore. This film opening focuses on developing a character. In this opening sequence the film utilizes a technique known as a montage, this is where a film pieces together separate sections of film to form a continuous whole. While this montage is playing the main character, Happy Gilmore is doing a voice over, talking about his life story. This film uses a lot of medium and long shots, as well has handheld camera shots to make it seem as if every single shot was recorded from someone in the film.
During this opening Happy's life is broken down into two main parts. It starts off with his childhood and progresses into his life as an adult. During both parts of this opening the film was able to keep it's comedic intension by it's continuous jokes and it's physical humor. This opening is a very good representation for sports comedy, however I want my film to be different. Even though I didn't find the whole sequence useful, the physical comedy shown in this inspired me to use some of my own in my film.
Another sports comedy film I found was Here Comes The Boom. This movie opens with establishing character. The first thing the audience sees are pictures hanging up on a wall. One of these pictures has a young boy in a wrestling outfit and the other one is a certificate for teacher of the year. This film uses long shots and medium shots throughout the first few minutes to establish the setting. The music along with the scene of Scott riding his motorcycle is a nice touch and really adds that intense feeling. This opening has just the right amount of comedy with overdoing it. I also like how the film added the shot of the wrestling photo to foreshadow that this is going to be a sport related movie. Watching the fast pacing of the cuts in relation to the music and scene helped me understand how to create excitement and urgency. Applying pacing to my film will contribute to making my film better.
While Happy Gilmore and Here Comes The Boom are both good representations of sports comedies, another great film is Benchwarmers. Out of the three films Benchwarmers is the only one to start off with an establishing shot. In this establishing shot we can see a baseball field which foreshadows what the film will be about. This film is also the only film out of the three to introduce a side character. The film portrays its comedy through the use of satire and other physical aspects. Throughout the opening a consistent use of medium and wide shots were used. This film doesn't really relate to what I would like to do for my opening, but t's still good nonetheless.
What I liked about all of the films is that they established character and they all included the title of the movie early on. Another thing is that the films kind of foreshadowed what they would be about, which I though was interesting. Overall this films helped better my knowledge on this genre and what I need to include in my own film opening.
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