The document discusses and compares several shots from films and TV shows to a shot in the opening sequence of a project. It includes shots from "Bastilles 'Rhythm of the Night'", "Drive", and "Bates Motel" that are similar in lighting, mise-en-scene, or camera angles to shots in the author's opening sequence. The author feels their crane shot over a character on a bed works well to bring something new to their opening and deeply engage the audience.

2. This shot is from Bastilles ‘Rhythm
of the Night’ and shows an ECU of
a man looking outside of the
window. It is very similar to our
opening sequence including the
lighting and mise en scene with
police lights flickering back and
forth.
This is a shot from our opening
sequence and shows police lights
shinning onto our characters face
whilst he looks outside the curtains.
I think this shot achieves the feeling
of being trapped and surrounded
and I think the ECU worked well.

3. This shot is from the film ‘Drive’ and
has a similar look to our motel. In this
shot we can see the character sitting
on the bed in sort of a hunched
position with the camera at an angle
so that the audience can’t see the
whole character, which creates
mystery.
Within this shot, our character has
just arose from lying on the bed and
has been filmed facing away from the
camera. In contrast to the shot below,
the lighting in our opening sequence
is dim and has been shot to suggest
its night time whilst the light in the
shot below is bright and in the
daytime.

4. This shot is from the TV series ‘Bates
Motel’. It is quite similar to our shot as
it’s a crane shot of a man on/in a bed. It
is quite similar to our shot although
there is different lighting and it’s not
directly above him as it’s slightly to the
side.
We feel that our crane shot
looks great in our opening
sequence as it brings
something different to it and is
an interesting shot for the
audience to look at as they can
really look deep into our
character.