Post #24 Avoiding common mistakes

 A few common mistakes that may be present when formulating my opening scene include over-explaining, info-dumping, or starting too slowly. Over-explaining means to give too much information surrounding a mystery. This allows my audience to get bored because the mystery was revealed before they got to decode it. It can also cause a lack of suspense or anticipation. Many viewers will dislike this due to the action being too hard to follow with every scene explaining the same moment. I will avoid this by keeping the information to a minimum. The info I will provide is the protagonist's location, items and pet. These factors come together to create a sense of realism. It does not give away the issue at hand but keeps my audience's attention drawn to what will happen next. Adding on to this, the mystery will still be revealed gradually as Charlotte steadily approaches the alternate. dsgvsgv

Additionally, info-dumping means to dump all of the anticipative scenes into one collective scene. Basically, a director may do this on accident because they believe it grabs the readers attention. However, it does quite the opposite. By info-dumping, an audience may feel unenlightened as all of the information is given away too quickly. This impacts the story negatively because it adds no sense of variety or journey. To avoid this, the events in my final cut will unfold in a paced manner. From Charlotte walking her dog to hitting her head, the disequilibrium will appear in multiple different shots that express how she and the alternate may be feeling. On the other hand, starting too slowly may also be a major issue. For this, the conflict will appear after about a minute of my opening scene. With this, my audience will feel as if my film does not start too slow, too quickly, too intensely or too boring.