Inspiration

One of the ideas I had going into this project is that I wanted to have part of my opening be a completely different genre than the rest of it. I wasn't sure how I wanted to actually incorporate it into a scene, so I thought about other movies that might've done it before. With that came 2 similar but different openings.

The openings for Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3.

Toy Story 2 begins with a sci-fi action sequence revolving around Buzz Lightyear, which is revealed to just be a video game being played by Rex.

This could be one way I can do my idea, but I'm still not sure if I should do it this way because the sequence has to be long enough to fool the audience that it is actually happening, and I'm not sure that my opening would be long enough to do that.

Another way to do it could be like in Toy Story 3, where the large action sequence at the start of the movie is actually just Andy's imagination. 

This is another idea I am considering, but I think my choice will be affected by the character I want in my opening, and if their imagination is important to the plot at all because if not, this sequence might feel like a waste of time.

These are just some scenes that inspired me, and I wanted to share them here.

Toy Story 3 Opening:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFbioZJX3C0

Toy Story 2 Opening:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODa0AufitVY