Film Opening Deconstruction - Drama - 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'

The film opens with the 'Summit Entertainment a lionsgate company' logo with the sound which would usually accompany it. This fades to black and the 'summit entertainment presents' appears on screen in a typewriter font, there is then the noise of a typewriter as 'a mr. mudd production' appears on screen. The fact that these titles appear in a typewriter typeface could imply something about the protagonist perhaps being an aspiring writer. There is then the noise of a typewriter as 'logan lerman' is written in the same font as before, following this there are the names 'emma watson' 'ezra miller' on separate black screens  in the same typeface, with the noise of a typewriter between them, at around 0:15. There is then the 'ding' of a typewriter as 'the perks of being a wallflower' appears on screen along with the music which stars as this appears, the music appears to be quite upbeat with guitar being the main instrument - perhaps implying that this is the start of something. This main title then fades to black and fades back into what appears to be the lights of the inside of some tunnel. 'mae whitman' then appears on screen in the similar typewriter font, this repeats itself for the names 'kate walsh', 'dylan mcdemmott','melanie lynskey', 'nina dobrev', 'jonny simmons', there is the a singer who begins in the music at this point.

The montage of tunnel lights and scenes continues as 'with joan cusack' appears in  screen in the same typewriter typeface. 'and paul rudd' then appears on screen' and then 'nicholas brawn/reece thompson' both appear on screen. 'casting by maryy vernien, csa/and/venus kanani, csa' then appear and then 'music by michael brook'. The camera appears to also be point of view as there is a cut to looking up at the roof of the tunnel, observing each light in the tunnel as it passes, it seems as if it could be point of view since the camera is constantly moving and does not appear to be on any tripod since it it is not steady. Thus, implying that this is someone sat in a car observing what is around them. 'music supervisor/alexandra patsavas' then appears on screen followed by 'costume designer/ david c. robinson'. There is a straight cut to a medium close-up of the lights in the tunnel as 'editor mary jo markey, a.c.e.' appears on screen and then 'production designer/inbal weinberg'. This shot then moves from the one set of lights in the tunnel to the other as 'director of photography andrew dunn, bsc' appears. There is then a straight cut to looking back at the tunnel as they drives away, pulling out from the tunnel. 

'executive producers/james powers/stephen chbosky' the appears in the same typewriter font followed by 'produced by lianne halfon/russell smith/john malkovich'. There is then a straight cut to lights on the road and street signs, confirming that this is set in America. At 2:00 'screenplay by stephen chbosky/based on his book' appears on screen, there is another straight cut at this point to lampposts on the road as 'directed by stephen chbosky' appears on screen. This then fades to black along with the music and cuts to the reflection in the window of a boy writing a letter on his desk, as he writes there is a narrator 'Dear friend, I am writing to you because she said you'd listen and understand...' *

* Charlie's character was quite influential in creating Peter's character since they shared many of the same character traits and thus, helped with our costume research as well as helping us with prop ideas.