I have definitely decided to make a drama for my two minute opening. More specifically I have decided to make a type of character study since reasons behind why people do terrible actions has always been interesting to me. Joker is a great example of this, although that film stretched the reason for his madness over the whole film, the opening didn't give anything towards the character, it more gave the tone by showing the world. The audience barely knew Arthur which is why the type of world Gotham was in the time was emphasized over how the character is.
I would have to take a different approach to this, especially if I want to set the tone for the film. This is mainly because I personally want an opening that has much more to it then just the tone. I already want there to be a sense of both the world and hints as to why the character is this way. I would likely have to at least create a very general outline to figure out what those hints are but I think this is a good start.
Another thing I did realize is that power drives a lot of the protagonists in these stories where they do bad things. Arthur has the power to kill people because he no longer cares about anything. The banks in The Big Short did many terrible things because they had the power, their money and status, to get away with it. This is what I will likely base my opening off of.
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