Summarization and Major Inspiration!

 My film opening is of the crime genre and is about an Italian crime family that is all about loyalty and hierarchy with older men in the family have the most experience and know everything about the mafia and the current generation being the heads and the newer family members being dragged into it. The opening starts with the current head of the family walking into the basement where all the male family members are down there smoking, drinking, or eating antipasto. The narrator (main character) then goes describing the family members and what crimes/actions they are known for. 

Most of my major inspiration comes from some of my favorite movies/shows. My major inspiration for the opener idea was The Sopranos. Where Tony Soprano is in a crime family and he's the current boss of the family and has nephews and uncles that are in on the whole thing. This show has interested me for a while now and I wanted to make something similar. A movie that I was inspired by Goodfellas with character descriptions, and character growth through the span of the movie. 

Overall, most of my inspiration comes from the same genre of the opening I'm planning to do, they both are about Italian mafiosos and their families, and how they affect their life in different ways, like how Tony Soprano's family reflect on his actions and his problems with his stress levels. 

IMDb. (n.d.). The Sopranos. In IMDb. Retrieved February 6, 2026, from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141842/

The Poster Depot. (n.d.). The Sopranos poster. Retrieved February 6, 2026, from https://theposterdepot.com/products/1117sopranosptr0310201101

IMDb. (n.d.). Goodfellas. In IMDb. Retrieved February 6, 2026, from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/