ANALYSIS OF MY OPENING SEQUENCES

Key features of an Opening Sequence:
The problem of the opening sequence is a showing of what had happened in the previous time, then goes to a big group of teenage gangsters in a party/'rave ‘and then a problem occurs straight away which includes a gun. This will foreshadow what will happen later on in the film, it will include guns and murder.
The key characters is the black girl in the beginning, then goes to the party where a white girl walks up to her boyfriend, we as the audience see that they are the main characters in the film because they are shown first. We see who the good and bad people are in the opening.
The first setting is outside someone’s house party, where the first killing had been done and the second scene is at another party 6 years later, then the shooting begins.
The unique selling point of this will be in a few British cinemas, its mostly targeted at the teenagers and young adults that may have been through the same thing or living like this at present.
The genre of this film is a drama.
The camera work of this film is very fast paste so it can go with the situation, and also it cuts into different things in the same place and time to show what’s happening. The sound track that is used in this beginning scene is like a heart beat that starts of slow and then becomes faster and then loud sound at the party begins.




The opening sequence of ‘Mr and Mrs Smith’ starts of very simple, they are both sitting down on chairs in a room and talking to someone about how their marriage is not working out. The first name that comes on in the beginning is the executive producers of the film which is ‘Regency Enterprises’ which is 33 seconds in. The second is 55 seconds in which says ‘A New Regency Production’. 1.33 minutes in it says a ‘Summit Entertainment Production’. 1.33 minutes in it says ‘A Weed Road Pictures Production’ and then finally it says the title which is Mr and Mrs Smith. The first beginning of the film foreshadows that there will be problems between both the couples because they need a marriage guidance counselling. In between every title there’s a small scene of the film, I believe that this is a good way to start of the opening scene so I am considering using it.