Other Opening Scenes Research

 Research

Hey guys, as the title says we're going to be researching.
Here is what we will be researching today:
  • What do the opening sequences look like in other films of my genre? (Question1)
  • How does an opening sequence reveal meaning and tone without giving away too much? (Question 2)
  • How much action really happens in the first 2 minutes of a film? (Question 3)

 Movie:

 Question 1

 Question 2

 Question 3

 The Women In The Window

 We see what looked like stars as we heard mysterious music and then started to hear heavy breathing. We see a women's eyes shoot open and then get a look at how the whole house looks. During that time we see pictures of a man who looked like he is in distress

 It does not give away much because all we can see is how the house looks like and what looked like a clue of what we would be seeing in the future. It introduces the main character.

There is no action in this opening scene.

Forgotten

 This opening scene was extremely unique because it was black the whole time. The only thing you could do was listen to what was happening. You can hear 2 people one who seems powerful based on their voice and one who seems like they may be struggling. You can hear heavy footsteps and shopping bags, and stuff like that. The dialogue also helps pull it together.

 We cant see what's going on so we have to rely on our hearing. We are able to imagine what's happening. By doing this we do not really know what was going on but we have an idea. This way not much was given away.

 There seemed to be a lot of action that went on but we did not see any of it.

 The Clovehitch Killer

 In this opening scene, it looks like a regular day of the morning, what makes it special is the dialogue of a little boy talking about who the Clovehitch Killer is.

 The scene revealed meaning and tone through the boy's voice, he talked with sadness. It did not give away too much because he just gave basic information about what had been going on.

 The was no extreme action that went on in the opening scene. People were standing up morning people and raising the flag for them, and that's it.

 Overall

 Opening scenes can be a wide variety of things as they're all very different. Some focus on dialogue and others focus more on what's being shown.

Mysteries usually imply what's happening or what's going to happen.

 In these types of opening scenes, there is very little if not no action.



Sources:
I got all the movies from Netflix and answered the questions using my knowledge and based on what I saw.

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