The purpose of an opening sequences is to induce the audience to the main character's of the film there age/gender to form a relationship with the character's. Establish the genre of the film and the setting. Here there a variety of different opening sequences that can inspire me and help me produce my own ideas for an opening sequence.
Dawn of the dead.
What I like about this clip is the music juxtaposing against what's going on in the opening sequence the non diegetic music is upbeat and very cheery in contrast to the zombies and what scary things are going on, its the opposite of music to what you would expect for a horror movie trailer. Therefore this could suggest contrasts during the film.. The credits and writing are red, connoting danger, and they drip away like blood. There is also clips of real footage, making it all the more scary because it seems realistic. There is a lot of the phase 'don't know' and flashing quick scenes, it is portraying the mystery of the film so it captures the audiences attention and we want to keep on watching more. I could use these two techniques in my own opening sequence.
The shinning
This opening clip is interesting because the genre is established by the non diegetic scary/eyrie music, not by what is going on. The camera is flowing the car on a journey to its mysterious destination, like the car is being watched or followed. This will grip the attention of the audience. I could use these ideas in my own opening sequence.
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