Todays Lesson - Analysing Film Openings and their Genres

Today we analysed the opening scenes of films with different genres.

First of all we watched the opening scene of Harry Brown.
This film has a dark, gloomy setting to start with. It also had a first person view like we were there with the modern day 'gangsters' in the opening scene. Themes in this scene were guns, drugs, hooded jumpers and murder. Little narrative but if there was it would be aggressive leaving a large amount of tension. The characters were doing drugs and wearing all dark clothing, they then portrayed this by making the sound and first person view feel like you were on the drugs as well.

Secondly we watched the opening scene of Guardians of the galaxy. The themes include old school music and objects such as a cassette player. The setting was unrealistic and most likely on a different planet. Also they were inside a dark cave with abnormal animals. The character was child like as he kicked away the creatures and danced through the cave. There was no narrative and could hear what he was listening to through his cassette player, which was very loud.

Finally we analysed the opening scene of What Lies Beneath. The setting was a realistic household but there were dark rooms with flickering lights to represent the horror. Heavy breathing and other spooky noises also reflect the genre of the film as it horrifies the viewers. Although specters are present in the trailer which makes some people believe it is unrealistic but others believe in this and will be spooked by the film. There was little narrative which created suspense in the scene. The character was becoming more frightened as her facial expressions showed and started crying as