Film Openings

We were given three film openings to look at, The usual suspects, Mottai Boss and Blade to help with our final piece.

The usual suspects 

In this opening scene the use of fire and the ticking clock gives an idea of suspense and gives a clue the the films genre may be action. Adding to suspense the music is low and eerie but the builds up to a higher climax when the cigarette drops and the fire starts. There is low dimly lit lighting used as well throughout the scene giving the impression of mystery that the source of the light is the fire. There is little dialogue in the scene which adds to the mystery and suspense, and the death of the man leads to the danger and action of the film too. Adding to this is the faint sound of sirens at the end of the scene and any type of siren is normally associated with a crime. You can't see a lot of objects and setting in the scene and so this sparseness conveys a mysterious look to the scene.

Blade

This film opening is vey unique and different. It seems quite confusing when first watching it because a lot happens at once in a short space of time. The scene is pretty grim and gruesome because it turns into a blood bath towards the end literally. The strobe lighting used and the loud pumping music adds to the intense scene and increases the level of suspense. Towards the end of the opening scene is where it starts to get confusing because this where the blood starts to pour from the ceiling and everything gets messed up and frantic. The opening scene portrays the film to be a genre of violence and horror.

Mottai Boss

This scene is shown to a little lighter in genre than the other one but is still shown to be maybe a violent film with the army officers shown to in the scene. The scene starts off with a man who is shown to be in a helicopter landing in front of a crowd of people all happy to see him. There is harsh rap music playing in the background which makes us think that this character is very powerful and in charge as the words to the song say "the boss". Mixed in with this sound is the crowd screaming showing the man to be very popular. The man is shown to be quiet a confident man this hints he may be the main character. In this scene one of the men is shown to be accusing the leading man to be another man called Sivaji who is supposedly dead.