Conclusion of opening scenes:

I reviewed 6 different films opening scenes from 6 different genres (horror, thriller, western, action, sci-fi and war). These opening scenes were all unique, in particular I thought that the western opening scene I reviewed (from The Good the Bad and the Ugly) was completely different from the action opening scene I reviewed (from Batman: The Dark Knight Rises), since in the Western, the opening scene was set in the 1800s, and was all set up to exploit the fact that the man with no name was the good guy in the film, and the entire scene was to exploit that part of his character. In Batman, however, it was set in modern day, with a futuristic feel to it (better technology with Baines mask), and the entire opening scene was dedicated to emphasising Baine as a villain. I also thought that the sci-fi film that I reviewed (Guardians of the Galaxy GOTG) was the most unique and different out of all of them. It’s upbeat and humorous feel to it, whilst also being set in space and most likely in the future is nothing like any of the other films I reviewed. However, one thing that all the films had in common was that they all left the audience asking questions. Every single one of these opening scenes leaves the audience completely in the dark about certain things in the film, for example in The Purge, we don’t know what is going to happen to the family on purge night, and in Batman we have no idea what relevance the doctor has to the story line.

 

 In my opinion, I believe the most successful out of the opening scenes is Guardians of the Galaxy, because it shows the audience the main character, and what he is like, sets the scene for where the film is set, and also leaves the audience asking questions. This scene for me is the best out of the opening scenes.

 

 

In my opinion, the least successful out of all of the opening scenes that I reviewed is The Purge for a multitude of reasons. Firstly, the opening scene for The Purge starts with what is supposedly a scary scene to foreshadow the coming night, which then suddenly stops and turns into dialogue. I also think that the dialogue left very few questions or cliff-hangers for the audience, as it explained the purge and how it is happening tonight.