Opening title sequences

A opening title scene is suppose to set the scene of the movie and introduce us to the significant characters. Its also suppose to hint to the audience the genre of the film and tell us a little about what the plot is. It is also suppose to entertain the audience because if we don't like the opening sequence we are unlikely to watch the rest of the movie.



The Shining 

The thriller/horror movie's production company is Warner bros pictures.

The opening title sequence is set in a beautiful landscape but as an audience we don't know where, we can just tell its up in the mountains and that it is isolated which creates questions in our mind like what why and where, this makes us want to watch more . We can tell that it is in the middle of nowhere  because at the beginning there is a massive establishing shot which sets the scene.

There is creepy music which keeps the audience enticed, this contrasts with the beautiful surroundings of the landscape. The music helps the audience identify the genre of the film, this is like the music in Jaws.

As an audience we are focused on one car driving up the mountains, but we don't know who is in the car and where the car is going, this is what keeps us (the audience) interested in scene. We can tell that the car travels along way because at the beginning the car is low on the mountain on big roads and then later on its on narrow roads up high in the mountain.




Sexy Beast

The opening shot is a POV of what we can already presume is the protagonist, he is looking up into the blue sky. We then get the non diegetic sound of a voice over where we hear from the main character what he is feeling. We can tell that this guy is living the life, he is lounging around by the pool and is in the sun with beers and cigarettes, and we get the impression that he doesn't work, maybe because he doesn't need to or because he is laying low because he has done something wrong.

We are showed the setting of pretty much all of the movie, his house, after seeing his house we can tell that he is very rich. The setting of the house is very isolated.

We are shown a shot of a pool with love hearts in it which confuses the audience for a slight moment until there is a cross cut straight from the love heart pool to a women driving, this shows that this women has some significance to the man. The women is driving away from the audience when we are shown her which suggest that she is driving towards the man which then signifies that the two could be a couple.

The mans wealth is shown when the rock rolls into the swimming pool and we are shown a reaction shot of the man who doesn't seem to care about it because he has the money to cover it.