Analyses of RELEVENT opening sequences.

Analyses of RELEVANT opening sequences.  

this is an analysis of three relevant opening sequences that i thought would be good examples. we have chosen these movies, because they offered a lot of key aspects to analyse for an opening sequences, such as structure.

The 3 opening sequences from the movies.    

•  007 from Russia with love.
  
•  28 days later. 
  
•  London to Brighton.
  

007 from Russia with love (1963): 

Structure:

1.       Opening motif
   
2.       Opening sequence
   
3.       Titles

Action plays out undisturbed by title The purpose is setting a sequence of enigmas to be unfired in the rest of the film. 

No 5 part narrative structure. No narrative closure exist independently from the main structure of the film doesn’t have to be linear.

Film title – start of title sequence

Start: main actions

• Producer
  
• Director
  
• Editor

28days later (2002) 

Structure:

1.       Opening motif
2.       Titles
3.       Opening sequence

Actions played out with no disturbs until someone gets bitten by a deceased animal and cuts straight to the title “28 days later” played with no score only silent. Next is opened with man in a hospital and title of date and time and the film is carried on.

London to Brighton (2006)

Structure:

1.       Opening sequence
   
2.       Title
   

The opening sequence starts with a black background with heavy breathing from to women for a couple of seconds; we don’t know what is happening. Next a title overlaps the black background “London to Brighton”. Then the movie starts off with the two women in a bathroom.

Links:

• From Russia with love,
  

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm131896064/tt0057076

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057076/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Russia_with_Love_(film)

• 28 days later,
  

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm648322304/tt0289043

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Days_Later

http://www.foxsearchlight.com/28dayslater/

• London to Brighton 
  

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm361403136/tt0490166

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490166/

http://www.l2b-themovie.co.uk/

http://www.futuremovies.co.uk/review.asp?ID=626

link to "28 days later" trailer

link to "london to Brighton" trailer

link to "from russia with love" trailer