Film opening research

We studied and made notes on a variety of different film openings to see what aspects of them we want in ours. This would help us appeal to our target audience.

In the opening of Australia, there is voice-over narration to give background to the main characters and story and show life through his eyes. It also positions us on his side and we automatically dislike the antagonist even though we haven't met  him yet, through the murder of Maitland Ashley. In addition, as this happens right at the beginning, it adds intrigue to the storyline as his killer is unknown.
All music in this opening is non-diegetic and adds atmosphere. All other sound is diegetic except the voice-over narration.

In the opening of this film, it immediately dives into the action, which makes us anticipate the rest of the film and adds intrigue, as we don't know what happens to the characters. However, it is similar to the other two films. This makes the storyline predictable as the story unravels. On the other hand, there are some twists which make it interesting.
The use of non-diegetic music adds suspense and alerts the viewer to the fact something is about to happen.

 In the opening of One Missed Call, the camera is tracking along where we view a derelict wall and

dark windows and the non-diegetic music is ominous which created suspense and as it slows down and zooms in on one of the windows so we expect something to make us jump so we automatically feel nervous and after the scream it cuts to the next scene which is action packed, and we are forced to relate the opening scene to this scene thus we want to understand more about the story line and make sense of it so we want to watch more.

In the opening of this film, we are immediately introduced to the main character. We are also positioned with him as he is injured. As the opening continues, we are drawn more and more to this character as he continues in his plight to keep his leg. The music also adds to this as it builds atmosphere. It is non-diegetic and reflects the emotions in this opening.