Film Openings

Saw 1: You can tell this film involves action and fights just by loooking at the first shot as it is a big fan or some kind of machine. The music also is intense which makes the viewers realise it's not a happy comedy film. The music is like triller but there's this excitement where the audience must find out what's going on. The colours that is used are all dark, bold colours such as grey and black which are typical colours that show a sign of horror and represent evil or tells the audience something bad will happen. The costumes that the characters are wearing are also black which shows us that they are the "bad guys".  All the machinery and equipment shows that this may be a horror film but also combined with action. We also hear a man shouting "HELP" which tells us that he may be trapped by the bad guys and is trying to escape.

Skyline: The openeing of this film shows what the film is about. The audinece can guess that is's a science fiction film as they first open the film with stars in the sky. As it's dark it kind of gives the audience a hint that there may be bad thing happening in the film. It also shows the city with all the bulinding lights on which may mean , that city may be destroyed or the film setting will be in that city. The city is also dark which is also a sign that a negative thing will happen. The lights show that it is a busy city where working class people live.

Step-Up: When the film first starts, it shows a group of girls doing ballet. The second clip shows a group of street dancers. This shows the audience that the film is about dance. They also have an upbeat soundtrack playing which shows the film is up-beat. The starting of the film shows clips from ballet to the street dance and keeps repeating. This tells me that the two dance groups may be totally different types of dancers and they then have a competition about dancing.