Similarities and Differences in Film Openings

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Film Name/Opening Sequence watched
Similarities
Differences
Hot Fuzz
·       You know its going to be the genre it is (Comedy: “Advanced driving and … advanced cycling”, Stabbed by a man dressed as Father Christmas)
·       Gives a backstory to one of the main characters
·       Only one of the three to include a main character for the majority of the sequence
Lord Of War
·       Doesn’t feature a main character for the majority
·       You know its going to be the genre it is (War based: Weaponry, Soldiers and terrorists)
·       Follows an object through its life
Cockneys VS Zombies
·       Doesn’t feature a main character
·       You know its going to be the genre it is (Horror: lots of skeletons and ‘scary’ undead things, bitten by a zombie)






·       Shows how the virus got to the public

This will help us when making our film opening as we can take what is common in a film opening so we can follow any trends

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