The film opening is simple but effective. The use of a narrator and credits help to create a background story which relates to the film. The opening is rather clever as the background story is fictional but the film itself is loosely based on true events.This makes the fictional story seem more real and therefore more realistic. The tone of the narrators voice is serious and the credits are wrote as a incite of a terrible event that happened. With words like 'nightmare' and 'tragedy' help to establish the genera of the film along with the seriousness of the narrator. I like this opening as it proves that you do not need special effects or complicated action sequences in order to successfully tell the background story and establish the atmosphere and the emotion of the audience.
John Carpenter's The Ward
This film opening is much more creative and more technical then the first one but still delivers its purpose. Old photographs of gruesome medical treatment used for the mentally ill quickly help to establish the setting of the film, along with the live action shot of a hospital ward. This straight away tells us that the story takes place in a mental institution and therefore ties in with the relevant title of the film. The use of the gruesome images also help to establish the genera of the film and create a dark atmosphere. The use of shattered glass is also very effective in creating a sense of destruction and something not right, something broken. Along with the shattered pieces glass, the sounds of a thunder storm and low key music helps to develop a dark and sinister atmosphere and once again reveals the genera of the film. I like this film opening as it effectively creates the emotion and the atmosphere needed to relate to a horror film.
Final Destination 4
This film opening is a lot more intense and starts the movie straight away in order for the audience to become gripped. The opening starts of with a happy atmosphere but quickly changes to the audience becoming concerned due to the actions in the opening scene. Because the film is a sequel the audience already knows the whole concept of film but the opening is so fast paste with action that it keeps the audience guessing what happens next. Even though the opening is rather action packed, the gruesome deaths of the action in the opening scene, reinforce the horror genera of the movie. I like this opening because it starts the movie straight away and grips the audience instantly. I like the fact that the film decides to imbrace its predictable story line with the same format that made it successful in its previous films. The use of live action events instead of a title sequence, straight away enabled the audience's attention to firmly fixed on the movie
