Watching Documentary and Questions.

1) Thomas Sutcliffe means that if the opening of the film doesnt raise excitment then there is no pont watching it.

2)Jean Jacques Beineix thinks that all the excitement shouldnt happen in the beginnng, he belives that the audience should wait so that the excitment can build up slowly. He belives that if the audience recieves all the gratification in the begnining the rest of the film wont be good.

3)This quote means that the opening should be qute ambiguous so that the audience doesnt know how to react to it. It also means that the audence should feel intrigued by the opening so that they'll want to watch more.

4)Stanley Kauffman says that a classic opening should start with an establishing shot,- preferrably of New York City- a close up of a building and then the camera tilting vertically up the building it would stop at a window and then we'll see inside the window it would then go past the reciption desk and into the office of the main charater. It was a simple way to show where the movie was set and the occupation of the main character.

5)The title sequence to Kyle Coopers seven was very effective because it was quit gritty and it got the audiences attention it told a story and it acted as a prelude to what will happen in the actual movie.

6)Orson Welles wanted the audience to plunge straight into the movie and didnt want them to be prepared for what was to happen.He did this by not using title music or credits. Universal Studios put a score underneath and credits so the opening lost its effect and wasnt unconventional as it was before. They did this because they didnt understand why Welles hadnt used a title sequence.

7) The trick is that the movie begins whith the ending, it raises questions and keeps audiences interested as they will be curious to know how such events led to the movie ending this way.

8)The camera is at a high angle and is always behind the travelling car which shows that something is wrong. It creates suspense as the landscape is qute beatiful but yet there is a sense that driving into danger.