7 Film Opening Analyses

Film	Genre	Conventions	Style of Opening	Narrative/Storyline of film
Pretty Woman	Romantic Comedy	Institutions, Producers, actors, actresses and film title	Introduction of the characters	A wealthy man is having slight problems with his relationship and leaves his own party to try fixing it.
Final Destination 3	Horror/Thriller	Institutions, film title, Actors, Actresses, Main cast, Editors	Establishing the scene of the fairground/title sequence	A group of friends are at the funfair going on different rides while one girl thinks something is wrong
Reservoir Dogs	Crime Fiction	Men in suits discussing various events	Rapid Panning over the characters then the title sequence	A group of men who are possibly friends are having a meeting or gathering at a restaurant laughing and joking around with some hints of serious discussions/arguments
Pulp Fiction	Comedy/Crime	Conversation on robbing a restaurant Hold up in the restaurant	Dialogue between two characters, title sequence follows	A couple are in a restaurant and spontaneously decide they are going to rob the resteraunt they are in, the opening then cuts to music and the title sequence.
The Number 23	Thriller/Physiological	Thriller/Physiological Use of blood in the title sequence	Title Sequence, the establishing panning shot	The opening makes it clear that the number '23' is very significant to the film. The opening plays haunting music and there is a lot of blood appearing on the screen covering up the names of the cast.
The Cabin in the Woods	Horror/Thriller	Institutions, actors/actresses and producers	Two girls dialogue with title sequence in the background	There are a group of teenagers going on a trip together, they are staying for a while and it is suspected that something is going to happen while they are away.
Evil Dead	Horror/Thriller	Film Title, Director, actors and actresses	Title Sequence with dripping/flowing blood	Title sequence with a lot of flowing blood everywhere. haunting music is playing which makes it very clear that the film is going to involve blood or death.