Brainstorming

From the action and adventure film openings that I have watched, something big tends to happen in the opener of the film. Either something that jump starts the plot for the rest of the movie such as a death of an important character, or something that will affect a character for the rest of the movie making he or she who they are. For example, Spiderman getting bit by a spider changed his life because of the superpowers he possesses for the rest of the film. Another approach that is popular is flash forwards or flashbacks. These types of film openers give a little bit of context to the plot of the film as well as tend to entice the audience members a little bit more than bland introductions. The most obvious film opener for action movies, is action. A lot of James Bond movies start mid-action and then the context of it comes soon after. This gives the audience a taste of what they’re in for as well as shows who the protagonist and antagonists of a movie will most likely be. The last film opener I discovered while looking through past examples was the informational film opener. This type of opener is used in movies such as Divergent. The main character gives context and setting of what is going on. The information given at the beginning of the film tends to be the most important as it often has something to do with the plot. In Divergent, the opener explained all five factions and what they believed in, as well as sharing that the main character didn’t know where she belonged. Then at the end of the movie we discover the main character falls in multiple factions, and is forced to control her mind for the greater good. Then the five factions dissolve as there is a war between the people in Chicago and the outside. The action was centered around the factions, which the audience wouldn’t have known about if they missed the opening of the film.