Brief things when thinking about anylsing 3 film openings these are somethings i would take into consideration;

Costumes and props - What are they wearing? How does it fit the mood? Are the costume changes important and noticeable? How well did the props play in? Were they useful or too obtrusive?

Production design, costumes, and fx: color, light, set design. "Realism" or "Fantasy"?


Setting and Background - Does the setting fit the scene? Are the background actions distracting or do they steal your attention? Is it believable or way too fake?


Camera Techniques - What sort of shots does the director typically use and what is the impact of them?



How does the music fit in? Is it distracting or too soft? Does it help move the movie along?

Sound and music: diegetic and non-diegetic sound



Genre: what "kind" of movie is it, and how do you know?

Narration – the flow of information – Range and depth

The range of story information – who knows what when.

Ø Unrestricted – the audience knows more, sees more, hears, more than all the characters. Also called omniscient narration, especially in historical narratives, where the audience knows the outcome of an actual historical event (i.e., Civil War) that the characters are living on screen.

Ø Restricted – The characters and the audience learn story information at the same time. This may be useful in creating suspense in a horror or mystery. However, Alfred Hitchcock, known for the suspense genre, prefers unrestricted narration, so that the audience will fear for the protagonist, who doesn’t know what we know.

Restricted and unrestricted are opposite ends of a continuum. Most films are a mixture.