Film Opening Analysis and Comparison (DYM)

• This film is Girl with The Dragon Tattoo. The genre of this film is a crime, drama, mystery. 
• The opening title sequence of the play does not reveal much about what will be in the rest of the film as it is a montage of different, interesting, mysterious shots which intrigues the audience into what will come in the rest of the film.
• There is not a set event that happens in this opening of the film. However the overall theme of the title sequence is very dark and mysterious. There is a recurring theme throughout it of this black liquid running through all the shots. The black liquid seems to be enveloping and covering everything.
• The events in the opening title sequence seem to be distinct, unconnected events, however there is a general theme that runs throughout them of this dark, black, oily liquid.
• We are introduced to the main character of the film but in quite a subtle way. She is included in the montage except we don't see her properly as she is covered in this black liquid which she seems to be trying to escape from and it could represent the darkness in side of her. You can presume she is the main character in the film as she is the main person that features in the opening title sequence.
• Most of the information about the film is withheld from the audience in the opening title sequence. The audience is given very little information about the story line or the characters in the film. This could be to add the element of mystery into the story and to intrigue the audience.
• I think when we do our own film openings the audience should be introduced to the main character at the start of the film and to get a brief idea of the setting that the film will be set and to understand the genre that the film is. 

Comparison

I chose to compare Girl with The Dragon Tattoo with Juno. The opening title sequences of these films are extremely contrasting which accurately reflects the contrasting film genres. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo has a very dark colour scheme, this is accompanied by loud, dramatic music. Whereas Juno has a very bright colour scheme with mostly pastel colours. Almost the whole opening title sequence is animated and feel good and is accompanied by feel good country music. The opening of The Girl with the Dragon tattoo unveils very little about the film whereas Juno very clearly introduces the audience to the main character and gives the audience a good idea of what the setting is and the general theme of the film.