Opening scene - 21 JUMP STREET

My last analysis of a opening scene is 21 JUMP STREET,

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/21-jump-street/

Creative Director: Brian Mah
Client: Sony Pictures
Production Company: Imaginary Forces
Designers: Brian Mah, Greg Herman, Juan Monasterio, Joan Lau, Kris Fortin, Wes Yang
Animators: Juan Monasterio, John Kim, Clint Chang
Editor: Joe Denk
Sound Design: Keith Roberts
Additional Cinematography: Brian Mah
Producer: Kathy Kelehan

The plot is mainly about, a pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring. In the opening secne the used again lots of props in this case i.g. American Flag, Rounds, loads of explosive things, axes and cars. The most of the opening scene is actually all about toys of adults men. There is as well cocaine, cash and woman in the trailer.

All these things attracting a male target audience. The style of the start of the film is about a shot or slow-motion of really short scene ( each about 1-3 seconds). So one thought we had initially was to do the Jump Street show end titles idea and to work in little clips.
The don't tried to create jokes in the Trailer, with new scene's, they just put short clip, which seemed to be funny from the whole film into the opening scene. This procures the audience a random overview of the film with many different shots.

Opening scene SE7EN

This is the opening scene of SE7EN, http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/se7en/

with Brad Pitt and Morgen Freeman. For more informations, read my other post: http://florianberberichasmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/which-thrillers-are-considered-to-be.html
The film doesn’t open directly with the sequence. It first introduces us to retiring Detective Sommerset (Morgan Freeman) and rookie replacement Detective Mills (Brad Pitt).
The opening show the preparation of the serial killer e.g he scuff the skin of his thumb, to render his thumb prints useless. A lot of close up one all different props are used, for exmaple raser blade, letter, pen, tape on his finger. All this provide the audience with clue´s to create a feeling for the killer and plot.
You can clearly see on the picture that the person, always write hin a kind of diary an dtsicks photos of womens next to it, which are probably his victims. 

This kind of opening sequence is similar to that from "The Avengers".
The serial killer makes entries in his diary alongside clippings from books, self-developed photographs, and found images and objects, giving the audience an intimate look into the mind of a serial killer obsessed with religion and, more to the point, attrition.

As a Conclusion, I can say that it is really common for thriller films to use props in the opening scene and most of the time close-up´s to talk in a kind of riddles. This creates a bit of tension and interesst.
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