Opening sequence for three films

The opening of a film is extremely important, as it shows the audience 

the genre of the film and what kind of conventions could be in the film.

Sound has a major contribution in the film's opening as it sets the scene and can foreshadow the events yet to come.  I have chosen to look at three very different films from different genres appealing to different target audiences, this is to look at the type of sound which is used in the start of their film openings , and what impact that sound has  made to the film. 

City of God

The City of god is a Brazilian crime drama 

created in 2002, Unlike most big films the actor's in the film didn't speak

English so English speaking viewers who watched the

film had to read the subtitles , which is why sound is 

a massive part of this film.  The sound in the start of the film's opening is dignetic , the 

sound comes from the noise made in the film the sounds in the film opening helps the audience 

to understand the location and get a better feel of the genre of film.  

People aged +18 would be interested in this film

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

 

Lemony Snicket comes under the genre of 

Fantasy, Comedy, Family and Adventure, The Target 

audience for this film is Children and teen's so the sound in this movie would be much 

more  family orientated.  There is a soundtrack at the start of the clip it has an Indian sound  

to it,  it's like a magical mysterious journey,   the sound at the start of this clip is instrumental. 

People aged +13 would be interested in this film

Austin Powers: International man of mystery. 

Austin Power's 'International man of mystery' is just one of many films in the Austin Powers series.  Austin Power's target audience is aimed more at adults with his provocative comment s and adult humour. In the films opening there's a preppy dance along soundtrack , this in non diegetic sound as it was incorporated in production, however It seems like the music is diegetic , even though the music wasn't diegetic there is diegetic sound in the opening, with the screaming . There is also dialogue between the main character and the crowd and there is use of a foley to enhance the noise in the clip such as the crowd. 

People aged +15 would be interested in this film