Four Weddings and a Funeral
This is an effective opening scene because it is fast-paced and classic britsih comedy. This gets the audience interested for the rest of the film and gives a little insight into what the film entails. A lot of the comedy comes from the juxtaposition of the organised characters with the disorganized characters on the morning of each wedding. The characters use strong language and slang often, which is stereotypical associated with the British and by doing this is automatically shouts that this as a British film, as they are in a rush to get to their intended destinations, in these cases weddings. This scene also tells us Hugh Grant is the main protagonist, even though it is not actually his wedding, as the camera focuses on him and his story.
City of God
This opening scene is very effective as it forces the audience straight into the heart of the action. It establishes the setting as a poor and corrupt town in a derelict area of the country, Brazil, with no sense of freedom and a white dominate policy. It seems to set "Shaggy" up as the main protagonist, so we automatically support him and his cause, which makes his unexpected death more surprising.
Goodfellas
This scene reveals to the audience the way of gangsters, but not at the start of the story however, as it shows three men, casually travelling in a car. It is midway through the story, and sets up how the first part of the film will show how Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) has gone from being a normal kid to reaching this moment in his life. We can tell the characters of Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) and James "Jimmy the Gent"Conway (Robert De Niro) are violent and seen as all powerful and dominate, and from the look on Henry's face we believe that he has moral beliefs with this, but doesn't speak up out due to being afraid and also respect to the world he is now in. Opening the film at the beginning of the story would be boring to the viewers, by opening here it makes it very clear and exciting to them that this is a mobster film.
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