Research: "Watching" Documentary

1) What does Thomas Sutcliffe mean when he says the following? "Films need to seduce their audience into long term commitment. While there are many types of seduction, the temptation to go far instant arousal is almost irresistible"
Thomas means that the audience needs to please their audience into watching the entire movie without losing interest, any type of audience the genre does not matter in this case.

2) According to Director Jean Jacques Beineix, what are the risks of 'instant arousal'?
The audience has set some high expectations for the film, so the beginning is really good however as you continue the film the audience starts to lose interest and in most cases becomes displeased at the end of the film. So directors like Jean Jacques Beineix like to start the film quite slow and not so excitement filled so the film has a chance to build up and develop.

3) Explain why "A good beginning must make the audience feel that it doesn't know nearly enough yet, and at the same time make sure that it doesn't know too little"
The beginning should keep the audience eager and interested to watch the rest of the film so they can figure out what happens, yet make sure the audience doesn't know anything about the film that they be become confused and disinterested.

4) What does critic Stanley Kauffmann describes as the classic opening? Why does this work?
A classic opening makes the audience relate to the opening for example establishing shot of a city, then a  close up would be followed of a building.

5) Why is Kyle Cooper's title sequence to the film Seven so effective?
The film Seven is effective as it incorporates hint on what is going to happen in the film in the title sequence for example a character can be seen scraping the tips of his fingers.

6) What did Orson Welles want to achieve with his opening to the film A Touch of Evil? What did Universal Studios do to it? Why?
Orson did not want any credits or title music he wanted to do it in a  "All in one" take however Universal put credits and music in it as they didn't understand the opening itself.

7) What is meant by "a favourite trick of film Noir"? What is the trick?
Showing the audience what is going to happen at the end of the film in the beginning, allowing the audience to see what is going to happen and allows the audience to put piece together as they continue to watch the film.

8) How does the opening to the film The Shining create suspense?
The eerie music used creates alot a suspense a build tension.Also the camera movements for example the birds eye view shot.