'Watching' documentary

'Watching' documentary

When Thomas Sutcliffe says "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" he means that film openings are very important as the audience needs to be pleased. This applies to all audiences no matter the vary in genre.

According to Director Jean Jacques Beineix, the risks of 'instant arousal' is that the viewers often have high expectations of a film due to the good beginning, however, by the end of the film they are disappointed.  This is because the beginning had so much time and money put into it, that the end of the movie doesn't have that much time and effort put into it. They wanted to draw the audiences attention in the beginning to make them watch it but due to instant arousal, the audience weren't pleased in the end.

The reason 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" is in order to keep the audience excited. They give away enough of the plot to show the audience and this will allow them to gain interest, however they do not give away too much.

Critic Stanley Kauffmann describes as the classic opening, it shows the reality of the setting and everyday life, which makes it more relatable as the audience feel like they can almost relate.

Kyle Cooper's title sequence to the film Seven so effective as it illustrates what is going to happen in the films, notebooks and pictures etc

Orson Welles wanted to achieve with his opening to the film A Touch of Evil the "All in one" take, the Universal Studio put music and the sequence over the original clip.

What is meant by "A favourite trick of Film Noir" is that the record of the film is not in chronological order.

The opening of the film The shining creates suspense by the use of the eerie music creates and tension. The volume and pitch also increases which adds to the suspense. The best horror movies are full of suspense (think Alfred Hitchcock). Suspense involves creating anticipation that something bad will happen, but not knowing when it will occur. Some of the most shocking horror movie scenes, create anticipation, but then violate the audiences’ expectations