Example of Good Opening Sequence

A good opening sequence needs to draw the audience in. It needs to establish the genre quickly and familiarize the audience with what the film is about. Whilst doing research for our film, we looked on youtube to find opening sequences that relate to the type of film that we are making. Unfortunately,we couldn't find many clips of british, teen, gun dramas, so we have found gap in

the market for this type of film.The only film we found that related to our film was Kidulthood. Kidulthood is a good opening sequence because it  stereotypes teens for being loud, obnoxious thugs who bully anyone that they don't like for no reason.

We have also chosen "This is England" because it is a realistic, typical, British film showing the young people of that time period. When I compare it to Kidulthood, it shows how the time period has changed and what teenage dramas are classed as today. It shows the contrast of today’s life with life back in the 70's and as these are both realistic brit films we can contrast between the both also lighting between them both shows the age of the film.

Karl Buckel