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I feel that our movie opening adheres to the crime/thriller and action genres as it features violence in the form of serial killings and a death of a character very early on. It's set in an urban landscape with dark, drab and dull buildings to suit the mood. Also, it will evoke tension and suspense in the audience while also shocking them with a plot twist as the person we expected to be the protagonist was killed right at the beginning. To entice the audience our opening will leave the audience asking questions. It will follow Barthe's hermaneutic (enigmatic) code by presenting us with serial killings that the audience will want to know more about, the identity of the killer that the chief discovered and the after math of his death. Will the killer be brought to justice? I fell that the character is well established as we instantly know that he is an officer or detective of some sort due to him constructing a crime board, attempting to make sense of everything, desperate to solve it. However, the chief is portrayed as being the protagonist in the opening, but in fact, James is the main character, and the death of the chief is what gets the plot going. Overall, i feel that our opening will be relatively easy to recreate as it doesn't require any exquisite locations or expensive props, but will rely on our ability to give meaning and convey a story through cinematography.
