Purpose of the opening to a film...

- engage the audience.
- introduce story line and events.
- introduce characters and their situation.
- credits.
- set the scene.
- tell the 1st part of the story.


* In the opening to "Scream" the setting is introduced as a house. In the 1st 5 mins only one character is on screen on the phone to the phsyco. The thought of being watched and not being able to know who it is. The actress in the opening Drew Barrymore is really famous and you assume that she will be the heroine, but then she is actually murdered in the first 10 mins in the opening scene. This is good because its unpredictable, and gets the audience hooked to find out who the mystery killer is, and this has given us some good ideas for our project.
Below is the opening to the film 'Scream':

Scream