Opening scenes have a major first impression on all movies. A good opening scene can either make or break the movie. For example, Scream's opening scene of the lady talking to scream over the phone drew you into the movie in a heartbeat you knew as soon as scream said " turn your porch lights back on " that you were in for a treat. An opening scene like to me is by far the best, no opening credits, no long introduction, it is straight to the point. Another movie like this is Jaws, you see a bunch of teenagers smoking and drinking around a campfire, it then goes into two teenagers running along the beach taking clothing off to go night swimming. The guy is extremely hammered and is struggling to get his shirt off while the girl is already in the water and swimming, she gets pretty deep out there and starts to tread water. A shark then comes from the water and completely devours the girl in the water while the guy is passed out drunk. This movie opener establishes a multi billion dollar franchise. With each different production team having a little part of the film for their focus. For example, one team focusing on production, one on effects, one on post production. During the opening scene of Lion King, you see all the animals run towards the big rock and wait for the elder monkey to get up there and to do the thingy for Simba. As soon as the monkey starts to walk up all the animals bow down to him to respect him. Rafiki then picks simba up and raises him over the crowd and they go crazy. Some of the worse opening scenes is where it is a very small introduction then goes into a boat load of credits. For example, Pulp Fiction has a 4 and a half minute introduction then goes into the credits. I don't know if it is just me but I don't want to get drawn into a scene then have to wait two minutes for credits to finish to get back to the scene. Pulp Fiction uses those four and a half minutes to introduce the main characters to the viewer. What About Bob's opening is respectable, the movie starts with it's opening credits. It doesn't go half and half it starts the movie with the credits and dives right into the movie. Opening credits have been a thing since the 1950s as stated in the article. My question is... is it time for change?
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