An analysis of a film opening in my chosen genre

The film that I have decided to analyse is 'Mr and Mrs Smith'. the reason That I have chosen to do this is because this film is similar to the one we are re-making. This means that we can take the good and negative points of this film and use it to help make ours.

Genre:
The genre of Mr and Mrs Smith is action and romance. The film is about a couple that are secret agents that work together to take out people. As they are a couple and that there are a few scenes that show the romance side to things, however you can also see the action predominantly throughout the film with the use of a lot of killing.

Narrative:
when we have a look at the narrative of the film its about a couple who don't know their true jobs. This is when they both get sent to kill each other. The rest of the film is about the couple trying to kill each other however in the end they both team up and work together. This is what we have sort of why we have based our film on the story line of Mr and Mrs Smith - so it would help us create the opening of our film. You can see that the company that made the opening wanted to use the same idea as they did on the James Bond film Casino Royal as it is the same sort of design and shape.

Character:
The characters in the film are quite a variate - however they have the same sort of roles as they would in our film, you obviously have the two main characters played by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and you also have the bosses of each of them. You can see this in the film opening as you have the main characters however they are the sort of shadows making them more anonymous.

Atmosphere:
The atmosphere that is created from this film opening makes you want to really watch the film. The way that they were able to use the music in the piece and to make the animation fit great for the genre. This creates the feeling of awesomeness and it makes people want to continue to watch the film.

Setting: 
The setting for the opener really changes throughout the piece. it pretty much runs through the film in pictures - just like a storyboard. That's what i like about the opening and it gives you an idea of what you are about to watch. i think it was cleverly done so that it doesn't give much away however you know that it is showing the general gist of the film.

Music:
I think that they managed to use music really well in the piece. the music starts off slow and helps build tension until more action starts to show up in the opening. This then leads to the music to pick up and becomes a lot faster. The music in the piece really does get the viewer in the mood to watch the rest of the film - like a good film should!