Comparing Charlies Angels with Snatch

This film opening to Charlies Angels has been edited so that at the start, each character is like a silhouette which keeps the audience in suspence to who plays which character. Where as, Snatch goes straight into showing all the characters faces and there actions that identify the part they play in the film. Both films use a voice over and music to show a main character is being introduced.

Charlies Angels has a striking sound, to justify the characters actions especially when the 3 main ones are introduced. Also, slow motion has been used and is effective because it goes with the music and suspence. Where as, Snatch has a more upbeat and fast paced sound throughout the whole opening, to create the sense a lot of things are happening at once. The diamond is the main focus of Snatch, but in Charlies Angels its more about how they work as a team throughout the film. Also, the bright fire like colour of the background and graphics used to show the title, expresses there actions as powerful. Snatch suggests some kind of team work involved in a theft, but isn't as clear on showing who is working together. I think that Charlies Angels, leaves the audience in more thought to what might happen next, where as, Snatch more or less tells you what will happen throughout the film.