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.

Analysing + comparing my best friends wedding with Snatch

The opening sequence of my best friends wedding, is very different compared to Snatch. This opening sequence has a completely different setting because of the graphics and colours used to show the plot of the film. My best friends wedding identifys the protaganist to the audience through music,costume and more staged ways. Where as, Snatch identifys each character by capturing them in the act of what there doing, using descriptive words such as "Gorgeous Gage" which relates to why and what happens throughout the film. Therefore, the opening sequence does not introduce the characters in the same way as Snatch.

Snatch also has a faster pace of music that builds tension to what might or might not happen in the film, where as my best friends wedding has a calmer, expressionate and joyful pace to it.

The close up shot of the women at the end of the sequence, suggests the focus of the film is going to be about someone with similar looks and feelings as what she has just sang to her 3 friends. This part also indicates, a happy ending as she looks up and light shines down on her. On the otherhand, at the end of the opening sequence of Snatch, the close up shot of the diamond seems to be the main focus of the film, being hiden. This maintains suspence to what might happen next.