This document provides guidance for analyzing the opening sequences of films. It instructs the reader to choose between two and four opening sequences from their chosen genre to analyze. The analysis should examine the narrative structure, characters, representations, and media language used in the sequences. Key aspects of media language to analyze include camera shots, lighting, costumes, sounds, and how these elements establish genre, characters, narrative, and their impact on the audience. Representations of people or concepts in the sequences should be evaluated on whether they are positive or negative, conventional or subversive, and how they relate to the intended target audience.