The document analyzes and describes the openings of four gangster films - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Godfather, and Scarface. It provides detailed shot descriptions and timings for establishing shots, character introductions, title cards, and music used in the opening scenes of each film.

1. Analysis of
Gangster film
openings

2. Lock, Stock and Two
Smoking Barrels
0:00 - Wide
Shot/Establishing
shot
Crowd
Zoom
0:07- Close up
C1 - Diegetic
dialogue
0:12 - Title 1
Black and white
Production Company
0:14 - Cuts back to
close up
C1
0:17 - MS
Tracks out
0:22 - Title 2
Same format as other
title
Production
0:24 - Cuts back to
MS
C1
0:30 - T3 “presents”
0:33 - Cuts back to
MS
C1
1:20 - POV shot from C1
1:22 - 2S
1:24 - LS
ES
Tracks out
Pans to follow movement
1:34 - LS
Slow motion
1:36 - Voice over
Describing Character
1:41 - Normal speed
1:43 - C1
Slow motion
1:55 - Normal Speed
VO stops
Non diegetic music
1:58 - Title 6
Title of film
Typed in as a type write effect
0:41 - Mid Shot
C2
New dialogue
0:45 - MS C1
0:48 - Title 4
Producer
0:51 - OTS of more
characters
0:55 - MS C2
0:57 - CU C1
1:01 - Title 5
Director
1:04 - MS C1
1:07 - CU C2
1:11 - CU C1
1:14 - MS C1
Angle change
1:18 - Camera Arc
1:19 - MS C2

3. The Godfather
0:00 - Title 1
Distribution Company “paramount’
Music starts
Fades to black
0:09 - Title 2
Production Company
“Paramount Pictures Presents”
0:15 - Fades to black screen
0:20 - Title 3
Screenwriter
Title of film
0:27 - Fades to black screen
0:39 - Black screen
Music stops
Dialogue Begins
0:41 - Black screen fades
Close up C1
Diegetic dialogue
0:45 - CU begins to zoom out
Dialogue continues
1:39 - MS
Dialogue
1:42 - Zooms out
Shows body of C2
2:14 - C3
C3 passing C1 drink
Hand shown only

4. Scarface
0:00 - Black screen
No music
0:03 - Fades into galaxy
screen
Music starts
0:06 - Title 1
Distribution company
“Universal”
music continues
0:17 - Fades to black
screen
A bang sounds
0:20 - Subtitles
Changing every 4 seconds
0:50 - Dialogue begins
Subtitles continue
Black screen fades out
Side view of man making a
speech
0:58 - Crowd of people
ES
Cheering
1:01 - MS of man
1:03 - Title 2
Producer “ A Martin Bregman
Production”
Black background, red capitals
1:07 - Videos of boats
Subtitles “ Mariel Harbour, Cuba”
Change in music
1:18 - Title 3
Director “Brian DePalma”
1:22 - Boat scenes
Music continues in back ground
1:32 - Title 4
Starring “Al Pacino”
1:35 - Side Track
People on boat
1:39 - Title 5
Title of film “Scarface”
1:43 - Crane shot of people on
boat
1:53 - Title 6
“Starring”