Guy Ritchie began his career doing odd jobs on film and TV sets before directing music videos and commercials. This experience helped him direct the short film 'The Hard Case' in 1995. The film caught the attention of Sting's wife Trudie Styler, who funded Ritchie's first feature film 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' in 1998, which helped launch his career in crime thriller films. However, his next two films in different genres were not as successful.

1. Guy Ritchie
Guy Ritchie hit upon a successful formula when directing his first
two films, bringing his unique sense of style and panache to the
crime thriller genre, but then blotted his copybook when he
attempted new things in his following two movies.
He began as a film runner (an odd jobber on film and TV sets) before trying his hand
at directing music videos, doing “20 videos back to back, really crappy ones with sort
of German rave bands”. This gave him some valuable experience behind the camera,
and he moved on to doing commercials. With the much-needed grounding, he went
on to direct a 20 minute short, ‘The Hard Case’ (1995), which aired on Channel 4. As it
did so, it caught the attention of Trudie Styler, the wife of singer Sting, and she
invested money into what would become Ritchie’s first feature full-length film, ‘Lock,
Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ (1998).

2. Sherlock Holmes
The protagonist character is introduced in the beginning of the
opening sequence which indicates that he is the main character of
the film. Guy Ritchie has deliberately done this so the audience
can identify that he is the main character.
Guy Ritchie has also made sure that the colours used are to
represent a certain aspect of the film to connote what type of film
it is. The font is also sans serif which might also give an idea of
what type of film it may be. The movement of the shots are also
fairly quick with a 4second pause in between. The type of shots
that are used are mostly close and medium shots.
The music and sound is used to identify the time period it was
in and what type of film it may be and what may consist in the
film.

3. The girl with the dragon tattoo
Guy Ritchie has made sure that the protagonist character is
shown throughout the opening sequence in order for the
audience to know that he is the main character. This is similar
to the direction in Sherlock Holmes as the main character is
introduced in the beginning of the opening sequence as well
as in the girl with the dragon tattoo.
Guy Ritchie has also made sure that the colours used are to
represent a certain aspect of the film to connote what type
of film it is. The font is also sans serif which might also give
an idea of what type of film it may be. The movement of the
shots are also fairly quick with a 2 seconds pause in
between. The type of shots that are used are mostly are
close, extreme close up and medium shots.

4. Buried
The images used in the opening sequence may indicate what the film will
be about, for example the money images used show that the film may
have a narrative based on money. Guy Ritchie has done this for the
audience to identify the type of film it is and what may be in it.
Though we do not see a image of the protagonist character or any
character at all which is different in terms of how Guy Ritchie directed the
opening sequence as in Sherlock Holmes and The girl with the dragon
tattoo both have a image of the protagonist character. The colours used
are also different from the other two films as it’s a different genre.
The shots of the mages displayed are about 3-5seconds and the shots are
all constant throughout. The music played may also indicate the type of
film it is as its very quick and moving because of the images that move.