The document analyzes the openings of several action films. It finds that most openings in the first two minutes establish the main character and provide indications of the background or storyline without fully revealing the plot. The Rambo film is an exception as its opening two minutes essentially reveal the entire plot. The openings generally use sounds like music or diegetic noise to build tension and establish themes through technical codes without including action or drama.

1. Research: Conclusions

2. • The opening two minutes of each of the films that I analysed
share a lot of common similarities. Most of the them have
indications into the storyline or what the movie is going to
based on . The Mechanic has indications into a background but
no insight into the plot of the movie. It shows the assassins
played by Jason Statham killing a man in his swimming pool.
These opening two minutes have an indication into the . The
Face-off film that I background rather than the plot constructed
had an indication into a background of the two main characters.
Another assassin kills a boy that but not the father that he tried
kill in the first place. Set a background between the two main
characters.
Similarities I the opening two
minutes

3. • The opening of the Rambo film that I deconstructed basically
tells the whole plot of film. the opening two minutes are set in
quarry where prisoners must work. Rambo Is called over a told
about a mission that would get him out of prison. This
conversation pretty much sets out the whole storyline of the
film . The final film that I deconstructed was the hurt locker
and that first two minutes show an indication into the
background of the film.it has the a bomb disposal robot finding
a bomb. This has some indication into the background of the
movie but not into the plot
Continued

4. • All of the film that I deconstructed had the main character
or important characters featuring in the opening two
minutes. The only film that is different to the rest of the
movies is the Rambo film. there is no action or drama in
the movies just reveals the plot of the movie. The main
thing that the opening two minutes establishes is a main
character, theme , background and sometimes plot.
What is generally
established in the opening
two minutes ?

5. • Most of the opening to the movies use sound to build tension
or reveal themes. The opening two minutes of Face-off begins
to fairground music but when a mysterious man is revealed in
the distance the music suddenly changes and becomes more
sinister. This change is music build tension. The music used in
the mechanic opening two minutes is very Spanish ( salsa ).
This music is related to where the opening two minutes is
based, which is a south American country. The opening two
minutes of the Hurt Locker uses a background beat that is
almost like a heartbeat. With diagetic sound of people
screaming and running away it builds tension.
Four technical Codes

6. • Other uses of the technical codes in the opening two
minutes of the use of technical codes is
Four Technical Codes