Favourite film openings

 First impressions are important, especially in movies so here are a few film openings that are and will always be close to my heart. 

Starting with my all-time favourite: UP (2009) 

The sequence begins with a flash of a camera at their wedding, followed by their first kiss, and then shows how they fix up the house where they met so that it matches Ellie's childhood drawing. They spend their time doing three hobbies: cloud watching, working at the zoo, and reading together.

In my opinion that should the most heart warming opening any film can have. 

Following up is : Rear Windows (1954) 

The opening sequence is literally a curtain raiser, as it starts with the camera inside J.B Jefferies(Jeff)’s apartment, looking out of the window and as the credits are shown the blinds behind them are slowly raised, revealing a courtyard through three quite large windows, through which most of the narrative takes place. This is similar to watching something at the theater, where the curtains are raised at the start. This brings the audience into a sense of security, we’re in a seemingly nice neighbourhood and its a beautiful morning.

What makes this opening more intriguing to me is that where most prologues tell you what will happens by voice over or direct imagerie, Hitchcock only shows us the evidence. He walks us through the story with hint, clues letting us be the investigators without a word of dialogue.