Film Opening : Captain America

0:00 to 0:18 the Paramount logo and soundtrack appears on the screen, this is followed by a blank screen until 0:21 seconds. From 0:21 to 0:33 seconds the Marvel logo appears, followed again by a blank screen for 3 seconds. At this point the film starts, it is unclear as too what is happening as the scene is foggy suggesting to the audience that the climate is cold, at 0:47 seconds headlights can  be seen coming closer towards the camera until they expand to the full screen at 0:52 seconds, it then cuts to a POV shot from the car and we can see a man holding a stick with a light on it, presumably to find his and the people in the car's way to what they have discovered, seen as this is super hero movie we expect it be to be supernatural and big, however it it is still unclear as to why anyone is out in this climate. At 1:12 dialogue starts and they have been introduced as 'the guys from Washington'. The scene continues with various different camera shots and angles. At 1:47 the zooming effect starts on the spaceship and here also the music becomes louder as the space ship is reviled on camera


What it dose well:

• use's good camera shots to set the scene
• good use of zoom to make the audience aware of the scale of spaceship and just how big it it.
• good use of suspense as to why they out in this climate.

What it dose not do well:

• Although we can see they are in a cold climate thy never actually introduce the setting.
• A lot of time is spent on creating the suspense as to what is out there and not enough time introducing the spaceship. Although enigma is being created i feel that they should have spent more time on the subject of the spaceship rather than the men talking and walking in the snow.