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For me and Nicoles genre (mystery), I have noted that many openings are very simple, but include many key details to make the scene how it is. One that has especially caught my eye is the opening for Knives Out. This film's opening has caught my eye due to its simplicity, yet every detail in the opening adds to the plot and enhances the true feeling you get when you watch a mystery movie. It leaves you with many questions, as a mystery movie should. The fog in the beginning with the scenery of the fog give it that mystery-scary vibe that most mystery's go for. In out opening, I want people to feel the same way they do when watching this, wondering about what truly happened.

Another great example would be A Clockwork Orange. Even though this movie starts off a little weird, everything about this opening leaves you with questions. Where are they? What are they doing? What happened? What are those statues doing? Why is he drinking milk? Another simple example that shows that great details matter in the making of a mystery film.

My last film opening would be the opening for the film The Thing. The Thing is another film that leaves the audience with many questions as "What is that dog doing?" "Why are they shooting the dog?" Where is the dog leading them to?". Another thing I enjoyed about this opening was the sound, and how it added the mystery sort of vibe to the opening. We also end up with a scene that shows a poster with the words "United States National Science Institute Station 4" I think this detail is nice because it leaves us hanging, as we know something, but we don't know enough to stop watching, leading us to watch the movie.

Something I have noticed about all of these openings, is that most of them include a black screen with the production companies, and that is one of the first things you see in the openings. Since it is a patterned that is repeated, me and Nicole will be including this in our own personal opening. I have also noticed that in many openings the sound is also what gives the scary mystery vibe.