Media Research Part 2

The film Watchmen uses traditional action/adventure conventions within the opening sequence. It begins with a debate about political conflicts over their ‘human nuclear deterrent’. It then goes on to have the comedian attacked by a mysterious man/woman. Within in the opening a fight then takes place which from my research I have discovered that it is very alike to that of action genres. It also begins with a serious murder of an important person which is controversial to the story which is popular to action genres. The murder/fight in action genres usually end with a trademark for the murderer but they have twisted this convention by instead showing the logo of the Watchmen with a blood stain on it as a significant trademark to the comedian’s death. It then goes on to the titles being shown with images that appear to be moving(it appears like a montage). This is slightly going against the conventions of action drama as it is not usually done.
The comedian is the centre of attention within the opening sequence and in the opening as he dies they try to describe his character as much as possible. They use his choice of magazines for example to show his love of sex. He appears as a violent, abusive and unserious man (which is shown in his name). The mysterious murderer is a typical generic character within the genre. They remain unknown yet highly skilled in a fighting style.

The next film i researched on was the first Mission Impossible. the opening sequence for this wasnt very long or spectacular. they kept it simple however presented a twist to it. it begins with a screen in screen shot of a editor watching some actors do take through a screen.then suddenly a bit of drama takes place when one of the actors appear to posion one and then he takes of this latex mask and turns out to be Tom Cruise. this opening sequence is very unique from other sequences in the sense that unlike other films of this genre they choose to not begin the film with some action packed chase/fight scene although they have created a little bit of drama and the fact that they beginning make little sense makes it very good as it leaves the audience with question waiting to be answered.