Film Language Tag: opening sequence
The opening [sequence] provides a basis for what is to come and initiates us into the narrative. It raises our expectations by setting up a specific range of possible causes for what we see.
49 Film Clips
A Robot That Can Love, A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Cybertronics presents the idea of a robot child that will have the capacity for love and dreaming.
Daily Preparation, Gattaca
Vincent prepares to go to work.
Dawn, 2001: A Space Odyssey
The sun rises over the earth and the moon.
Deserted Rome, Il Sorpasso
Bruno searches for a payphone in Rome, which has been emptied of inhabitants by the Ferragosto holiday.
Dinner Party, Schindler's List
Oskar Schindler demonstrates his social prowess.
Good Morning, City Lights
After speeches commemorating a new monument to "Peace and Prosperity," the veil reveals the Little Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) asleep.
Initial Spread, Contagion
Several people around the world develop serious symptoms from an unknown illness, including Beth Emhoff.
Leon's Replicant Test, Blade Runner
The police test Leon while looking for replicants at the Tyrell headquarters.
Love: The Transition From Gangster to Human, Satya
This scene is a montage that isolates Satya (J.D. Chakravarthi) and Vidya (Urmila Matondkar) and further establishes their intimacy, showing that Satya is not just a rugged, tough gang member, but complex and emotional as well. This intimacy exposes viewers to his true feelings and makes him more human, as opposed to a hypermasculine criminal.
Marcello Calms the Bully Dog, Dogman
At a dog grooming shop, we are introduced to Marcello, who is attempting to give an aggressive dog a bath.
Nuclear Reactor Hack, Blackhat
A Nuclear Power Plant in China is hacked resulting in a massive meltdown.
One Little Girl, The Matrix
Trinity battles policemen and agents as she attempts to flee the Matrix
Opening Sequence, The Martian
After a dust storm on Mars forces a crew of astronauts to evacuate, Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is injured and presumed to be dead.
Opening Sequence, World on a Wire
Professor Henri Vollmer (Adrian Hoven) meets with top scientists and government officials.
Opening Sequence, Moonrise Kingdom
A symphonic record plays as the Bishop family starts their day on New Penzance Island.
Opening Sequence, Frances Ha
An introduction to the character Frances Ha and snippets from a day in her life
Opening Sequence, Mulholland Drive
An unidentified woman in a limousine escapes the threatening men driving her unharmed after the car is involved in a collision.
Opening Sequence, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
A group of young adults in Ferrara come together to play tennis in the walled garden of the wealthy Finzi-Contini family, leading Micòl Finzi-Contini (Dominique Sanda) to reconnect with her childhood friend Giorgio (Lino Capolicchio)
Opening Sequence, Sleep Dealer
Memo (Luis Fernando Peña) describes node work at the sleep dealers.
Opening Sequence, Godzilla
Two freighters and a fishing boat are destroyed near Odo Island.
Opening Sequence, Jobs
Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) introduces the iPod at an Apple town hall meeting.
Opening Sequence, The Exorcist
An archaeologist finds a figurine while excavating ancient grounds.
Opening Sequence, Jurassic Park
A velociraptor kills a worker at Isla Nublar.
Opening Sequence, The Congress
Actress Robin Wright (Robin Wright) has a conversation with her agent Al (Harvey Keitel).
Opening Sequence, The Truman Show
Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) unknowingly stars in a television show created by Christof (Ed Harris).
Opening Sequence, Solaris
Psychologist Kris Kelvin (Donatas Banionis) spends time on Earth before going to the Solaris space station.
Opening Sequence, The Man Who Fell to Earth
An alien falls to Earth and takes the appearance of a human named Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie).
Opening Sequence, Pumzi
35 years after The Water War, the Maitu community lives in contained cities and dreams are prohibited.
Opening Sequence, Brazil
Jill Layton (Kim Greist) sees her downstairs neighbor Archibald Buttle (Brian Miller) get wrongfully arrested as a result of a mistaken identity.
Opening Sequence, The Conversation
Harry tracks a couple through San Francisco's Union Square.
Opening Sequence, Carrie
Carrie menstruates for the first time.
Opening Sequence, Candyman
The film opens on the city of Chicago.
Opening Sequence, Minority Report
Acting on information from the Precognitives, Chief Anderton of the Precrime Program prevents the homicide of an unfaithful wife by her husband.
Opening Sequence, Breathless
Michel steals a car with the help of a female accomplice and then shoots a police officer to evade arrest.
Opening Sequence, Psycho
Marion and Sam get dressed.
Opening Sequence, Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary and Guy move into their new home.
Opening Sequence, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Flashes of a crime scene along with a police report.
Opening Sequence, A Nightmare on Elm Street
Tina has her first dream about Freddy Krueger.
Opening Sequence, BlacKkKlansman
The famous scene from Gone with the Wind, in which Scarlett O’Hara searches for Dr. Meade among the dead and dying in the Atlanta train yard, segues to Dr. Kennebrew Beauregard’s tirade against Black Americans.
Opening Sequence 1, Ghost in the Shell
Major Motoko Kusanagi (Atsuko Tanaka) assassinates a political target.
Opening Sequence 2, Ghost in the Shell
The cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi (Atsuko Tanaka) is created.
Opening Sequence and Credits , Teesri Manzil
The death and supposed suicide of Rupa during the opening credit sequence.
Post Internet, Transcendence
Max Waters reminisces about his friends Will and Evelyn Caster in a post-internet world.
S.T.T.S., Sorry to Bother You
Cassius Green interviews for a telemarketing job.
Slow Disclosure, Caché
A seemingly static image of a quiet Parisian neighborhood is revealed to be a recording.
Tanning Salon Shootout , Gomorrah
An internal fight among warring factions of the Di Lauro Camorra syndicate brings death and destruction to a local tanning salon.
The Temptation of Dr Antonio (dir. Federico Fellini), Opening Sequence, Boccaccio '70
A cherubic narrator provides an overview of Roman society in the early 1960s.
This is Life?, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Magazine editor Jean-Dominique (Jean-Do) Bauby awakes from a coma to find himself suffering from locked-in syndrome in a hospital in Berck-sur-Mer, France.
Wakanda Origins, Black Panther
N'Jobu tells his son about their homeland, Wakanda. Later, N'Jobu is confronted by T'Chaka for giving information on Wakanda to arms dealer Ulysses Klaue.
10 Series Clips
Bing Wakes Up
"Fifteen Million Merits", Black Mirror: Season 1, Episode 2
Bingham Madsen wakes up in his fully LED-screened apartment and heads to his exercise bike.
Stripe's Dream
"Men Against Fire", Black Mirror: Season 3, Episode 5
Stripe wakes up from his dream of a beautiful woman.
The 15th
"Hated in the Nation", Black Mirror: Season 3, Episode 6
Detective Parke testifies in front of a government committee.
Attention to the Breath
"Smithereens", Black Mirror: Season 5, Episode 2
Chris calms himself down before picking up a passenger.
Tahani's Gift
"Tahani Al-Jamil", The Good Place: Season 1, Episode 3
As Chidi describes Aristotle's approach to moral character, Tahani brings Eleanor and Chidi a housewarming gift.
Let's Negotiate
"...Someone Like Me as a Member", The Good Place: Season 1, Episode 9
Trevor wants to take Eleanor to the Bad Place, but Michael decides to negotiate for her.
Measuring Eleanor
"What's My Motivation", The Good Place: Season 1, Episode 11
Tehani makes a plan to track Eleanor's moral actions before she is judged.
A New Kind of Torture
"Everything Is Great!", The Good Place: Season 2, Episode 1
Michael prepares for a reboot of the neighborhood.
Cruelty First
"You've Changed, Man", The Good Place: Season 4, Episode 10
The group tries to find a compromise that will work for both the good and bad place architects. Chidi explains what it means to "put cruelty first."
The Real Good Place
"Patty", The Good Place: Season 4, Episode 12
The group enters the real good place for the first time.