Dead Again 
Genre:Drama, Mystery, Romance
Released:1991
Directed By:Kenneth Branagh
Staring:Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Andy Garcia

This opening starts off with the title in white against a black background, this draws attentions and interests the audience. Then the scene is filled with shots of which look like newspaper titles, words that appear are; murder, and also articles which give information about the person who was murder. This makes the audience ask question about whom this person is and why they are relevant to the film. It then goes to a room which happens be in black and white, inside this room all you see is a newspaper on the wall highlighted by a white light and a man’s mouth who seems to be humming. The newspaper on the wall relates to the other information we were given earlier on, the audience then link the man in the room to the newspapers; this makes us think that this man is a key character in the film. The camera and light highlight a pair of scissors; this draws the audience’s attentions and makes them wonder what is going to happen next. When the man walks down the alley holding the scissors, the camera gets a close up shot of this making the audience know that these are an important prop being used. Then with a fast changing shot, it goes to a woman in bed waking up from which looks like a nightmare. It is in colour, this connects with the back and white shots and nightmare. As if the black and white shots are the nightmare she was having and that is what has made wake up.