Terminator 2

In the opening sequence of the film, a number of credits are superimposed onto the screen as we are introduced into a new main character. This then breaks out into a war, we are introduced to the main character in the film played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. There is a narrator talking throughout the opening sequence telling the story before the film and setting up the story of the film. This shows the setting where one of the main battles will take place. After this there are a number of credits imposed onto the screen on a background showing destruction from what a previous war has caused. The character that is out to kill the terminator and another young boy in the film is introduced to the screen, in an evil way. With the head of the robot coming through a fire, with a facial expression similar to an evil grin. There are a number of close up and action/reaction shots in the opening sequence, along with a gliding establishing shot of the area that the war is taking place in. The editing in the opening sequence is quite slow paced considering the drama that is taking place, but it slowly tells you the story. As this goes with the sound of the narration in the back ground, where a softly spoken voice is telling the story of the film. This is quite typical of a thriller/horror film in the fact that it shows you some characters, but doesn't reveal all in the first few minutes. The opening sequence asks a lot of questions, which are left to be answered by the film in the following parts. This not only leads up to the future points of the film, it creates tension slowly for a big finish.