'Watching' documentary
1. What does Thomas Sutcliffe mean when he says "Films need to seduce their audience into long term commitment. While there are many types of seduction, the temptation to go for instant carousel is almost irresistible"?2. According to Director Jean Jacques Beineix, what are the risks of 'instant arousel'?
3. Explain why "a good beginning must make the audience feel that it doesn't know nearly enough yet, and at the same time make sure that it doesn't know too little"
4. What does critic Stanley Kauffmann describe as the classic opening? Why does this work?
5. Why is Kyle Cooper's title sequence to the film Seven so effective?
6. What did Oroson Welles want to achieve with his opening to the film A Touch of Evil? What did Universal Studios do to it? Why?
7. What is meant by "a favourite trick of Film Noir"? What is the trick?
8. How does the opening to the film The Shining create suspense?
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