TYPES OF FILM OPENING

Flashbacks

     
        ↳ Previous key events that lead up to future story line

Panning of the landscape

        ↳ Mood, tone, setting of events

Narration 

        ↳ Voiceovers, narrating plot, outside view or an internal             view, essential background information

Title Sequence 

        ↳ Sense of genre, main actors/actresses listed, director,             other important people

Chase Sequence

        ↳ High impact, excitement from the offset