Comparison between a film Trailer and Opening Sequence

Trailer - V for Vendetta



A trailer is a promotion of a film. It shows snippits of the main parts of the film to get the audience interested, in the case there is a voice over from the film and we see a girl whom seems to be the main character. Important parts and quotes of the film is shown for example 'they created a monster'. This gets the audience asking questions and asking whos the monster, whos the man in a mask and why is he trying to hurt people. The character of the man in the mask is mysterious and the audience do not know a thing about him, a trailer gets the audience asking questions and if they are interested in a action packed film which is portrayed in the editing then they will go to view it.


Opening Sequence - Kill Bill Volume 2



An opening sequence is the beginning of a film, usually including titles and the names of the director and actors. This particular opening sequence talks about the film before seeing as it's 'Volume 2' the second film in the Kill Bill series. Straight away the audience meet the main character and also hear a mans voice (by this time in the series will still do not know the character Bill properly), it shows the woman on the floor with blood on her face obviously in alot of distress. She is then shot and the sequences goes to black, when it fades back in she is doing an active monolouge in what looks like a car in the future, she talks about what has happened to her. You know exactly who the main character is at this point of the film. You then ask the question about how she managed to servive to tell her story. Simularly to the Trailer the opening sequence will show some main titles of the film such as the director and actors and the makers of the film, they normally use a background that relates to the film.