Opening to 300 (2007) Directed by Zack Snyder

3 Openings to a film

300

Directed by: Zack Snyder

Certificate: 15

UK cinema release date: March 2007
Shot 1
In scene 1 of the film, the name 300 comes onto the screen in blood with a back background. The background behind the writing is a black sky. The 300 writing can only be seen when lighting flash from the sky. The camera moves in to the writing as the sequence progresses.

Shot 2
Shot 2 cuts to a close up shot of a naked baby being held by an old man. The baby is lit by top lighting. Then, a voice over starts to talk over the pictures. He is talking about the baby. The shot then cuts to the old mans face with an extreme close up. The baby and man are at the top of a rock. They look down at a pile of human skulls. The skulls are at the bottom of the rock like it is hell. Also, the lighting is dim to make the skulls look worse.

Shot 3
In shot 3, the voice over talks about the how the boy has grown up from a baby. At this point in the film, he is 7 years old. The boy enters the shot from the bottom, facing the camera. He then goes forward to ‘attack the camera’. At this point, the shot switches to one of him fighting with knife with his teachers. The music is calm and slow, with a women singing. The music then stops with a drum roll as the boy rolls on the ground to grab his weapon.

Shot 4
This shot shows the boy looking at the teachers shield. The sun is shining on the shield and this makes it look like god shining on war and fighting. The music is slow and is played by an orchestra.