Analysis of opening sequences - Sam Rushton

This is an intro from the film Football Factory, the into uses lots of establishing shots, showing the the football supporters walking to the pub, and there is also an establishing shot outside the pub showing their location. When the fight at the pub breaks out it is shot in a good cinematic style as the action is fast paced and the camera angle is constantly switching, showing many different characters early on in the film. There are good SFX during the fight scene and it almost feels as if you are there yourself. A clear protagonist is also created. This is shown as he is at the front of the group and is also calling the shots. There is a clear enigma in this clip that is why are these two sets of men fighting. It clearly introduces the theme of football firms early on through the way they walk, talk and fight with the other teams fans.



This is the opening to Green Street another film about football hooligism. There are lots of establishing shots, that show us the character and the locations that he is traveling from and too, he narratives the intro and we learn that he was thrown out of Harvard 2 months short of his diploma. It's clear that this character will be one if not the main protagonist as it indicated in his dialogue that he is on a journey when he says "but what I was about to learn, no Ivy League school in the world could teach me." There are obviously enigmas why has he been kicked out of Harvard? Why is he traveling from the US to England? The equilibrium is disrupted right from the beginning as he has had to travel half way across the world after being kicked out of his university.

Sam Rushton