Children's action film- opening scene

The Incredibles' opening scene



Analyzing the concepts of the opening scene and the micro elements.
The opening of The Incredibles begins by interviewing the main super heroes so that the audience are introduced to the characters and are given an outline of their personalities. The sound track is then played, setting the mood for the audience, letting them have an idea of the adventure genre by the up beat music. An extreme close-up shot of the flashing lights on a police car is then filmed, with the sound of the siren adding to the fast pace music. 
This immediately gives the audience the idea that the rest of the film is going to contain chase scenes which build on the suspense and create the action genre. This extreme close up zooms out into a long shot of the police car, then back into another extreme close-up shot of someone reloading a gun, making the audience aware of the reason why the police car is on the chase and shows the relationship between these two characters. 

 The scene and location is set through the action scene between the police and the criminal. 
The scene then focus's on Mr Incredible and a mid-shot is used to show him driving his car to make us aware that the next clip is going to focus on him and what he does. The music then changes when the character hears about someone who is in danger to an even faster pace which creates tension and grips the audience.  
A lot of colour is used to engage the target audience and it is also used for representation, for example, the criminal was all dressed in black where as Mr Incredible's original super hero outfit was a light blue which has connotations of heroism and power and it is also a similar colour the policeman's outfit.  

Sound effects are used through out the scene to add to the tension and to make the audience aware of the action that's going to follow. 

This scene is easy to follow and contains humor as well as action elements.