Film openings: Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

 

The opening of Sherlock Holmes starts with a cobbled/brick floor with the Warner brothers and other logos imprinted within the floor. We the hear horses and start following a carriage inside are two men one with a shotgun another with a revolver. They look at each other concern clear.Why are they worried?

 We then see a man running and it appears as though he might be the guy the other two are after. 

Next we see that in the carriage there are two police officers. So are the men in the carriage police officers? Does that mean the man running is a criminal? 

The music throughout is violins played tensely drawing the audience into thinking something big is about to happen. the questions raised in this opening are;

-Who are the men in the carriage with the police? 

-Who is the man running? 

-Why is he running? 

-Where are they all going?

In this opening scene there is no clear indication of what genre this film is going to be. however they could be playing on the fact that the story of Sherlock Holmes is extremely well know. However by not limiting themselves to one genre they have intrigued me to want to know more on how this story is going to go. 

I also believe that by starting the film with what appears to be a chase scene they can draw in more audience members into the film.