OpeningEG3: 300

300 

(Zack Snyder , 2006)

PRODUCED BY: Warner Bros. Pictures ,  Legendary Pictures ,  Virtual Studios

DISTRIBUTED BY: Warner Bros. Pictures

BUDGET: $65m

BOX OFFICE: $210.6m 

IMDb RATING: 7.7

 The opening sequence starts with non-diegetic sound making an audio bridge from the titles with the transition fade in from black and fade out from black revealing the title of the film.



Then the first scene starts by the transition fading from black to an extreme close up of the skulls this is all still building up narrative enigma as no character has been revealed yet, also this scene is making the audience feel uneasy with the extreme close up on skulls and it still being really dark with the audio bridge of dark sound going from the titles to this scene.

 In the next scene this over the shoulder shot is used to reveal the baby character and gives the audience the sense that this might be the main character, especially when in the next scene there's a close-up shot of the baby's face, another thing to notice is this continuity of shot types in this opening sequence.

 This scene could be seen as an establishing shot and showing the audience the setting, also it's a low angle shot giving the impression that these characters have power, and in a way power over the audience to make them feel vulnerable.

After this there's then an elepsis where a transition is made and it shows this baby has grown into a young man and the story then goes from here, also another thing to notice is that the non-deigetic sound is still in the background so the audio bridge has been used throughout this opening sequence.