Research for opening 2 Minutes

Hot Fuzz (Action/Comedy/Mystery)
Starts with titles (Universal and Working). Gradually during the titles we hear the noise of whistles and sirens. These are the noises we associate with police and action so it immediately gets our attention.
The first scene is of a man walking rapidly through a very clean modern corridor. We dont see his face until he gets very close at which point he flashes his badge at us and narration starts. We then are shown how amazing he is by seeing his training records and qualifications he has received. It includes a comical moment when they say how he excelled in advanced driving with him skidding towards the camera, which then goes to a clip of him skidding towards the camera on a bike saying how he excelled in advanced cycling.
This opening immediately gets the audiences attention as at first they are trying to recognize the person walking towards them and then they are trying to keep up with the fast paced film of his qualifications. I like the way they built up suspense at the start with the sound of sirens overlapping the titles and also the delay of the audience having to wait to see see the person properly.

Death Race (Action/Sci-Fi/Thriller)
Starts with the noise of a car drifting over the titles. The titles then merge into the inside of an engine. We then get written narration with tense music in the background telling us how in 2012 the world collapses and audiences watch prisoners fight to the death. They then become bored of this and so begins "Death Race".
We then go into an action shot of two cars firing at each other they show this through many different camera angles with the sounds of engines revving, wheels squeeling and bullets being fired until eventually we see an over the shoulder two shot of the driver getting shot, his blood hitting the windscreen and then a side view of then smashing into a metal pillar.
Again this film has sound over the titles which helps gradually bring you into the action. It also uses a good selection of shots during the chase. I like the use of written narration with music running alongside. This may be an effect we could use.

The Bourne Identity (Action/Adventure/Mystery/Thriller)
Starts with quiet high pitch noise over Universal titles. Then goes to black out and then the noise of thunder which then takes us to the view underwater of somebody floating motionless in the middle of the sea. We then go to a clip of fishermen on a boat playing cards having fun though still with the high pitch noise in the background which is keeping the tension. We then see writing at the bottom of the screen over the picture of a stormy sea telling us that it is taking place in "Mediterranean Sea 60 miles south of Marseile". The sound of thunder and rain foreshadows a climax point ahead. A fisherman then goes onto the deck trying to keep his balance then chucks rubbish overboard. He then spots the body in the water. The title of the film then appears on a black background. This is used to show time passed so when we go back to the film we see all the crew from a birds eye view on the deck hauling the body onboard. I like how they have used the sound of thunder and rain to create added tension alongside the high pitched noise and though we may not use the idea of rain to add tension we could other sounds to create tension.

Iron Man (Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi/Thriller)
Starts with Marvel and Paramount titles. We then get an extreme wide shot of the deserty landcape, this then cuts into a wide shot of two armoured jeeps moving with "Back in Black" playing in the background. We then go to a close up of a man in a suit wearing sunglasses inside the car holding a glass of whisky. He is sat in the car with 3 soldiers who all look very serious (big contrast). He then jokes with them and makes them laugh. The ideas we could take from this opening are the way they showed the setting before they showed the action happening within it and also the way we could hear the music before we got into the car where it was playing.