The opening scene of 'Snatch' starts off with four men dressed in top hats, long black blazers, black trousers and beards. The male character in the middle of the bunch then pulls off a white sheet which reveals he is armed with guns, which is when the other three men grab the guns and start aiming them. The director then shows a close up of the owners scared face and then a long shot of a man pointing gun at the security person watching the tape and then getting elbowed in the face. The editor then uses hard cuts back to the four men holding and pointing there guns and beating all of the workers up.
Through the use of cinematography we then see a close up of one of the armed men and then a rotational transition. The director then uses a slide transition from one armed man to another armed man and then another rotational transition when one of the armed male characters is on top of the desk.
The director then uses another two rotational transitions from a medium close up of man on floor getting beaten up and then to one of the armed men taking items from the setting. The setting seems to be a kind of office/bank type of location.
The camera then zooms in to a close up of the gun which instantly engages the audience. Another rotating transition is showed of the armed man jumping down off of the table and pointing the gun of two males shaking, where the director then shows a close up of the two male characters shaking.
The location then changes and we see the four men in the back of a lorry taking off their costumes and beards etc. The director then uses a close up of one of the armed men holding a diamond to his eye and a rotating transition is then used and the shot cuts to what I believe is the four armed men's boss looking at the diamond through a magnifying glass.
'Silence of the lambs' opening scene differs completely to 'Snatch'. The scene starts off with an image of the countryside and the view. Creepy slow music is played including eagle noises and ambient sound. The director then uses an extreme long shot of a woman climbing up a rope to a close up of her tired face.
The director then uses a worms eye view of the woman running and instantly engages the audience as it creates suspense and make us ask the question 'why is she running?.' We then come to see a close up of the woman's face which show her looking worried, whilst the music is becoming more upbeat.
The woman then climbs over a rope climbing object and then the audience see another male character run over to the woman character and say '....wants to see you in his office' she then replies 'thankyou' and runs in the opposite direction. The director then shows a close up of the males face which shows worried expressions and then we see a mid close up of words on a tree such as..:'Hurt' 'Agony' 'Pain' 'Love it'.
Therefore, from both opening sequences I realised that even though they are both using the same genre throughout, they can use completely different ideas. 'Silence of the Lamb' opening sequence is more calm and throws a few hints at the audience that it is going to get scary e.g the creepy music and the tree with the words 'hurt,agony pain, love it' on. Whereas 'Snatch' instantly conveys to the audience this is a crime thriller film and there is going to be a lot of violence in it.
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