Super Hero Opening Scene 1

The Flash

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In the opening scene of The Flash, the main character Barry Allen/The Flash, is speaking to the audience introducing himself and his powers. In this scene it showcases The Flash's powers and also shows the most significant scene in the entire series, the murder of his mother, Nora Allen. Through the first scene the audience can tell thats its sci-fi/superhero movie as they show The Flash running through the city at supernatural speeds.

In this opening scene The Flash is seen to have a rough childhood. Ironically, as a kid he wasn't fast enough to run away from the bullies, which ties into his powers, super speed. With a science fiction film, the villain usually has powers too, in this case we get a glimpse of the villain in the murder of Berry Allen's, (The Flash), mother, which in this case has the same powers as The Flash except he uses yellow lighting and goes by the name Reverse Flash. Throughout the series, the reasons behind the death of Nora Allen were explained near then end of the season. Reason being The Reverse Flash went back in time to kill Berry as a child but got stuck in the past. Meaning The Reverse Flash needed to wait till The Flash grew up and gained his powers to send him back to his old timeline. In Sci-Fi films, this is usually the case, The Villain wants or needs something from the Main Character.                                      

The legnth of each shot are very similar of that of a trailer or action scene, starting quite slow then speeding up towards the end. This is done to summarise and set the starting scene for the audience, just like a trailer.

                                         
The types of shots used in the first 20 seconds are used to emphasise the speed of The Flash, this is achieved by making very shaky POVs and long shots. The shot used before the murder of Nora Allen, is an establishment shot of the house. This house later on becomes iconic in the series and plays a big role in the storyline. This is mostly the case in most science fiction films. The shot showing the location normally comes first. Most movies do this. Normally these are long shots with a pan or also known as an establishing shot, this is the case with the Flash in the first scene and before a main scene.

Arrow

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In the opening scene of Arrow, the main character Arrow, is running in what seems to be an island showing the audience his powers, his powers being, nothing more than intelligence and being sly. In this scene it showcases Arrows speed and physical ability. Just before the scene ends the arrow fires arrows at an insane distance with great precision.

                                         

In this opening scene The Arrow fires an arrow to get himself rescued, this is ironic as he becomes the Arrow. With a science fiction film, the villain usually has powers too, but seemings though The Arrow doesn't have powers the viewers expect the villain not to have powers, but thats not the case in Arrow. Throughout the series, like The Flash, most details go back to this scene as the first scene is an important scene to the plot. In Sci-Fi films and most films of other genres, this is usually the case.


The legnth of each shot are very similar of that of a trailer or action scene, with some very fast shots one after the other and some more lengthy shots.This is done to summarise and set the starting scene for the audience, just like a trailer.



The shot used when Arrow fires his arrow is an over the shoulder shot.The Arrow is a very iconic object in the series. In most Sci-Fi based movies either a power or object is most significtant to the story. The shot showing the location normally comes first which is the establishment shot. Most movies do this. Normally these are long shots with a pan or also known as an establishing shot.

Daredevil

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In the opening scene of Daredevil, it shows how Daredevil lost his vision at a very young age with gasoline. In the first scene the audience feels very sympathetic towards the hero as he lost his vision saving an old man. This hints at the viewer that the boy will be a hero. This also grabs the views attention as it is a very sad scene making the viewer want to watch the series and become dragged into the series.


In this opening scene the child, who is soon to be the Daredevil, loses his eyesight saving an old mans life.This later, gives him the advantage when fighting crime. Not being able to see went from an disadvantage to the upper hand the Daredevil had on his enemies. Throughout the series, like The Flash, none of that would've happened without the opening scene.This shows the significance of opening scenes not only in Sci-Fi films but in all films.


The legnth of each shot are very similar of that of a trailer or action scene, with some very fast shots one after the other and some more lengthy shots for dramatic effect.This is done to summarise and set the starting scene for the audience, just like a trailer. In this opening scene in particular, POV is used when the child loses his vision to add an even more dramatic effect.