We looked at the opening sequences to "The Matrix" (1999) and "Attack the Block" (2011) to look at how they constructed their narratives.
The matrix opens with numbers as visuals. As audio you hear a conversation between two characters. They make reference to a main protagonist "Morpheas" before hinting at a greater danger by saying "Are you sure this line is secure." The visuals then transition into the high contrast shot of a city cop with a flash light A fight scene then breaks out between Trinity and a set of cops.
Attack the block opens with a shot of the sky with an asteroid of some sort in it, which then pans down onto a London tube station as fireworks go off, this shot lasts and astonishing 53 seconds. The camera then cuts to a character walking while on the phone. She talks about it being fireworks night, further establishing setting, and then puts away her phone when she see's some youths, who then mug her.
What we found from looking at these sequences is that they both consisted of a conversation which establishes some plot points and then are followed by some sort of action or fight scene. For this reason why made our opening sequence follow the same structure
