Deadpool Opening Sequence Analysis

During the opening sequence of Deadpool, there is an action scene that has been frozen and the camera goes around the scene whilst credits are shown. To start off with you see the Marvel animation which will be recognizable by nearly everyone who watches the film. Putting this at the start of the film helps the audience recognize that films made by Marvel have been successful so this film should enjoyable which would create a larger audience as the people who have been to watch it will recommend it to their friends and family.

 The first part of the 'frozen' scene, the camera pans out to show a man who has a mark on his head and then the camera continues to pan around the scene going 'through' different gaps and showing different props like magazines, spilled coffee and a wallet with all its contents falling out. You also continue to see different men all wearing similar outfits who have been beat up.

Then the camera pans around a character in a red and black suit which shows he is the main character as he stands out as he has a unique look compared to all the other people we have seen in the scene.

Eventually the camera zooms out of the seen and we can see the men and the character in a suit are in a car that has crashed. Then we see a piece of paper which has a drawing of the character in the red and black suit and there is writing on it which says "Hi, i'm Deadpool" this means the audience learns the name of the main character in the opening sequence without having to meet the character.

The 'frozen' scene is effective because it shows the film is an action and also makes the audience wonder how the car crashed and how the men in the car ended up in the position they are in, meaning the audience will want to watch on. It also shows the film contains comedy because of the props used like Hello Kitty lip balm and the credits which use jokes like "Produced by asshats". Also the music used is very light hearted and isn't typical action movie music.

Altogether the opening sequence is effective because it reveals the main character, genre and sub-genre before the film starts so the audience knows what to expect.