1) What does Thomas Sutcliffe mean when he says "Films need to seduce their audience into long term commitment. While there are many types of seduction, the temptation to go for instant arousal is almost irresistable"
He means that the beginning of a movie needs to be something which drags the audience in, wherelse if they don't do that they will lose the audience as they will not be interested in it.
2) According to Director Jean Jacques Beineix, what are the risks of 'instant arousal'?
The fact that if you start a movie off very quickly and raise questions the audience may never get the answer.
3) Explain why "a good beginning must make the audience feel that it doesn't know nearly enough yet, and at the same time make sure that it doesn't know too little"
Because you're not only establishing character and a story but also tone. Also, the audience makes an adjustment to the movie e.g. what genre it is.
4) What does critic Stanley Kauffmann describe as the classic opening? Why does this work?
When the movie begins with an establishing shot e.g. of a city, followed by a close-up of a building. The camera would then go to a window and inside the window, past a receptionist desk into a private office. Through this you were told where the movie was taking place, what the occupation of the hero is but more over you were told the organisation of the world.
Can't do the rest of the questions because part 2 was not the completed version of the documentary.
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