Analysing Opening Sequences and Setting - Conclusion

Opening sequences that introduce setting focus on revealing elements of the location that are likely to have a significant impact on the film's characters later in the narrative.

This information about setting can be delivered in a number of ways including the use of establishing shots/extreme long shots, other aspects of cinematography such as camera angles, lighting and framing, through characters' figure behaviour/body language and facial expressions, through the use of music (which indicates how the audience should interpret the setting) and through other elements of mise-en-scene (which also help indicate genre, and therefore the role of the setting, to the audience).