Goodfellas (1990)
As part of my research into film openings i watch the first 2 minutes and 12 seconds of 'Goodfellas'. The picture image is of the timeline i made up of the opening, labeling all the context, sound and titles that i saw, plus the times at which i saw them.
In this opening i liked the way that the title of the film doesn't appear on screen until 2 minutes and that before that was part of the action from the narrative.
Context is introduced from 28 seconds and continues throughout the opening. The first piece of context is in the titles when it says 'This film is based on a true story'.
The opening sequence didn't have any sound until 33 seconds, when a sound of a car was introduced.
Here is the opening to Goodfellas:
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