-reason for selection
After a brief but intense home-invasion that becomes a high energy fight scene and then a relatively quick murder, the title sequence starts with the first few bars of "The Times They Are A-Changing" by Bob Dylan. During this song, the montage shows the history of superheroes, the rise and fall of the Minute Men and America, then the formation of the Watchmen.
It fits into the film by almost acting as a prequel, showing what happened to the characters and the history of the world, the events that cause it to be an alternate history from ours, and all important events (not revealed in the storyline) up to where The Comdian is thrown out of a window.
The reason it appealed to me how it shows american history in this alternate universe, that some things are drastically different, but other things are very much the same, in an exact parallel.
A good, although short, explanation of the opening scene, how it fits into the film and why it appeals to you. You have a lot more work to do: now start on B, explaining how the director uses film techniques to create a mood and set the film within a genre. Look at the exemplar from O Tamaiti for ideas, but yours does not have to have the same length as that one! Just get moving, I don't want you to get behind.
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