Mad Max opening scene

Mad Max

In the opening scene of Mad Max so many indications show us that it is an action film, these including guns, a car chase, the long road that joins up and many more. By showing this in the opening scene it shows the audience what the rest of the film shall be like and what to expect, this is good because it draws in the stereotypically audience but may also attract the less obvious because of the fact the opening scene suggests what the whole film shall be like so therefore anyone who is offended or just is not interested in this genre would then not watch the rest. When the car is being chased they use silence to create suspense. This keeps the audience interested and intrigued as too what may happen next...
They then use camera shots to show us how close or far the cars are apart, by doing this it makes the audience then become concerned for the characters as they do not know what shall happen when the cars catch up with each other.
The main question we want to know is who is the villain and who is the hero in Mad Max as from the opening scene this isn't obvious so therefore we want to carry on watching to find out. As an audience we also have many other questions, including....
Why is there a car chase?
Who are the people in the cars?
Does everyone survive?
What happened before this?
What happens next?



Why aren't they wearing shoes?
Are they poor?
What year was this film based on?
and many more.....
This makes the audience want to continue watching to see whether or not their predications are correct or not and if their questions get answered or not.