Opening title sequence Analysis ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol II”
The beginning shot to the opening scene of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol II”is an establishing wide shot showing everything thats happening during this beginning scene. The fact that there are 2 large speakers a strange creature and behind that a giant octopus and sparkling lights already from the first instance creates an enigmatic shock and provokes the audience to be interested. The shiny and sparkly almost explosion like lights behind this strange looking creature demonstrate to the audience that something bizarre is happening and immediately indicates what genre the film is. As soon as the creature named “baby groot” joins the cables together a non diegetic sound track starts to play. The music is upbeat and very jumpy giving a positive ambience to the audience. The beat starts to rise up until visually we are enhanced by the octopus that is blowing out the colorful fire with a diegetic sound effect. the color of the fire is pinkish and sparkly therefore this makes it intriguing for an audience. We can then link this too Katz’s uses and gratifications theory suggesting that audiences absorb media for a specific reason. With this opening title sequence audiences might watch it to escape their reality and for entertainment. 
As the sequence develops, we are shown a continuos shot of the groot dancing to the non diegetic upbeat soundtrack while in contrast in the background there are multiple explosions happening which keeps the audience entertained. The motions in the background are blurry and the main focus in on the groot dancing to the specific song with his headphones in unaware of what is happening behind him. In the meantime the titles appear slowly and steady in bright flashy colors. The camera shakes when the explosions happen and a loud sound effect is shown with bright yellow colours this is too create emphasize to the audience the humor and contrast of there film. It creates an expressive sense of reaction and first impression to the audience.
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