Do different approaches to opening sequences have different effects?

In this section, I will explore the makings of two different opening sequences, which are the 1975 film Jaws and from Russia with Love, which was produced in 1963. Firstly, the opening sequence is Jaws can be seen as chronological and linear. Here we can see the director has followed a ‘Todorov’s theory of narrative’ idea solely for this scene, as this scene has beginning an end, which starts calm, then finds an equilibrium and then returns to its calm state. This opening scene is mainly shot from the Sharks perspective, which questions the safety of the audience. The editing in the scene when the action commences is fast paced and has quick cuts of shots from numerous angles, in turn allowing the audience to sense that the character is going to be eaten. The scene starts with a boy sleeping on the beach, from this the audience can draw that he has come from a party. From this, we can draw that the purpose of the opening sequence in Jaws was to raise questions, subsequently creating an enigma, which is likely to be on the mind of the audience throughout the entirety of the film. Equally, the fact that the opening sequence is quite scary and suspenseful, which are main exponents of the thriller genre, suggesting that the director has attempted to convey many conventions as possible, in order to give the audience a feel for what the film is about.