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Media essay on gladiator This essay is on the opening of the film Gladiator. Firstly I will analyse the importance of an effective opening include. An effective opening should introduce the main characters, set the scene of the film including time period and location and should encourage us to watch the rest of the film. The film starts with the Universal logo in a sepia colour. This is clever because the sepia colour is already showing us that this film is set in the past, as this was the colour of old photographs and ink. The same technique is then used with the DreamWorks logo. Slow music starts, with a sepia coloured background, and we are then shown some text which introduces us to the story so far and sets the scene. The first images of the film that are seen are of a hand brushing through a field of wheat. The camera...

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