Genre: Analysis of Days of Thunder

Analysis of the Days of Thunder film opening:

Director: Tony Scott

Awards: 1 win and 1 nomination

Box Office: Gross Worldwide $165,900,000

In the opening of Days of Thunder the audience are introduced to close ups of some of the characters, these shots reveal the iconographic costumes of race suits, these are the commonly found costumes found in the motorsport sub-genre in action adventure films.

We as the audience are also introduced to many shots of the race cars themselves and they are iconographic prop as they are used to win or save the specific person or thing, during these shots we are also shown the conventional set and location which will be used in the races, chases, fights between the protagonist and antagonist, the conventional location is the Daytona race track and it is common knowledge that Daytona is a bi race in america so it also reveals the importance of racing to the narrative.

The audience are constantly being brought back to shots of a specific racer and the crowds reaction to him, this reveals that the film will most likely follow the conventional narrative of an underdog going up again the star to win something or someone, and in the process the audience are introduced to the stock characters (love interest, professional friends and a side kick). These stock characters will be shown in the narrative to help influence the protagonists decisions. These decisions will most likely lead to final race or fight which will end the ongoing feud between the two characters.

In the opening we aren't introduced to any characters by name, however we are introduced to shots of specific racers while we hear the voice over of the commentators, this reveals to us that these characters are either going to play the role of antagonist or protagonist in the narrative, in these motorsport films the protagonist is normally an underdog that used to be a really good racer but endured a career ending injury, the protagonist 'good' will go up against the antagonist who is possibly going to harm the sports reputation or their own reputation so the protagonist will try and save them.

Overall the opening credits contain the conventional props, costumes, locations and hints of the narrative. This will interest a wider audience as they will know what they're in for so  know they will enjoy it if these are the films they are into.