1. Starting from the top left, the opening starts with a clip from an iconic 1980s TV character, we straight away identify with it, and therefore we identify with the time this movie is set in.
2- The production/distribution companies of the film are mentioned and present the film.
3- The director is credited before any one else.
4- The title film in bold larger font appears while there is an ARC (taken from somewhere Else) footage of the streets of England at the back-sets the place and the country.
5- Main bidding cast named in large font - another clip of an ARC footage, this times a group of skin head school boys- sets the subculture and society.
6-Main but less bidding cast are credited while the iconic royal wedding is played in the background -sets the exact year.
7- ARC footage of the famous riots that where happening at the time, sets the social struggle of the working-class sector of that time.
8- Film crew credits, ARC footage of skinhead movements and sub-cultures in Britain at that time -social injustice.
9- More crew credits while Margaret Thatcher in the background giving at speech- gives an idea on the time-slot the film is suppose to be based around.
By Showing real events, real people real stories and real struggles in the opening sequence of the film the viewers know that it is about social realism.
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