In the opening sequence of a video narrative text production elements are used to engage the audience. These production elements establish a sense of time, place, genre, story elements and dramatic expectation. Movies of different genres use production elements to engage the viewer in different way, and to give them different expectations. For example the director of The Sixth Sense, a horror film will use production elements differently to the director of The Sandlot Kids, …showed first 75 words of 1725 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1725 total…established differently. I was engaged in The Sixth Sence wanting to know what Cole's secret is. Also in he first sequence when Dr. Crow gets shot I was wanting to know if he will survive. In The Sandlot Kids I was engaged want to know what happens that was so bad to Scott and how does Benny get him out of it? These quetions are enough to make me want to continue watching the film.