Transformers: The movie (1986) Opening Scene.

Transformers: The movie (1986) Opening Scene.

The first scene shows a planet like object flying through space and the soundtrack composed for the scene starts. This tells us immediately the film genre is science fiction and involves space travel and the soundtrack uses strange "off-worldly" sounds. It then shows us the object approaching an advanced mechanical peaceful would and the track changes to a calmer pace and tempo to match, the inhabitants look up at the object in fear and call it Unicron. We then see Unicron starting to eat the planet giving us a true scale of the villain's size and destructive capabilities showing that the film is not intended for small children.

Then we a shown the planet being turned into energy and refuelling the villainous world eater and then we transact to the title sequence, which doesn't tell the viewer anything other than some of the "big name" actors and the film's title but with a good song and nice animation.

The opening sequence only introduces the one character because the film is under the impression that you have seen the T.V. show on which the film is based on meaning you know who some main characters are. The sequence gets the viewer asking questions making them want to continue watching.



(From the show)

 

Opening scene