opening to rocky 5

the opening scene to rocky v (5) shows the ending of the previous film rocky iv (4) in this scene we see rocky balboa (Sylvester Stallone) fighting his enemy from rocky iv  the scene shows that this film is going to be a sports/ action film. the audience can instantly tell this because the previous film had a massive fight scene between the two main characters which is a convention of action films the audience can also tell that it is going to be an action film because of the casting for the film. Sylvester Stallone is normally associated with acting in action films this is because of his physic. the Russian actor in the scene (Dolph lundgren)  also shows a great physic that tells the audience that there is going to be a fight scene. if you actually look up the name dolph lundgren on Google it comes up with this description "Dolph Lundgren is a Swedish actor, director, and martial artist. He belongs to a generation of film actors who epitomize the action hero stereotype, alongside Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger"

 in this scene there is a lot of fast editing and quick camera shots that show that this films is an action film

in the scene we can see that hero and the villain of the film are wherein boxing gloves and shorts. the audience can instantly tell that this film is going to be about sports.in the scene we can see that on Rocky’s shorts we can see red and white stripes with a blue band going around the top of them, this resembles the American flag. because the film is an American film the audience can infer from this picture that rocky is the hero of the film