Film openings have to give away as little of the story-line as possible, whilst still drawing in the audience and making them want to know what happens in the rest of the film.
In the opening of 'Reservoir Dogs' you can straight away tell that it is a gangster, crime movie judging by the mise used, especially in the costume choice. This would stereotypically be a seen as aimed at a male audience as it involves masculine themes such as smoking. This may also involve the hypodermic needle theory as the characters smoking are seen as cool.
The opening of 'The Chronicles of Narnia' portray it to be a gender neutral film. It shows themes of violence and war. But because the film is based on a book, the audience will most likely already know that there is a theme of magic and fantasy throughout, bringing this back to a gender neutral, family film. The fact that the main characters have been separated from their parents makes you feel sorry for them, and this bond carries out through the rest of the film.
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