The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring - Up to 2 minutes 3 seconds.

The opening to the film starts with a narrator giving us an explanation of what has happened, in a brief time we receive enough information of what has happened. So we know what is going on in the Lord of the Rings universe. During this narration and explanation we get a view of what is being explained, we get close up shots and medium shots of the characters being explained, the elves are shown as very peaceful and calm when they receive the rings and are a bit curious, a medium close up is used here to show their reaction to the rings because their faces show it. While the dwarves are curious at the make and craft of their rings and are great full for the rings, we see this with a medium shot and see their reaction as it is quite clear. Holding the rings into the air and celebrating. Finally we see the men and their reaction to the ring, a medium shot is used here and we can see in their eyes the greed and desire for more, they take one look at their rings and have no expression. They seek more.
Throughout all of this the narrator is also explaining their goals and attributes, the elves are told as the most wisest and fair of creatures, the audience can see this from their facial expressions, the dwarves are said to be great miners and craftsmen, the audience can see this from their reaction and expressions of their faces and the way they hold the rings. While the men are told to be the greediest and the race that desires power the most, this can clearly be seen in their reaction. These shots combined with the non-diagetic narration create a storyline and backbone of three of the main races that live on middle earth and create and interest in the viewers mind of how the rest of the story is going to play out.

But then a new character is introduced. We have a long shot of a volcano irrupting while the narrator is explaining what this character is doing, this create a very cataclysmic idea in our heads, that whatever this character is up too can’t be good. The narrator tells us that there is another ring, and that it’s in the hands of the Dark Lord Sauron and he plans to dominate all life on middle-earth.

Again the narrator directs us to a new scene where men and elf stood together in one final battle against Sauron. This scene starts off with a medium shot of a squad of men marching towards Saurons armies, the camera then zooms out of the medium shot to a long shot, and now the audience sees the massive scale war that is being waged. All the while the non-diagetic voice of the narrator is explaining to the audience what is happening and gives us an even greater sense of what is at stake if they lose. The camera then goes to a bird’s eye view which is tracking the battle and showing us how humongous it is, this creates a sense of excitement and fear of how the battle will turn out and what will happen to the people of Middle Earth.

The audience gets a sense of the battle when the camera drops down to ground level and gets lots of medium shots, medium close up shots and longs shots. The audience have a glimpse of full scale war being waged and the losses on both sides, good and evil. Throughout this tremendous battle scene there is a non-diagetic music track going on, which adds to the epic sense of war and how serious what the men and elves are fighting for is.

This creates a good action scene full of action and a background story with great supporting music