The intro to “The Fighter” starts with a black background and the words “Based on a true story.” This sets up the film and gives it a bit of background before the words fade out and the opening shot starts. This is a tracking shot in which we see a seemingly well built character is working on a road, before a second character is revealed to us and pans round to him, in a single long take. After this is a number of short takes in which we see the two characters (revealed to be Dicky and Micky Ward) pretend to box, these takes give it a sense of pace and gives it a very fun feel, parodying a boxing match.
After this, a camera crew is revealed and there is a shot behind the camera crew, then behind the two brothers again. There is then a reverse zoom down a very long street, to give us an idea of the area they are living in, which seems to be a somewhat poor, run down area. Meanwhile, the non-diagetic soundtrack comes in, a very upbeat, jazz sounding song, to set the mood of the opening, a very happy, exciting time, as Dicky announced his return to boxing.
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