Point Break (1991) is an American-produced crime/thriller film starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves. The film begins with a close-up shot of the ocean. The opening credits overlap with footage of a man surfing a wave and then another man shooting a gun at targets. There is a clear connection between the man wielding the gun and the surfers but little else is able to be interpreted from the opening scene creating an air of mystery. Although little is elaborated upon in the first two minutes of the film, it is an effective opening to draw in the reader due to the curiosity it presents to the audience. A non-continuity editing technique is used in this scene in order to connect two items that would normally not be seen together; in this case, the surfers and the man wielding the gun. The opening jumps from one scene to the next rather rapidly. The director was extremely meticulous with the design of the opening credits. He used a variety of editing techniques to make the text fade in and out as well as slide across the screen. Incidental music is combined with dim lighting and colors to create an air of mystery and suspense, as if something is building. Upon release, the film made 83.5 million in the box office, the film itself costing only 24 million to produce.
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