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Storytelling

Gravity , which is a suspense/thriller and Sci-Fi/Fantasy movie directed by Alfonso CuarĂ³n and was released on October 4,2013. Gravity is about when two astronauts work together to survive after an accident which leaves them alone in space. Sandra Bullock plays a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with George Clooney as a veteran astronaut in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes.That’s when the shuttle is destroyed and leaves them alone, as fear turns into panic and every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. The only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.The first impressions such as the opening or hook of a movie will either make someone continue to watch it or not. What interests a person to watch a movie, it has to have a strong opening. As the book states, First Impressions: The Art and Craft of Storytelling, “Beginnings are the sales pitch for