The opening scene shows various news clips and documentary-like footage of these monster/alien attacks to give the audience an idea of what is happening and so that they can empathise with the characters in the movie as it allows them to see all the damage and destruction in a way that they would see it if it was real, making it a more realistic experience for them.
The main character is also introduced in the opening scene of the movie, along side his brother, we cannot tell straight away which one is the main character, however because they have both been introduced near the start, we can assume that one or both of them is going to have quite an important role in the film.
There are a lot of establishing and close up shots in the beginning of this film, which is typical of the action/adventure/sci-fi genre as it gives the audience a good chance to both get to know the setting, whether it is a fantasy setting or somewhere realisitic and also who the main characters are and what kind of people they are. The establishing shots in Pacific Rim show the viewer that it is set in a realistic world, in real places, however features unrealistic characters such as the monsters and the robots. It also presents the main characters as a bunch of average guys who have signed themselves up to this robot thing, much like the average, day-to-day guys that sign up to the real armed forces etc.
There is some cutting form one shot to the next in Pacific Rim to create the idea of chaos and disaster as the choppy shots give he idea of confusion and make it more disorientating for the audience to watch, rather than it being smoother and easier to follow, which would make it seem more calm. Other shots flow from one to the next more smoothly and naturally, to contrast with the chaos and make an obvious distinction between the bits where bad things are happening and the parts where it is more calm and relaxed.
The lighting and setting throughout the film is quite realistic as it is set as though it is in real life cities featuring ordinary people and not in a made up place, however, a lot of fx and cg is used to create the sea monsters and the robots, as these aren't exactly real things that they could actually use, and so an elimination of the film is unrealistic, however, the unreal element being in a real setting makes it seem less questionable to the audience as it seems more natural and will be more relatable if it is in a setting that they are used to.
The narrative of the film is fairly straight forward with not really any flash backs or flash forwards and the story is mostly told as it is happening through use of dialogue and also through what is happening visually. However, there are some flashback scenes when they are going inside the robots, which give the viewer some insight into the characters past, making it more interesting as bits are revealed along the way.
A very naturalistic style of acting is used in Pacific Rim and all the characters seem to be relatively normal and average-person like. I think this is used to make it seem as real as possible to make it more relatable for the audience if the characters are just regular people with regular families.
There is a lot of diegetic sound in the film such as characters voices and the sounds that supposedly come from the sea monsters and the robots. Yet again, I believe is is used to continue the natural and real life like effect of the film. There is also some non-diegetic sound such as dramatic music, which is very typical of films of this genre as it helps to build tension and create drama, as well as potentially foreshadowing coming events.
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