Previewing film openings and getting ideas

For our opening we want to use a narrative over the top, whilst reatianing a story about soemones life. We aim to use many establishing and detailed shots to set our scene

Films that have ideas we like

-Zombieland - Narration

-Shaun of the Dead - Some of the shots / also British
-Inbetweeners - The narration / relatablilty / far less humour
-Walking dead - The idea of the empty but scenic opening shots

Yes, these films maybe in the thriller/zombie concept. But we're taking ideas not the overall genre
Another inspiration is Me before you, another drama in of which we plan to similarise with. We didn't copy it as we didn't know it existed till someone referenced it to us after previewing it. however know owning this knowledge we can go of a drama which follows a similar opening to us of which we can share and differ on conventions.