Friday, 2 December 2011

conventions of film openings

- Production company ident
- Distrubition company ident
- Music associated with those idents
- List of credits - directors,actors,casting etc..
- Title of film
- Establishing shot
- Find out where its set (location)
- Introduce main characters
- Find out hints about the storyline/situation/narrative
- Sets the mood and tone and outs into place the genre


'The taking of PELHAM 123' is a perfect example that follows the order of a conventional film opening

Classic openings
- Skyline/cityscape
- close up of a building, close-up of a particular window
- go into that room associated with the window & meet the characters



The film 'PSYCHO' that came out in 1960 is a horror film that follows the classic opening of a film 

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