Monday, 5 December 2011

What are the conventions of film openings?

* Title of the film
* Sense of the pace of the film
* Director and cast names etc.
* Music -> sets the mood and tone of the film (genre)
* Institutional detail -> logo of production and distribution company
* Setting -> give sense of location
* Introduce main characters
* Diegetic and non-diegetic sound combination

Classic opening
* Establish a city scape
* Building
* Long shot of window
* Close up of window
* Into the room
* Meet the characters

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