Monday 5 December 2011

Conventions of film openings

Conventions of film openings are things such as:
  - Title of the film
  - Sense of pace of the film
  - Director/cast etc = titles (genre)
  - Music - often sets the mood and tone
  - Institutional ident/logos for production and distribution company
  - Setting and location are established
  - Audience meet protagonist/main character
  - Digetic and non digetic sound combination

Classic Opening (Phycho)
  - Establish a city scape
  - Building long shot on windows
  - Close up on windows, into the room the characters

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