Conventions of Film Openings

At the start of a film, we all ways have an opening, every single film must have an opening, a good opening draws the attention of the audience. So to make a good film opening you will have to have to include:

• The credits- title sequence 
• introducing the main characters
• Introducing the key settings and locations
• Production and distribution Co. idents
• Introducing to the narrative- get a sense of the storyline 
• Get a sense of the pace of the film- what mood and tone will the film be like later
• Set up the genre 
• Film title usually early on in the sequence
• Music used to set the mood of the film

In a Classic opening of a film we have

• The city scape 
• Buildings   
• Window
• Intro the characters

  An example of a film which uses a Classic opening, the film PSYCHO, filmed in the 1960's, shows us a brilliant example of a Classic opening.