Conventions Of Film Openings

At the beginning of a conventional film opening it includes:

• Credits- title sequence
• Introduces the main character
• Introduces the key setting and location
• Production + distrubtion co. idents
• Intoduces to the narrative- get a sense of a stroyline
• Get a sense of the pace of the film- what the modd is and what the tone will be like later
• Sets up the genre
• Film title ususally early on in the sequence
• Music used to set the mood

An example of a film opening is The Taking of Pelham 123

A Classic opening film has different conventions for example Psycho (1960) includes:

• A city scape to set the location

• A building to set the setting

• The camera sweeps into the window

• Introduction of characters

The graphics used for the credits of Psycho remind me of Saul Bass's famous credits for The Man With The Golden Finger

Psycho - Graphic Credits

The Man With The Golden Finger - Graphic Credits