Film Opening

FILM	GENRE	CONVENTIONS	STYLE OF OPENING	INFO/CREDITS	NARRATIVE/STORY LINE
Pretty Women	Comedy and romance	Music-is a piano which could represent poshness and upmarket, it is also quite upbeat The setting	Shows key characters and it also gives you a clear idea of the sort of setting.	Gives names of the actors /actresses who play the key characters	Party- upmarket
The Dark Knight	Action	Music-sounds dark which could create tensions Dark Violence It established the genre	Action-key event which could affect the rest of the film	It showed the institution but had no other credits.	Key narrative to introduce you to key character’s e.g. the Joker
Final Destination 3	Horror	Sound effects-rain, screams from the fair, fairground rides. It’s about fortune and faith which could be ironic	Fairground-could show the setting	Opening credits	Mood setting, this is shown by the music and light changes.
Pulp Fiction	Action/Crime/ Drama	A lot of swearing Equilibrium Quote at the beginning	Narrative-2 people having a conversation	After the first scene the credits come up	Setting the mood of the film with the conversation, introduced to two main character’s
The Shining	Horror	Music and sound effects make the film feel more dramatic	-landscape-setting	Credits go over the top of the film	A car driving down a long road –away from civilisation showing isolation
Mean Girls	Comedy	Light hearted music/upbeat and happy It is light and bright	Get introduced to the key characters, you learn about her and her life before	Names of the most well-known actors/actresses at the beginning and the name of the film then into opening , then some names come on top of the film	A girls first day of school
Final Destination 5	Horror	Horror/thriller music- scary dramatic music in to more calm music Fire, glass braking	Credits opening Shows all the mans of key actresses and actors	Shows the productions and institutions Then shows the names of actors and actresses	Give you an idea of who’s in the film eg if there are any well-known actresses or actors
The notebook	Romance /drama	Calm peaceful music-piano A scenic, lovely peaceful setting Dark but bright at the same time Its calm and relaxing-river- flowing water	Sets the scene Also shows you key names of actresses and actors	Gives you the names of key/main actors and actresses around the side of the film/pictures in small white writing	A river with an orange sky reflecting on the water A lonely man rowing his boat along it
The devil inside	Horror/thriller	It starts with a 911 call which could automatically mean danger	Sets the scene for the rest of the film, background story	It gives you names of key characters when it shows you the 911 call	It shows the 911 call worded on the screen