Film openings are important as they introduce the main character , key settings and locations. Another thing that is used to create the film opening sequence is the production and distribution ident for example 20th Century Fox.
Film openings also produce the the start of the narrative and gets a sense of the story line, it develops the film and gets a sense of the pace of the film and what the mood and tone will be later, music is also used to set the mood for example 'The Taking of Pelham 123' uses Hip Hop music in the opening sequence.
There are different types of film openings such as classica. A classical opening was Alfred Hitchcocks 'Psycho'. Classical Openings tend to have :
- City scape
- A specific building
- A window
- Into the room
- Into the characters- introducing them
A city scape from 'Psycho' showing a classical opening
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