Conventions of Film Openings

There are basic conventions of film openings. At the start of a film, has the title sequence and the opening credits. This includes the introduction of the production and distribution company idents, introducing the main characters, introducing the setting / location and introducing the start of the narrative to gain a sense of what the movie will be about. Also in the opening sequence of a film, it enables the audience to be informed about the genre and the pace of the film; mood and the tone.

A classic film opening is the opening sequence Psycho; there is two minutes of graphics, displaying the title of the film, the director and some of the people involved in making the film. After the two minutes there is a Landscape of Arizona, which the film tells us, in addition to the time and date. The camera then focuses on one significant building, and continues to zoom into the building until it is going through a window, introducing some characters. By then, the audience can tell that the female character is the protagonist.