Conventions of film openings

The conventions of film openings are:

• Credits- Title sequence
• Introduction to the main characters 
• Introduction to the key setting/locations
• Production + distribution Co. idents
• Introduction to the narrative- get a sense of the storyline
• Getting a sense of the pace that the film will be at. 
• What mood or tone will be set
• Sets up the genre
• Film title usually comes in early on in the sequence
• Music used to set the mood

• This picture represents the classic opening of Psycho, this shows one of the many conventions of film openings. For example the beginning was just lines of credits and edits. 
• There is also a shot of the cityscape and it's surroundings.  
• The scene then moves from the cityscape to the building, to the window, to the main characters inside. Which is used a lot within film openings.