Different Structured Film Openings

In my lesson we looked at film openings, we learnt that there are three basic structures in film openings which are:

• A discrete title sequence.
• Titles over a blank screen, followed by the narrative opening.
• A narrative opening with the titles running throughout.
• A 'stylised editing' structure.

The Opening credits of Seven

This is a discrete-

A discrete title sequence is when it is not part of the actual film, no information about the film is given away e.g. characters, location. The film'Se7en' is an example of this, it is a discrete title sequence because throughout there are various special effects used, also there is a colour filter used along with the reduction of opacity to layer in different clips. Time manipulations are also used and there are no characters shown throughout the title sequence.

Stylised Opening

A stylised opening is when a films opening has a message something to do with the film this can be shown through special effects , the pace of how the opening of the film goes  especially through the tirtle sequence e.g the taking of pelham 123 , where the title sequence is like a moving train , which links to the film .