Main 1: Conventions of an Opening Sequence

I have analyzed the conventions from an opening sequence from two films with different genres. This will give me ideas for when I will be making my own opening sequence in the main task.

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Firstly, I anaylsed the opening sequence from 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' and this genre is of an Action one. I have anaylsed different aspects of this sequence including music and annimation.

This screengrab from the opening sequence tells the viewer a few things about what the whole film is going to be about. The fact that there is alot of animation in the sequence tells the viewer that the film itself is going to be animated and perhaps non-realistic, however action pact at the same time. Also, whilst in the animation, the music is fast and has a low beat. This shows that the film is going to be full of action which is fast paced and this is refelcted in the music, the low beat shows that the film is going to have a sligth darkness to it, perhaps something that will shock the viewer.

This screengrab to the right tells us other aspects of the film aswell. The opening sequence shows the credits which include cast and crew. The colours used for instance in this screengrab are very dark colours, like black and grey. These colours could reflect that in the film there is darkness within some of the characters meaning they will surprise the audience.

The next screengrab is of the title. This tells the audience of the actual film they are going to watch and leads them on to know what the film is going to be about. Once again, alot of dark colours are used to suggest the film is not one of happiness and does not have the charactersitics of a 'comedy' film for example. The opening title is again animated with the black background moving, which suggests that film is going be non-realistic in some parts just like the opening sequence.