Research - the purpose of a film opening.

From last lesson I've learnt that most film openings start with certain conventions regardless of their genre. Examples of these are:
• Production and Distribution Company Logo
• Film title
• Titles (of key cast and crew)
• Establishing shots
• Soundtrack
• Topic/Theme
• Introduction to the characters
• Narration/Text or Images which are relevant to the film
• Action/Event
• Establishing genre
• Setting the mood

Production and Distribution Company Logo:

At the beginning of every film there is a logo of the production/distribution company because the movie itself advertises the company which has helped with the funding and media distribution. Examples of these are DreamWorks, Universal and many more.

Film title:

The title of the film also appears at the very beginning and it always has a purpose. Most of the times, titles reveal a bit of information about the movie itself, for example the title “The Hunger games” says exactly what the movie is about – games of hunger. However, the title “Titanic” has more hidden and secret meaning, it only says the name of a ship but no one from the audience knows what the movie is going to be about just by reading the title.

                                           

Titles (cast and crew):

Opening credits are shown at the very beginning and list the most important members of the production. They are now usually shown as text superimposed on a blank screen or static pictures, or sometimes on top of action in the show. There may or may not be accompanying music.

Establishing shot:

An establishing shot establishes the setting of a scene. When we see a shot of the sun setting behind the exterior of a building, and then we cut to the inside of that building where our scene takes place, we have seen an establishing shot.

Soundtrack

A soundtrack, also written sound track, can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game.

Introducing the characters in films:

The main characters of a film are often introduced straight from the beginning of the film.