Film opening sequences aim to attract audiences by establishing characters, genre and themes. Key elements include studio/production logos, titles with cast and crew, an establishing shot introducing characters and location, and an action/event to intrigue audiences with questions. Music and visual elements provide contextual cues about the genre to help audiences understand and engage with the story. Effective openings use these conventions to attract audiences and set the stage for the film.

1. Convections of film opening
sequence

2.  The purpose of film opening sequences is to
attract the audience into carrying on watching the
film.
The opening credits of motion pictures are shown
at the beginning, which establishes the characters
(protagonist and the antagonist) and genre.This will
be shown either superimposed on a blank screen or
over the action.
Importance

3. Studio/Production Company logo
Titles (cast & crew)
Themes andTopics
Genre
Establishing shot
Introduction to characters
Action/event
Enigma
Non-diegetic music

4. This is used to advertise the company that has
helped the film to be distributed.
IfWarner Brothers or 20th Century Fox logo is
shown, the audience is likely to expect a big
budget block buster.

5.  They are designed to tell the audience the names of the actors
and actresses, and organisations involved with the making of
the film.There is a way of presenting these information in the
credit sequence.
 Producer's name
 Production company
The Directors name
The title name
The highest grossing actor
 Supporting cast
 Crew
The type of convection is a
method of attraction to the film
for the audience. For example,
seeing Daniel Craig audience
may expect for a action/thriller.

6.  It is the story within the genre, it is what
happens in film opening

7.  The film openings establish the genre of the film due to key
genre conventions to indicate the genre to the audience.
 For example, within a horror movie the key convention in
which will be presented to the audience automatically would
be the use of low key lighting to create tension, dissonant
eerie music and the use of colour such as black, gray and red
to suggest dominance death.

8.  Establishing shots are common in the introduction to a
film. It is a shot that sets out the location at the start of
the film.This is used so that the audience can distinguish
where they are to settle them into the film.

9. In a film opening as this is where the audience
generally are shown the main characters as it
signifies their importance and statues within the
film.Within specific film the establishing of
characters helps the audience identify the genre of
the film as some actors are usually associated with
one specific genre. Also, introduces the character
and creates a first impression to the audience about
the character.
For example, in ‘The Fault in our Stars’ the female
character is shown unwell as you see there is an tube
attached around her nose.This makes it clear to the
audience that the film is an emotional story.

10.  In the opening sequence the event is most important as
it helps the audience to figure out what is going on and
what is about to happen in the main part of the film.
 The action part helps the audience figure out what the
genre of the film is going to be.

11.  The unanswered questions depends on the situation. This is
used to help create questions and tension right from the very
start to entice the audience. Keeps the audience interested
in the film and wanting to find out the questions that are
going through there heads, also keeps the audience
intrigued.

12.  Non- diegetic conventions can be used to set scene for the audience
and conveys the type of genre and what to expect in the film.
 Diegetic music to help set the scene where the actors can hear the
sound.
 Certain sounds are represented with certain genres as different
noises can represent different things.