This document discusses conventions of title sequences and opening credits in films and television. It notes that title sequences typically include the production companies, editors, director, actors and other important crew members. It also often includes action footage or shots of the protagonist and antagonist. The document then discusses how the author's opening sequence for a thriller genre film challenged some conventions by having a less graphic opening action scene to build suspense rather than desensitize the audience. It also discusses how the author challenged the genre convention of only having female hostages by making the protagonist a male hostage to surprise the audience.

1. or challenge forms and
conventions of real media
products?

2. Conventions of an opening
sequence
 A title sequence is a method in which by
which cinematic films or television programs
present their title key credit productions and
cast members, or both, utilizing conceptual
visuals and sound.
 The opening credits of motion pictures are
shown at the beginning and list the most
important members of the production they are
now shown as the superimposed on a blank
screen or static pictures, or sometimes on top
of action in the show.
 Sometimes this sequence is accompanied by
music.

3. Types of convention signifiers I
used
 Name of Production companies
 Editors
 Director
 Top billing actors
 The movie title
 Action footage
 Protagonist and Antagonists present

4. Unconventional elements in my
opening sequence
 Although our opening sequence
started with an action scene, the
action shown to the audience is only a
chase scene and therefore isn’t as
horrific and gory as most thriller
opening scenes in this genre. We
hope that this challenged convention
would interest the audience more and
build suspense within the audience.

5. Genre conventions (Thriller)
 Low key lighting
 Tension and suspense
 Violence and blunt
 A villain and hero (good vs bad)
 Location
 Character presence
 Murder/ crime
 Dreary/creepy music

6. Generic conventions that I chose
 Chase
 Capture
 Suspense and tension
 Intense music

7. Generic Genre conventions I
challenged or developed
 A generic genre conventions is the use
of female characters as hostages. I
challenged this genre convention by
placing a male actor as the protagonist
who gets captured and held hostage. I
did this to make the audience think that
males have as much chance as females
is becoming a hostage victim. My
audience would be able to relate seeing
male hostages ISIS Terrorist Group that
have been in the news over the past
year.