Opening Sequence Elements

The purpose of an opening title sequence to a film is to establish the visual style of the film and to introduce the viewer to all or some of the following:

-Characters
-Location
-Narrative/plot
-Genre
-Themes

An opening sequence of a film will contain:

- Details of cast and crew
-The film title
-an introduction to character/character type
-Indication of place
-Indication of historical period
-Information regarding mood/tone
-Information about genre
-Questions the viewer finds intriguing
-Patterns and type of editing
-Mise-en-scene of cinematography

Student opening scene
Affliction

What Went Well: they created an atmosphere well and created a lot of questions that were created, the music they used created the atmosphere really well.

Even Better If: Some of the pauses were too long, there were different volumes of sound which made it sound a little unprofessional. There was a sound of cracking glass that was a bit too loud as it took your attention away from the action.

Deathly shadows

What Went Well: the make up was good and looked realistic, the chapter on the bible was good but it didn't have much relevance at the start. The shot of the girl with the gun was good because the shadow made it look really mysterious.

Even Better If: Dialogue sounded too scripted and it was unrelistic, the man playing the lead looked too young to be in a suite with that much money and with the flat that he had which didn't make it seem realistic either.