Film openings

FILM OPENINGS

CONVENTIONS Intro to characters Genre Intro to place, e.g. Location,

building Enigma, e.g. Visually appealing,

mysterious, intrigued by the character shown (usually based around one).

EDITING/CINEMATOGRAPHY

When editing, usually match-on-action and knitting together different clips helps it run smoothly which gives it verisimilitude. This makes it much easier to focus on as appose to jumpy clips which could get potentially confusing.

WITHIN THE OPENING TITLE OF FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF, WE ARE IMMEDIATELY TOLD LOCATION, TIME AND INTRODUCED TO THE MAIN CHARACTERS

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Suburban house Ferris, mother, father, sisterImmediately telling upcoming plot, what's going to happen “they bought it” – script

MISE-EN-SCENEDepending on the genre of the

movie the mise-en-scene is crucial to create the atmosphere (clothes etc) and suspense that is needed to make viewers fixated on the what could happen later on, leaving us with a cliff hanger.

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Within this clip from 10 Things i hate about you, automatically we notice the controversial behaviour in the character Kat.

It makes the audience wonder where she got her aggression and why? Will she at any point become vulnerable?

SOUND Non-Diegetic; Diegetic; voice overs;

narration; sound effects. This creates realism and makes you feel the emotion the director wants you to feel (to suit the genre of film) for instance, Tim Burton (Edward Scissor Hands) the use of non-diegetic echoes and voices gives us a mysterious and puzzling feeling.

Usually music in the charts that are relatable to the storyline or used to express characters feelings.