What is the purpose of film openings?

Film openings are designed to establish a tone or emotion. The audience needs to fall into the same mood and emotion as the film they are watching.

A successful film opening will leave you feeling intrigued, exited and desperate to find out what happens in the following movie. Film openings should be like a short taster of what is come.

Film openings should leave the audience with an emotion towards the film they are about to view.

A film opening should allow the viewer to establish and get an idea of the story that is about to be foretold.

Types of film openings Film openings can be dramatic, artistic, action packed and dark.

Different film genres like horror, thriller, western and comedy have different styles of film openings to represent their stories.

Example of an artistic film opening

Cabin Fever 2 Spring break- Horror

Cartoon style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R73sG1X2DGU

Background story information being depicted

Halloween- horror

Pumpkin, a symbol of Halloween and reference to the film title and background story

Starts of with a sequence of marvel comic pictures, this is to indicate the origins of the film.

Back ground information regarding the creation of the hulk. This is indicated with scientific equipment and environment

Hulk- superhero movie

The film is a remake of the original, so dose not have a background story being depicted in the opening, but uses a pumpkin as significance

Dark background with creepy music help to create the effect of something sinister

Examples of film openings

Dinner for Schmucks- comedy

Mice, create a comical effect

The opening sequence is a reference to the story and one of the characters in the film

Bright colours help to create a happy setting

uplifting music helps to create a sense of happiness along with the mice, which create humor 

Romantic scenes with the mice, suggest that the film may contain romance 

Casino Royale- action

Iconic image used in the film series

Title sequence

Action scenes being depicted, indicate what the film will contain

Evaluation 

Even with different film geners and different style of film openings all these film openings have similar qualities. 

Each film opening creates a mood and an atmosphere.

Each film opening avoids reviling to much of the story 

Each film opening represents the type of film being watched