Opening Sequence

Example from The Last Song

Opening shot, warm colours, sets tension Sad, gentle music- no dialogue

Faint diegetic sounds- ambulance siren Introduction of the 1st main character

New location, lighter music, institutions title Name of actress playing key role character

Title of the film(words shown over plain area) Name of actor playing 2nd key role character

Name of several supporting characters Establishing shots while names fade in/out

Dialogue plays over faded music to set storyline Other known actors with smaller parts- film begins

After small intro scene, more actors names are shown

Camera follows girl showing that she is the main character

Different angles show the audience the main location

Music ends with a collision of characters and story begins