EVALUATION - QUESTION 1

CONVENTIONS of a film opening.

- Duration - approx 2minutes

- The use of sound and music which is often used to build tension.
- The production company's ident The titles: these include the production company, main cast, the film's name, other cast members and the directors. The order in which these appear varies between films.

SOUND - a good thriller has loads of sounds that give it the mood and attraction for the audience.

 

TITLE SEQUENCES

 A Normal film opening begins with: production company ident and distribution company.
Followed by the actors that are starring in the film (if the writer is more famous or well known, their name will appear first)
 The placing of the film title changes but it usually at the beginning to middle of the title sequence - most commonly around the timing that the actors name's appear. 
Then the crew: the director of photography, editor, product designer, music supervisor and costume designer. The very titles are the producer and director.

 

Titles should not interfere with the actual film so most titles are in the corner of the screen in small font and not to big that will cover up the action being shown to the audience. Some titles are bigger due to importance.

 

 

EXAMPLES OF HOW WE STUCK CLOSELY TO THE TITLE SEQUENCE STRUCTURE:

 - intertextuality

We based one of the last scenes with the ending of Adulthood (British Drama 2008 - Sequel to Kidulthood) however we filmed ours at a closer shot of the action because at the same time we have to consider are plot and the conventions of a thriller: not to let the audience see everything that will happen, we create suspense by not showing the identity of the 2 main characters - only briefly in some scenes: Creating the sense Mystery part of a "CRIME" thriller. 

The interview has been used in loads of movies but the idea was taken from are own preliminary film that we did as a training for are final filming for are crime thriller opening.