RESEARCH: Conventions of a film opening

In film openings, there are conventions used that are crucial in order to make your film look authentic and more interesting. From some of the thriller openings that I have already seen, like the opening for the film; Seven, there were conventions like: 

 

- Teasers (images or sounds that may give us a lttle clue as to what the movie is going to be about) This may get the audience more excited to watch the movie and may also make the film more interesting for certain people.

 

- Special effects or sound effects that will make the opening more interesting as well as make the audience want to carry on watching. It will help to make the film more unique and like something you've never seen before. 

 

- Sound is also a very important convention as it helps to create an atmosphere. It could cause the beginning to be scary, mysterious, eerie and may even build tention.

 

- Another crucial convention to have in an opening of a movie are the titles. The titles are what introduce all the backstage crew aswell as the cast, and again this may attract more people as certain actors may attract more audience.

 

- Also, you may want to give little hints of the film's setting by giving quick shots of the location. By showing the location, it may attract a different type of audiencde as well as your target audience therefore making you have a bigger audience number.

This is a picture from the opening of 'Seven' the movie with Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt. We can see that there is a title here telling us who the producer is.