1. Film Opening Conventions

2. Production Logo
• At the start of a film it will be introduced with
the companies who worked on the films logos
and distribution logos.
• The companies will change the theme of their
logos to fit the genre of the film depending on
the funding of the film.

3. Warner Bros. Production Logo

4. Titles
• At the start of a film it will have some sort of
titles. Most of the time these titles will include
the name of the film and also important
names that helped produce the film such as
producers, editors and the main
actors/actresses names.
• The theme of the titles are different for
different films to give it the right feel for the
genre of film.

5. Opening titles to Superbad

6. Opening Titles to Step Brothers

7. Establishing Genre
• In the first few minutes of the film the
audience should be able to establish what
genre the film is. This way they will know if
they want to keep watching the film.

8. The opening scene to Saving Private
Ryan:
The audience can see that the film is
war based.

9. Establishing Key Characters
• The look of the main characters can establish
what the genre of the film is.
Just from looking at
Pete Dunham in Green
Street helps the
audience know that he
is going to be an
aggressive, violent
character. Which is
what the film is based
on.

10. Establishing Locations
• Also the film opening will establish where the
film is set.
The opening of Star
Wars shows that the
film is based out of
space and that it
contains things such
as space ships.

11. Themes
• The opening of films have different things we
expect to see to represent a genre of a certain
film. Such as in an action film you would
expect to see some sort of combat or a chase.
Or at the start of a comedy you would expect
something funny said by the character or to
happen to the character.

12. James Bond: Quantum of Solace
This film shows the
theme of the film
straight away by
having a car and
gun battle. It lets
the audience know
that the film is
about James Bond
who is chasing and
trying to capture or
kill the criminals.

13. Sound
• In a film opening we either hear diegetic or
non-diegetic sound.
• Diegetic is when the sound is in the world of
the actors.
• Non-diegetic is when the sound is over the top
of the film and is not heard by the characters.
Using non-diegetic sound can help the
audience know what type of film it is and it
also sets the scene.

14. Enigma
• Using enigma is a great way of keeping the
audience attention. Enigma is usually used in
action and crime themed films but can also be
used in any other genre of film.