- Lasting 2 minutes
- Introduce main characters
- Establishes the main scene
- Usually non diegetic sound
- Key event will occur
Conventions of a thriller film opening
- Fast editing/cuts
- Draw audience in
- non diegetic music usually matches theme of the film opening
- Tracking and Pan shots commonly used
The general order of titles for an opening
- Ident
- Main Actor
- Title (can be after the stars or at the end)
- Other actors
- Crew
- Director
Timeline in order for our film 'pushers' titles |
The timeline for the opening of Titanic, shows how it generally follows the order for the titles |
Conventions used in our thriller
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