2013 MAIN Post 1 - Conventions of an Opening Sequence

I am looking at some opening sequences to get a better understanding of what I will be making and what they normally look like, from doing this I hope it will help us as a group to make the best sequence possible.

The first sequence that I am going to be looking at is 21 jump street, the reason that I have chosen this open sequence is because it is a comedy and it is about teenagers like are sequence/film will be about.

These images are showing us clips of the opening sequence of 21 jump street. What I found out when watching this clip is that it gives you a strong idea of what the film is going to be like without giving away the main plot.

They do this by making the sequence full of action to portray what the film is going to be like, the opening sequence also gives you all the actors names so you know who is staring in the film, how produced it and writer for example.

 Also the sequence let me know that there would be a lot of violence and content that would not be suitable for a young content.


The next sequence I am going to be look at is skyfall, which is an action film. The reason I thought I would look at this sequence is because our film will also have clips of action within the open sequence.

When I was looking at the open sequence I found out that the background music can be a key features as it can cause the tense you want within the sequence to draw people in.

This sequence also showed me that not all sequences have to be fast and full of action but can still be affective.

http://www.artofthetitle.com

This link above gives you all the opening sequences you want to watch and will help you get a good understanding of opening sequences because there is all different genres.