Codes and Conventions

I will be comparing the opening to three films and seeing what is similar and what is different.

All of these films open with the production team for example Warner brothers. (As shown below) Each have their own unique introduction so automatically audiences recognise their brand. For example with warner brothers they have their own unique music that they play at the start of every film. Each film states the name of the film after naming the production name and the director. At the same time, they have a video playing, introducing the film to keep the viewers interested instead of losing concentration. The 2 comedy films, start by showing a moment in the past of the characters lives, the is a quick introduction to make sense of the film.

 

The directors know that this is the time that the audience are unsettled and are sometimes late to the cinema, so they do not show an important part of the film, instead they show a part to settle the audience, something interesting while presenting the main productions staffs name at the beggining, and the 'less' important staff at the end. Each of the films start by showing a snippet of the genre of the film, for example in Happy gilmore, they show the boy playing hockey. In spacejam, they show a boy playing basket ball. In Outpost, they show soldiers in a truck. This is to let the audience know from the start what the genre is and what to expect in the film. The title is usually show in big bold writing, to advertise the film for the trailer and to introduce it (as show below).

In the short introduction, they try to introduce the main characters and explain a little bit about them, they can do this by showing a childhood clip, or even showing another character aspiring to this character, insinuating that they are the hero.