Conventions of film openings

• film title 
• music/soundtrack-> sets the mood and tone of the film (also the genre)
• fonts
• sense of pace
• director/cast
• institutional detail. i.e: logos of producing studios, distribution companies
• introduction of setting-> gives us a sense of location
• introduction to protagonists
• diegetic and non-diegetic sound combination

we looked at 'the taking of pelham 1,2,3' to get a better sense of the conventions of film openings.

Classic opening

• Establish a city scape
• Building
• Long shot of window
• close up of window
• into the room
• introduction to characters 

 
We looked at Alfred Hitchcock's 'Physco' and identified that it was a Classic opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzkIaD6QGQw, i couldn't find the embedded link so i've just posted the correct opening here