Tuesday, 7 November 2017

10 conventions used in movie openings:

These are 10 common conventions that can be seen in most opening scenes in a movie:
  1. Idents
  2. Titles (Link too Titles conventions blog)
  3. Establishing shot
    • 1st shot
    • Extreme long-shot
  4. Narrative enigma
    • Polysemic
  5. Sound
    • Diegetic and non-diegetic
    • Specific too the genre
  6. Exposition
    • Mise-en-scene
    • Anchorage
  7. Intro to characters
    • Voice overs
    • Tracking shots
    • Anchorage to personality , etc
  8. Basic Narrative structure
  9. Genre signification
    • Intertextuality
  10. Transition to main film

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