Rules Of Opening

Rules of Opening

In films there aren’t any specific rules of what order the elements in film should be in bedsides two. These elements consist of a Title screen, a fade in sequence or instant cut in, introductory credits such as introducing people who are going to be featured in this film and a media branding company e.g. the Warner Bros (this can be used multiple types). In terms of having these factors in order, the branding company must always be before the title screen because if a film was to display the title of the film then show the branding company saying something like “Media Company presents”, it wouldn’t make much sentence because the title film would of already been presented

Here is a perfect example of an opening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjLJ6Cke6RM&safe=active (Spiderman 3 – Opening)

At the very start of this film it shows off the companies that were associated with this film such as Colombia Pictures and Marvel. As I have stated before this isn’t always the case. Some films sometimes start with a fade in to the movie then display the companies associated with film, followed up by the title screen. Here is an example of this happening:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue-yhbbU12o&safe=active

This is an example of the opening credits to this film. As you can see the companies introduce that were associated with the film where introduced before the title of the film was displayed.

After the companies and title screen where shown, the opening then started to display people who are going to be featured in the film such as Tobey Maguire, Kristen Dunst and James Franco.

Once all the credits are displayed the film then transitions into the first shot of the film where it continues to climax.