Film Openings

Pretty Woman

Genre; Romance

Conventions; Garry Marshall film. Setting of the scene is shown, theme song. 

Style of opening; Introduction to the plot and some of the main characters. 

Information in the credits; Film title, producers, actors and production companies like Touchstone Pictures and Silver Screen Partners IV.

Narrative of the film; Scene is set at a upper class house party, narrative spoken between the man that seems to be the main character and a group of men that could be his friends. 

Final Destination 3

Genre; Horror

Conventions; Fair ground at night time, screaming that brings a sense of fear at a fair ground and different rides. Gives an idea of something bad might happen at the fair ground. Clown faces and red devils. 

Style of opening; Title sequence

Information in credits; Production companies, producers, actors, title and editors.

Narrative of film; Sounds of people of the fair ground rides e.g screaming, very little talk between the group of friends.

Reservoir Dogs

Genre; Crime/Drama

Conventions; Theme song, use of adult language between the group of friends to show the age and content within the film.

Style of opening; Introduction to some of the main characters.

Information in credits; Production companies, producers and actors with images.

Narrative of film; Eight men are planning a diamond heist. The stealing goes wrong and the police are informed and coming to arrest them. The result of the police knowing is that the group of men argue and some of the men getting killed. The police arrested the men who were still alive and retrieved the diamonds. 

Pulp-fiction

Genre; Crime, Drama and Thriller

Conventions; Dialogue with shot/reverse shot. 

Style of opening; Definition of pulp-fiction.

Information in credits; Producers and actors.

Narrative of film; Simple location in a cafe. Immediately discuss the plot, indication to what might happen next.

The number 23

Genre; Horror

Conventions; Music builds using string instruments. Title shot down onto first setting.

Style of opening; Title sequence.

Information in credits; Producers.

Narrative of film; A man called Walter Sparrow reads a book called 'The Number 23'. Walter relates himself to the man in the book. There is no chapter 23 within the book. Later in the book Walter finds a address and goes to it, he soon finds out the 23rd chapter written on the wall. Turns out Walter was the person who wrote the book and was a killer and hands himself into the police.  

Evil Dead

Genre; Horror

Conventions; Bold red title on black background, trees in the font of the title. Choir music. Change in music half way through, tempo increases.

Style of opening; Title sequence.

Information in credits; Producers, directors, designers and actors. 

Narrative of film; A group of friends arrive at an old cabin to try and stop their friends heroin addiction, but what they don't know is that the cabin is possessed. A girl gets possessed resulting in many deaths of her friends.  

The Conjuring

Genre; Horror

Conventions; Newspaper articles with images of family members. Effect is black and white. Bold font, opposite to background colour.

Style of opening; Action and title sequence.

Information in credits; Directors, written by, producers, designers and music by.

Narrative of film; The Warren family are getting told about a doll called Annabelle that is haunted. There are paranormal activities that happen when the Perron family move into a house, resulting in family members dying, due to different families living on a women's land who killed herself due to sacrificing her son to the devil.

Se7en

Genre; Horror

Conventions; Film title is the first thing on screen. Newspapers, books and images of people. Bass music, spark sound made by string instruments. Font is white and bold.

Style of opening; Action and title sequence.

Information in credits; Directors, actors, designers and music by.

Narrative of film; Two detectives looking into the mind of an unknown serial killer.