Opening Sequences What's the purpose of opening Sequences? The purpose of an opening sequence is for it to establish the mood and visual character of a film. It is also used to introduce the viewer to all or some of the elements such as Characters, locations, plot, themes and narrative. What's the difference between opening credits and a title sequence? In some films, the title sequence is preceded by a cold open. The opening credits help establish the setting and the tone of the program. What Techniques be employed in an opening sequence? Quick cuts - portray lots of information to the audience as well as create suspense to the thriller genre. Opening sequence to show setting. This clearly gives information to the audience and can create more suspense clearly based on what genre the film has been set in. No music playing during an opening sequence can give the audience a sense that there is some sort of suspense that is showing within the fil...
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ReplyDeleteOverall Score: 16/20
Some really great elements here. Just needed some tidying up to be even more effective.
Sound could have really made more of an impact being big hits at points of big reveals like toby in the boot of the car or the lift opening to reveal body guards.
Overall a good relationship between sound and the visual aspects.
Film title gets lost a bit, too quick and not enough of a feature.
Credits are too fast across the screen, you can't even read it.
Some great flow and continuity though, well done on the editing.