In film openings, you will always have the production logos and distribution logos of the main companies that work on the movie. Depending on the budget of the film, or the hype surrounding it, the logo will be edited in a form which relates to the story line of the movie.
There are four types of conventions when editing the opening of a movie, these are:
-Discrete
-Stylised
-Traditional
-Black Screen
All four of these film openings can be very effective, depending on what film it is included in.
An example of this, is the film: 'Mesrine' - which uses a stylised opening. The film is about the life of French gangstar Jacques Mesrine, and the opening credits represent this, with the use of many screens on the one big screen, suggesting a criminal activity or a suspicious atmosphere.
The picture below shows this:
In our own thriller opening, we used a traditional opening. Personally, I got inspiration for this from the film called: 'The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas' - which followed the main story line at the beginning, whilst also playing the title sequence with it. Two pictures which show this are as follows:
As you'll see in the next pictures, we have also followed this convention. Bringing our title sequence into the scene, whilst leaving it flowing. I believed it enables the audience to understand the goings on in the film opening better, whilst also seeing who helped to produce the film.
These pictures below show how our credits roll on during the film, which helps keep it traditional, with a reliable story line:
I also believe that this picture above supports the statement, the film is playing, but as it is, one of the credits pops up, which enables the audience to know the characters real name, whilst following the action as it happens.
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