CREATIVE CRITICAL REFLECTION 1: How does your film opening use or challenge conventions?

• There are 2 sets of genre conventions to consider: the fact that you are making a film opening and the fact that your film is a specific genre (like detective, thriller, romcom, film noir, disaster) so first identify the specific genre.
• A film opening will feature a BBFC age-rating. Explain what yours is and why the age-rating is chosen.
• The Production Company ident follows. Comment briefly on yours.
• A film is likely to open with an establishing shot, likely to be a wide shot, setting the scene.
• From the start, the genre will be signalled by the mise-en-scene, lighting, sound and narrative. Is the narrative (characters and action) made up of easily identifiable stereotypes?
• The protagonists appear early on. Their relationship with each other is established. Their clothes and props have meaning. Are they stereotypes that are easily identifiable by the audience?
• Credits identify actors by name.
• Sound codes are important parts of characterisation and plot. The musical soundtrack creates a particular atmosphere.
• The director, director of photography, producer and other credits appear. (Think about the analyses of title sequences that you have done.)
• The film title is in a font or style that creates significance.
• The audience expect a film opening to 'hook' them, to grip them, to present an enigma?

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