Different Types Of Opening Sequences

Different Types Of Opening Sequences

You will see:
- The title
- Credit of essential people
- Introduction to a character (reveal who is hero and villain)
- Setting (what type of setting the film will be in)
- An understanding of the tone/atmosphere of the film
- Narrative information
- Introduce some or all the characters
- A sense of the films genre
- Actors names
- Establish location

YouTube Clip of title sequence: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (****A discrete title sequence****)
- These music is harsh and dark
- Snippets of characters
- Fire
- Punching
- Black, white and grey theme colours, signifies it's a dark film
- Snippets of narrative
- Some form of romance
- Lots of ink, connotes tattoos
- Keyboard with leads suggest some form of detective or hacker
- Oil and blood across screen suggests fire

A discrete title sequence: Is like a mini film and helps to get the audience into the mood of the film but not tell you what the film is fully about. 

YouTube Clip of title sequence: Drive (****Traditional Movie Sequence****)
- Follows one character
- Sense of story line... He is driving and the title is 'Drive'
- He is getting tracked when driving therefore showing the setting 
- Zooms out to a birds eye view of the road showing that a lot of the movie will take place on the roads. 
- The theme song lyrics show he's 'driving' away from his past. 
- Has a storyline going on at the same time

The traditional title sequence: Slightly stylised you will see the title of the film, font introducing the actors that will reflect the genre and the sound will create a mood that helps to reveal narrative information.

YouTube Clip of title sequence: Scream 

Straight into the film title sequence: A film, that goes straight into the story and doesn't have any extra title sequence. Doesn't introduce characters, only the title. Most likely to see this in a horror genre. 

YouTube Clip of title sequence: Mesrine (****The Stylish Opening Sequence****)
- Credits
- Title
- Tense theme music, sense of danger
- Different angles, different views, jump cuts, more arty
- Shows main characters
- Sets the tone
- Discrete title sequence 
- Stylish

The Stylish Opening title sequence: A stylised title sequence is a combination of straight into it and discrete. The opening of the film starts straight into the action and then followed by a 'discrete' title sequence.

Twister: Stylised opening sequence, as the strong winds with the credits and title shows the action and what the movie is about, however it is still 'discrete' in the way in shows the winds. 

Entourage: Traditional opening sequence as you get a sense of the story line with credits and the title present, the location is clear with summer colours and with a positive theme song.