Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Film Opening using most Conventions



Mr and Mrs Smith Opening



One film opening I quite like is the Mr and Mrs Smith as I believe it contains various conventions. In this clip it contains the opening scene of Mr and Mrs Smith, this clip has various convention of film opening, firstly studio ident is used to introduce 'Summit Entertainment' and 'Regency' for co-producing the film like in many film. Another convention used a lot is the introduction of the film, as the the title Mr and Mrs Smith is in clear white text with the background pitch black. When the film starts it the scene is set as the couple in the film sitting in a quiet room and discuss their relationship with a marriage counselor, but afterwards the setting has changed as it switches to Bogota, Colombia filled with smoke and a helicopter flying in the air, this shows the comparison of the two different settings and the atmosphere of the mood.. the establishment of genre is another convention of film opening, which is displayed by it being an action film, with the use of a helicopter, explosions in Bogota and police in uniform indicates it an action film, also another genre in the film is romance  when the couple first set eyes on each other.

1 comment:

  1. Hi
    please can you tell me what the conventions are in this opening?
    thanks
    mary

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