Conventions of Film Openings

Conventions of Film Openings

Convention Definition:- a way in which something is usually done, especially within a particular area or activity.

These shots are from the following three movies and are a mixture of a Long Shot/Panerama:- A Long Shot allows the viewer to see what is happening in the scene or even showing the viewer where the scene is, these are examples of long shots from the movie Mad Max Fury Road, as you can see from the following shots you can tell that the scene is based in a desert, isolated, unpopulated expanse of land emphasising the feeling of isolation.

Genre:- As you can see the following movies are all Post Apocalyptic, Thriller, Action movies. The main example would be mad max. In Mad Max you can't see maxs face adding the element of mystery, also big cars are moving towards humanoid he looks like a rabbit in headlights. In I am Legend the main source of light is focused around Will Smith showing us that he is the lead character. In World War Z the zombies are a dark colour and the sky is a light colour maybe symbolising good and bad, Ying and Yang.

Main Shots/Scenes Used in Intro:- All of these scenes shown in the intro are introducing Mad Max to us and the lifestyle that he is in