Film openings table

Film	Genre	Conventions	Style of opening	Info in credits	Narrative story of film
Pretty woman	Drama	Rich people, a massive house party in a big house shows main characters, title of film	Panning of Beverly hills	Name of actors and crew members	Party with rich people in a wealthy house
The dark knight	Action/thriller	Non digetic music, guns and violence, murder	Fight scene with some the main characters	N/a	Bank robbery with hidden identity
Pulp fiction	Crime/drama	High powered theme tune, people eating dinner (equilibrium)	equilibrium	Title of film, actors names	A crazy couple eating at a typical American diner who are every day robbers
The shining	Horror	Deep creepy music, Long shot of the main characters	Isolation/alone	Information about the crew and actors	Family car driving out into the distance In the hills
Titanic	Romantic/drama	Soft emotional music to show setting	Establish shot of boat and aerial shot, unnatural colours to show it was set in olden times, this is shown by the man with the old fashioned camera. The sound of the propellers and motor of the ship in the sea	Name of the film production companies, Title of film	A sad goodbye to the people on board
Forest Gump	Drama	Soft music accompanying the feather falling gracefully from the sky making its way to the ground	It establishes the setting of the story but also leads its way to the main character, because the feather is soft and gentle which represents the main character, close up shot of the man’s muddy trainers, when he’s in a suit which creates a contrast.	Information about the film producers, companies names, main actors names, title of film	A man who Is lonely sitting on a park bench in the wet dull setting with an equilbrium of people walking around him, he looks confused and isolated from everyone else