Tuesday, 31 January 2017

Research- What are the 4 different types of film openings?

Film Openings


Animation

The use of animated text in the title sequences became more popular in the late 90s. The use of animation for a film opening requires a lot of digital technology and stylized editing suggesting the high budget required. An example of a title sequence would be "Vertigo".













Moving Images

This serves to offer either a metaphor or narrative thread to help introduce the tone or story line of the film to the audience. The moving images film opening combines the credit titles with moving images behind the titles, and sound for an effective impact.
The types;
When it comes to film openings there is more than one way a film can decide to show the openings of their film. The different types of film openings include:

•Still images
• Blank screen
•Moving images
•Animation

Still Images

Still Images;
Just like a photograph, a still image can be examined closely, and the audience can note body language or facial expressions to give clues as to the situation or the people within the situation. The still images film opening is more elaborate then simple white text on a black background like the blank screen.

Blank screens

My favorite is Blank Screen;
This is the most commonly used opening for low budget or psycho movies. The blank screen film opening involves different kinds of typeface on a black background. When blank screens are used for film openings, usually a white typeface is used on a black background to create a high contrast for the audience.

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