Wednesday, 25 January 2017

The Generic Conventions In Film Openings

 Generic Conventions
Generic conventions will be seen in the opening and most of the time will be incredibly obvious.

Toy Story (Genre Giveaways)
  • Brightly coloured titles 
  • Friendly; calm music 
  • "Toy" -  Family & children orientated 
  • Non-diegetic - song is about friendship 
  • Diegetic - dialogue is the child exchanging words with the toys 
  • Mise - play
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The Shining (Psychological Thriller
  • Non-diegetic music (scary; intimidating & eerie)
  • Titles shown as credits - unconventional & simplistic 
  • High angle view of car (makes the car look vulnerable)
  • Audience has to watch it to understand it.

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Superbad (Comedy)
  • Non - diegetic music - funky; upbeat
  • Narrative - dancing comical 
  • Colours - bright & vibrant 
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Dawn Of The Dead (Genre Giveaways) 
  • Blood and gore depicts horror 
  • Music - about being scared about something coming around 
  • Font style - Smeary blood writing 
  • Diegetic sound - Screams & mews reporters 
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Drive - (Genre Giveaways)
  • Dark background 
  • Not much giveaways 
  • A lot of lowkey lighting used 
  • Make the audience want to know 
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The Vow - Genre Giveaways 
  • The title "The Vow" 
  • Singing "I can do anything for love"
  • Quite slow pace editing
  • Connotations of romance were portrayed 
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