Main Exercise

The Titles and Opening of a new fiction film,to last a maximum of 2 minutes.


The purpose: The purpose of a film opening is to show action and begin the viewers interest so they get immediately hooked into the film. The film opening will also clearly state the genre of the film, you will also most likely see either the protagonist or antagonists.
Timing conventions: Most film openings are around 2 minutes long. However major blockbusters may be up to 5 minutes.

Set the scene (year of setting, location etc.)

Introduce the key characters: Protagonist, Antagonist, sidekick etc.

Introduce pre plot or beginning of the narrative. Establishes platform/ scene.

Key credits such as production company, logos and director.

Usually starts with equilibrium. A key event will occur. 


Codes: Media students identify three categories of codes that may be used to convey meanings in media messages:

TECHNICAL CODES, (which include camera techniques, framing, depth of field, Mise en scene, editing,  lighting and sound). Like Avengers, it has a mise en scene setting in New York that is currently under fire from a unknown threat with the Avenger's in the foreground ready to fight and has a beam of light with a crashing ship in background. In the scene at the end it shows a resemblance to this poster and the sounds in it would be of thors harmer loud explosions and dramatical enhanced sounds of hitting

SYMBOLIC CODES,(which refer to objects, setting, body language, clothing and colour).Inception has six main protagonists three of which are holding a gun symbolising it is a action movie. There body language shows us that something is coming , Although the girl in the back ground is in casual wear the men are in smart  business suits showing us that there is a dangerous agreement involved, And the setting is in the middle of a street in the fore ground but however in the background the street has lifted up as if it is folded this shows a twist into the world that they are in.

WRITTEN CODES (In the form of headlines, captions, speech bubbles and language style).The dark knight rises has its font is bold and  as bright white to stand out of the black in the background Also there is a symbol of a broken grey bat behind the title symbolising the end of he will be broken in this next chapter. It has a caption of "A FIRE WILL RISE" resembling to Batman in the flamed image of a bat in the background and also links to the title.

Conventions:

Conventions are the generally accepted ways of doing something, and in the case of media texts, they are generally accepted patterns of code that communicate a particular message.

There are general conventions in any medium, such as the use of quotes in a print article, but conventions are also genre specific. For example, in Westerns fights scenes are generally shot from a low angle, the setting is usually dusty and desolate, and even the sounds used within the scene are conventional, such as castanets, or some sort of whistle.