Opening Sequences

'Collateral'
- Sound bridge
   - Sets the scene (Locates airport)
- No wasted space on the frame --> Compact frame
- Foreground and background out of focus, character walking into focus - Introduces character
- High key lighting
- Shot in semi slow motion to introduce character
  - To give a sense of drama
- One character in slow motion, the other is not - Creates effect one is the main character (slow motion)
- Extreme close-ups - Character walking into camera
- When the suitcases are exchanged, the pace increases
   - Music --> Gains pace
'Control'
- Black and white
- Non digetic sounds
- Digetic sound (Voice over)
- Contrast --> Extreme close shots to wide shots (Add an element of drama)
- Scene set and by subtitles
- Costume helps to set the scene and date - Flared trousers
- Relaxed music starts up
- Slow opening to suggest character's mood

Film Titling

Titles can appear in three ways:
- Over the action
- Within/cut in to the action
- Dedicated title sequence - Opening only for the titles

- Titles can help to suggest the genre of the film and help appeal to the audience
- Often tell you what the films about - '12 years a slave'

- The title of the film is important and often significant
   - Design the style of the title - The graphic quality of titles
- Art of the title - Website 'Brief history of the title design'
                         - Different film openings (2 mins)
- Filmshortage.com/typography - Website
- Need to know when titles will go in frame so that it can be filmed for the title sequence

An Education - Dedicated title sequence
- Introduces the film
- Focused around symbols for what you would learn in school
- Sets the scene
- Filmed just for the opening

- Don't put the title at the end of the clip
- Directors name should be the last credit - Then dissolve into film

Opening Sequences

'Traveller'

The opening sequence for 'Traveller' lack enough credits or titles, making it feel less like a films opening sequence; they had the production title but about one only other credit, therefore there were not enough titles. The music helped to set the scene, suiting the situation and the mise-en-scene helping to set the scene, however when it came to dialogue the sound was poor  and it was quite difficult to understand what they were saying. The camera wasn't focused on the scene, for example when the man was running and the camera dropped to the floor, although this helped to show he was running, it seemed a bit jolty and a bit amateurish. The story was also quite hard to follow and I didn't really understand what was going on throughout the opening sequence; the camera was out focus with a blurred screen which made it seem that there was a distorted feel to the clip, making the character seem out of sync and the clip had a hash feel about it. The acting didn't help to portray what they were trying to do as it was not particularly good and was quite hard to follow.    

Twin Town

The opening sequence of 'Twin Town' gives a very happy feel about the film. Firstly it opens up on a car driving  recklessly, it then changes to a contrasting opening town, with happy music and showing the quirky individuals of the tow waving directly at the camera making you feel part of the film.