In class, we were given the task of watching various film openings of different genres to compare the prominence of different aspects of the scene; elements. In the graphs, time is represented on the 'x' axis and level of prominence is on the 'y' axis. On each graph, there are three lines:
- Red represents Tension
- Green represents Sound
Amelie Opening:
- Attention of the audience is gained through the lack of change in prominence in any of the elements chosen, subverts from conventional openings and is intriguing. Though genre is not made apparent within this opening, the use of the colour red which has connotations of love and the fact that it is set in Pairs could indicate the romantic genre of the film.
Resident Evil: Afterlife Opening:
- Tension is gradually built throughout the scene, sound fluctuates used to supplement tension and suspense and genre spikes suddenly at the climax of tension when the genre is revealed. Audience is caught by the slow build o.f tension; conforms to the conventional openings as sound is prominent.
Jurassic Park Opening:
- Sound and Tension are quite prominent through out as each act as a compliment to the other, genre isn't revealed until the end which acts as a method of intriguing the audience. Obeys traditional conventions for film openings
The Hurt Locker Opening:
- Genre is made apparent from the beginning of the scene - war. Tension is complimented by the genre as wars are often tense. There's a distinct lack of non-diegetic music, the film creates a verisimilitude by using diegetic noises as its primary sound source.
Some general codes and convention observed were:
- Tension must be present, and increases throughout the opening
- Narrative voice-over is extremely common
- Genre greatly affects the amount of action and tension in the scene
(this was completed by me on my own - I've allowed the group to use my graphs as reference)
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