Research: Key Conventions

An important point of an opening credit sequence is introducing the cast and crew. 
This is done by names appearing appropriately next to the character in most films.




The title sequence might also show a narrative which the audience might see 
throughout the rest of the film. Also use of enigma codes make the audience want to watch the film and find out what is actually happening, questions may be put forward that they want to find the answer to, or disruptions, for example seen in London To Brighton where the audience would want to see them resolved or see a "happy ending". 




Key characters should also be introduced, the audience should clearly see some qualities of their personality or life. For example, in the exposition sequence Dave from Kick Ass is shown to be quite average and finds it hard to be noticed by females. 

The audience get a feel of the mood and tone of the film from the opening scenes. For example the opening scene in Brick is dark, eerie and mysterious. This tells the audience the genre may be horror or crime as both genres are well known to use low lighting, dark and dirty settings for some scenes in the films. 




Time and place is extremely important to inform the audience about what relevant events are happening when and where. For example In Kick Ass the storyline jumps back and forward, showing flashbacks to create tension.