Codes and Conventions of Film Openings

In a film opening the codes and conventions that you would expect would be technical codes this would be because they are mainly made on the computer with all of the subtitles rolling down the screen and all of the colours and movements are made by computerised technology.Some film openings use technical and symbolic codes .Symbolic codes are things like body language , objects , settings clothing and colour. Below i will post a link of a film opening which uses technical codes and symbolic codes.

This film opening has technical codes because of the edited writing  the way it appears on the screen when the clouds come.It is also symbolic because the colouring is black and white also because body language and props there is people , a train and horses.

The title is edited because it is a Fancy font .

This is a example of technical codes because of the title and its symbolic code because there is a person in the image what have body language and facial expressions.

The genre of this movie would be adventure because it is about cowboys and they are on horses and trains and they are running around in a deserted place just with loads of people

The conventions of this opening would be action because it is like something big is going on but we don't know what it is all of the people with guns , people on trains and horses make the opening build up tension so you want to watch the whole film.

The opening also makes us expect that something has gone wrong and people are escaping and some people are getting saved and they are saving a horse from the water Things you would expect to see in a film opening are titles , the main character , subtitles about the film.

In a film opening you would expect titles rolling down I have seen this in the Incredible Hulk.

This a piece of evidence to back up my point about the titles in the opening scene this is a image of the titles int the Incredible hulk.

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Year :2006

Movie :The Fall

Director : Tarsem Singh 

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Year : 2008

Movie : The Incredible Hulk

Director : Louis Leterrier

Scream 4 Poster

The genre of this movie is that it is horror we know this because on the poster there is  a gost presented.The three codes would be dark lighting thats low key lighting,and the mask and the way the mask is behind the people like it is going to get them. Three conventions of this movie would be blood, violence and murder. The signifyer of this movie would be the way the poster is layed out.with the people looking scared like the gost is after them or haunghting them. The detonative levels are the smoke coming from the backgroumfd what make it look scarey  and also the name scream that make it a horror because it sound frightening.The poster shows like a team looking for the ghost.This poster also shows the audience that there is a killer and main character who may die or survive but they know there will be violence and blood. This also shows that this movie will be restricted to a certain age group because of the violence it contains.The age group would be 18 and over.

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Final destination 5 Intro

The genre of this movie is horror and thriller we know this because the is blood on the opening title and there is loads of darkness and they is skeletons and killing on the introduction with weapons.
The technical codes would be the computerised x-ray vision showing all the skeletons and inside of everything. They have done this so we don't recognise the people that are getting killed and to show that is horror. They have done this so we don't get the real picture until we watch the full movie. They have also made it 3D so it is like you are there .
They key signifier would be that they have made realistic sound effects so it is like everything is real a example would be when the knife stabs the skeleton you can hear the sound of the knife.
The into makes us expect that there is loads of gruesome things happening , loads of blood and Gore. we think this because they is loads of skeletons and everything is in x-ray vision and at the beginning blood comes from the title. I would expect it to be entertaining and scary with different ways of killings.
The target audience would be strictly 16 and over because it would be violence and killings in the movie and people under 16 could get scared.

Iron man


The genre of this movie would be action and adventure because of the theme tune its like memorable and it repeats itself.
The technical codes for this intro would be all of the background behind the writing it has all been computerised all the cogs and things behind spinning and moving around and connecting.
The words and colours signify super hero's because super man and his red cloak etc.also the sound its beat is adventurous and its like a tappety beat its re memorable and repeat its self like a superhero tune.
You would expect from this intro for it to be in the future and you would expect loads of actions because of the colours.
The target audience would be for 12 plus because there is abit of violence and it is entertaining.

The incredibles


The genre of this film would be action and adventure because there is loads of fighting with good guys and villains we know this because at the start the good guys rip there clothes and there is the incredibles sign there.
This intro is mainly technical codes because it is all edited and it is all animation.It is all in colour and like Fancy writing .
The key signifier would be red because red can show super hero's colours or it can show evil and the whole film is about hero's and villains.it can also show fighting . The sound track would be adventure and action it has like a jazzy rhythm.
The sequence would make you expect that a family re super hero's with super powers that work as a team to save something and they are fighting evil people and are protecting something we know this because of the images.
The target audience would be PG for children because it is funny and all little kids story's are about bad guys and good guys and the colouring is for young people.

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The genre of the Rise of the planet apes is action  we know this because there is loads of explosions and shooting.and running around.

The convention of an action movie would be the code of explosions , chases , fights because it would be exiting.

The signifier of this image would be the main ape with his arm up. That is a sign that he is powerful and he is stong and is the leader , and has strength because he is showing his strength..The ape is copying the statue of liberty because he is frree and wants to show his frredom.

The detonative level is loads of apes with one leader  at the front showing they are taking over because the city is behind them also because the city is all ruind and theyy is fire on the bridge.

This connotes that the apes have taken over and caused destruction to the city that is behind them and now they will continue to destruct and take over the world.

The audience would be for young teenagers and upwards because it is funny and intreeging and youget hgooked into the movie and there is loads of action in there and thats what teenagers like.

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