Mapping out the Opening Sequences that are currently displayed on my blogger, enabled me to develop an understanding of the different titles that are included in the production of a film. The film openings that I decided to watch, were films that I had previously seen, all consisting of different genres. This was because I believed the variation of the genres would give me a different result each time, enabling me to draw an accurate conclusion. Throughout the course of my investigation, I was able to notice the similar characteristics of the openings, in the way that the titles were displayed and the number in which they consisted of. This was of course until I re-watched the ‘Life of PI’ Opening sequence, to which I discovered that it actually contained quite a few more titles than the other two sequences that I had watched. At this point I understood that the number of titles usually ranged from a minimum of 6/7 titles to 24/26.
Overall mapping has allowed me to develop a better understanding of the codes and conventions of the film openings, as each and every one represents a different genre of film, providing me with a guide of what to follow when it comes to applying the same techniques to our main task. The different genres I included were: Comedy, Teen film/Romance and Drama/Adventure which is very similar to genre of our task.
In addition, from observation of the display of the titles, I have learnt that the majority of Film Openings include:
· Title and Production Titles
· 2-3 companies
· Key Characters/Themes
· Non-diegetic music
It is likely that our task will include approximately 15 titles, to be displayed throughout the Opening sequence. The time between the titles will be somewhat between 3 to 4 seconds, as it’ll give the viewer a chance to absorb the content on the screen before the next title appears.
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