Research - knowledge of film openings (draft)

Types of film opening

Narrative opening - sets scene, introduce character and their situation

              Shining - journey, rural area, isolated,
                             music - tense, disturbed
                             Aerial tracking - the stalking the car

             Trainspotting - characters names in text, voice over,
                                     multiple scenes to give us a sense of the characters

Descrete opening - is a seperate scene from the film
               
             Seven - music - mysterious
                          creating a disturbing feel - editing is rapid, distorted film
                          All CU's (close ups) no facial shots

Titles over dark scene - text over a plain opening scene/credits

             Donnie Darko - Sound - thunder
                                       Font - gothic
                                       Character + Setting (narrative elements)