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Real Media ResearchBy Daniel Richards

Mission: ImpossibleGenre: Spy/Thriller

Opening Sequence conventions: The film opens with the production company credits.

Genre conventions: The dark colours connotate the mystery of a thriller.

Opening Sequence Conventions: Pictures of different people are shown with their details beside their pictures, with connotations that somebody is looking at lots of people’s personal information. The viewer will want to find out who is looking at the information.

Genre conventions: Again with the use of black and white theme highlights the spookiness of the film, and a sense of mystery.

Genre conventions: Crucial detailed personal information is showed alongside a picture of a man. The details show the man is an agent of great importance, and would make the viewers

Opening sequence conventions: The viewer is immediately drawn to the top of the screen, as it says “top secret” in bold red, implying a sense of danger.

Opening sequence/Genre conventions: The close up of the man shows a worried/anxious looking on his face, without showing the audience what the man is looking at, creating suspense and putting the viewer on the edge.

Genre conventions: The use of this effect creates suspicion for the viewer as they feel they don’t know that person fully as they can’t see much of them.

Genre conventions: A spark/flame is used at the beginning of the opening sequence. Fire has connotations of emergency, giving the viewer a sense of danger.

Opening sequence conventions: The title of the movie is spelt out in individual letters, and then put together. The letters are in a bold font in front of a black background making it stand out even more.

The Dark Knight Rises

Opening sequence conventions: The sequence starts with the Warner Bros. logo.Genre conventions: There are dark clouds in the background, which sometimes lead to thunder and lightening, having the connotations of being scared/worried.

Opening sequence conventions: The name of a production company appears with the logo.

Genre conventions: The music begins to add in the drums, giving it more of a tense feel. Also, the background is all black with dull colours used for the font and logo, giving it a sense of spookiness.

Opening sequence/genre conventions: The logo for DC Comics appears, which tells the viewer that the film will be about a superhero. Again a dark background has been used, creating a sense of mystery.

Opening sequence conventions: There are credits within the opening sequence, giving the biggest names in the movie, informing the viewers who will star in the movie.

Genre conventions: The picture of the police man and police car show that the movie will involve crime.

Opening sequence conventions: There is a hand sorting out all of the pictures, and this is one of them. The viewer doesn’t know who’s hand it is, and will be keen to find out who has hold of all the pictures.

Genre conventions: The big bold letters saying “CONDIFENTIAL” brings the viewers to be alerted, and will see that it is about a man, perhaps a suspect they are looking for.

Opening sequence conventions: This will leave the viewer with many questions to ask, which is the purpose of an opening sequence. Also, the whole opening sequence was in black and white, very dull and formal colours. Giving the impression there is a sense of seriousness in the film.

No Country for Old Men

Opening sequence conventions: Firstly we are introduced to the two companies that produced the movie, Paramount Vantage and Miramax.

Opening sequence conventions: The next thing we see is the name of the film. The background is black, making the bold white font stand out more. The dark background gives a mysterious feel to the film.

Genre/opening sequence conventions: The first scene is of a dark, plain landscape, a panorama is used to show the setting. The viewers will not know where it is, as it’s hard to see exactly. The connotations of this are creepy and mysterious, which is what we expect in thriller movies.

Opening sequence conventions: We are then presented with two characters using a long shot, with a much lighter setting. The viewers presume that one is a policeman due to the uniform and the police car, and the other is a criminal.

Genre conventions: This shows that the film will feature crime, which is a convention of a thriller movie.