How different genres and generic convections are shown in film openings

Genres have to be established in the opening sequences to allow the audience to understand and relate to the film. Therefore generic conventions are used to establish these different genres. Generic conventions are what the audience expect to see at the start of a particualar genre film. Some example of generic conventions are below

Action films tend to always have a chase scene at the start of their opening sequence to make the audience feel excited. They also will establish a protagonist and an antogonist within the opening sequence to give the audience an idea of how the film is going to pan out.



Romance feels tend to establish the two people who are going to fall in love in the opening sequence. They usually have a well off girl and a boy who is asthetically pleasing but not very high up in the world, fall in love usually with each other and someone disagrees with the relationship.



Science Fiction fantasy films often have someone unexpectaclly perform an amazing feat in the opening sequence or discover a power. The opening sequence might also show a furtureistic space ship or world to introduce the audience to the unrealistic setting.



Here are some examples of generic opening sequences. There are many more generic openings for different genres.