Main Post 1: Conventions of a opening sequence

Types of conventions from different genres

James Bond - Goldfinger

The introduction and credits are very dramatic at the start of James Bond Goldfinger, the lighting is fairly dark and symbolic as James does not want to give his identity away right at the start. The music is iconic, and used in every film in the franchise as his theme. The music is adventurous with sounds getting louder then more quiet creating drama and expectation, this has a good effect on the start of the film as it's a good introduction and the viewers find out what the film is going to be based on such as adventure and action. The opening of Goldfinger uses a variety of shots to capture small details, establishing the characters and the action.  The other objects that surround James are woman and throughout Goldfinger and most of the James Bond films woman were a great part of the film as James is a ladies man. The opening is very clever because reflected/overlayed on top of the women's gold painted body are sections of the film giving the audience an insight into the film before they see what is going to happen. The reflected clips are of good looking women, bad guys, cars, fire and explosions, the icons of action and adventure films. This demonstrates that the film is going to be another typical Bond movie and the audience will notice this and remember from the old Bond movies that this is a recurring theme.

Snatch - Guy Ritchie

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Snatch was released on the 1st September 2000, directed by Guy Ritchie about unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond. The opening to Snatch starts with four Males in the back of a van disguised to hide there identity as they have been on a important mission, it then has a very cleaver sequence that involves Brad Pitt looking into the priceless diamond that starts off the sequence, when the diamond is zoomed in on it Say's 'Snatch' on the diamonds face. The next sequence opens with Dennis Farina a Jeweller that is magnifying the diamond closely, this is a very professional sequence as the viewer of the film would not know what was going to happen next as the convention is very smooth. The sequences give a great effect as the camera and editors follows the conventions used very well, the transactions of the sequences are very smoothly done as they flow with the filming and editing making the opening titles very interesting as the editing skills are very professional. Snatch uses music in the opening of the film that makes it out that the film will be based on a robbery that has not been pulled off as the music is quite fast and elegant. 

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