What are the conventions of film openings?

Conventions of the opening scene of The Dark Knight.

The conventions of film openings gives the audience an understanding of how the film was produced and directed/acted in it, what the film is about, the characters, who's good and who's bad.

'The Dark Knight' opening scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OYBEquZ_j0

1.In the opening scene, the fim starts by showing synergy of 'warna.Bros Pictures' which is who the film is produced by.

2. The opening shot shows a building, in gotham city, being zoomed in. This sets the scene and would be linked to the rest of the storyline.

3. The use of masks that the robbers are wearing, still hides the identity of the main villian which is 'The Joker'.

4. The opening music gives this whole scene tension and suspense.

4. The 'Jokers' plan of getting each robber to kill there partner, shows that this villian smart as well as mad.

My Brother The Devil - Advertising

 

There was very little advertising used for this film. There were few posters up such as the one displayed above. There was a few magazine articles and also thses posters were up at the cinemas as well.

 

 

 

My Brother The Devil - Online Marketing

 

 

Twitter page: https://mobile.twitter.com/MBTDFilm?p=s

 

 

 

 

 

Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/mybrotherthedevil

 

 

Their use of online markting is suited to the target audience of the movie as it is targeted at teens and young adults.

My Brother The Devil - Trailer

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtX-q4SPPMc

 

 

The trailer to the film was uploaded on to youtube on the 4th October 2012, a month before it was released, by the UK distributor of the film, Verve Pictures.

My Brother The Devil - Research

• The film is directed by Sally El Hosaini
• The film was produced by Julia Godzinskaya, Gayle Griffiths and Michael Sackler
• The production companies involved were: Rooks Nest Entertaintment and Wild Horses Film Company
• The film can be seen at: Vue, Odeon, Cineworld, Empire and other independant cinemas. The competition faced by this film are Skyfall, Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2, Argo and more.
• The film won many awards including some at the Sundance ilm Festival, Best actor at Milan Film Festival, Best Newcomer at London im Festival.
• The film stars: James Floyd, Fady Elsayed and Said Taghmaoui
• The budget for this film was £1million
• It was mostly filmed in Hackney but during the riots, filming was moved to Wimbledon
• The camera used to film the movie was an Arri Alexa
• The UK distributor of the film was Verve Pictures - they are known for low budget films
• There were very little examples of synergy used as well as cross media convergence. A few songs were made for this film by UK artists.

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