FILM'S AND THEIR OPENINGS

Pretty Woman - 90's Romance 

• Conventions - Protagonist shown. setting, landscape and scene are set, theme song, sense of place (luxury)
• Style of opening - introducing part of the plot and the characters, some narrative spoken
• Information in the credits - Production companies e.g. touchstone, producers, actors, title
• Narrative - intro the plot, some narrative shared between the main character (guy) and people who seem to be his friends, at a house party (upper class, not like teenagers) 

Final Destination 3 - Horror/Thriller

• Conventions - Dark setting, low pitched/dark toned theme song playing, this helps to show the nature of what is going to happen, screaming, foreboding
• Style of opening - disturbing fairground title sequence
• Information in the credits - Actors, editor, production, photography, producer, written, directed by, title
• Narrative - small talk, people on a fair ground ride

Reservoir Dogs - Adult Drama 

• Conventions - lots of adult language and swearing to show immediate nature of film, context of language establishes relationships, theme music
• Style of opening - group shot, panning around table constantly, then a small title sequence
• Information in the credits - production company, director, actors, title
• Narrative - talking about random things to establish the nature of the conversations, a lot of adult language

Pulp Fiction - Adult Drama

• Conventions - One location, two characters (could be main), small amount of their plot, swearing to show adult content, theme tune
• Style of opening - one conversation, small intro before title sequence
• Information in the credits - definition of 'pulp', production companies, director, title, actors
• Narrative - not much of the plot is revealed, only part of these specific characters life

The Number 23 - Horror/Psychological thriller

• Conventions - dark tone to the music, blood splatters all over the credits shows what to expect
• Style of opening - Title sequence, fades into plot
• Information in the credits - production companies, actors, title, executive producers, director, written by, music by
• Narrative - tells us (written into the title sequence) everything bad related with the number 23

Sinister

• Conventions - has silence, mysterious, dark tone music and shows uncomfortable scene
• Style of opening - establishes genre, establishing shot and title
• Information in the credits - production companies with a horrific twist, in scene of hanging, just the title
• Narrative - intro the plot, some narrative shared between the main character and his family as well as police, we establish what he is hiding from his family (the tree that the 'old' tape shows with the title also appears in the first scene with main protagonists) 

Breakfast at Tiffany's

• Conventions - theme song 'Moon River', establishes where the story will take place, a lot of credits, protagonist immediately shown
• Style of opening - title sequence with background of protagonist's activities
• Information in the credits - director, actors, title, produced by, based on novel by, director of photography, edited by, set decoration, costume, assistants, sound, music by, screenplay, etc.
• Narrative - none, but you can see activity of the protagonist