Tuesday, 13 December 2011

What does the audience learn in the opening of a film?

The audience finds out about the following:

  1. main location
  2. main characters
  3. narrative e.g. background information 
  4. target audience
  5. time period
  6. credits - director, industry information, cast etc
  7. mystery- inigma 
  8. ethics- morality of the world e.g. killing people is normal
  9. rules of the world e.g. magic exists 
  10. viewing position- the mindset f the audience http://www.ocr.org.uk/download/kd/ocr_9646_kd_gce_spec.pdf