TOP TIPS FOR A GOOD OPENING SEQUENCE

* Show Credits, titles, sponsors and associated brands
* Launch recognisable music or a sound track that can be associated with the film, and the genre and tone of the film.
* Engage the audience, make them interested and eager to watch to rest of the film, draw them into the story.
* Indicate the genre by using audience expectations of it and in themes, characters, iconography, setting, music and sounds.
* Introduce main characters, give information as to their job, relationships, lifestyle
* Introduce the setting
* Establish the time period by hair, make up, mise-en-scene
* Hint at the story give small pieces of information or evidence about what is to come.
* Give a sense of the speed of the film and the storyline.
*Create narrative structure