How a Sequence Sets Up the Genre

Having a sequence at the beginning of a film can help the audience decide what the genre of the film could be. Take the film “Skyfall”, it has a long but explanatory opening sequence, all the pictures and animations help build up the genre of what the film is about. There are certain aspects of an opening scene that can determine the genre of the film; one of those aspects is the music.

The music can help build up the genre of a film by how the music is. If it were a horror movie, then the music for the opening sequence would be quite creepy and low leveled. But if you look at an action film, then the music would be loud and in your face kind of music. Another thing that could help build up a genre would be the animation and coloring.

When designing the opening sequence, they have to take in account the genre of the film to help them decide on the colour, music and layout. Its different for if the film is an animation, but for a real story, then you have to think hard about what the design is going to be. If its an action/adventure film, like “Indianna Jones”, the opening title would have to have natural colours to help discover the genre, and the music would have to be quite up beat and catchy.

 There are many things that can help an audience understand the genre of a film. Most of them come down to how well the designing team did to help make the film more readable in that sense.