Task 3 By Khain

Task 3:What we learned in class about title sequences and film openings 

What is instant arousal, why it’s important and it’s risks:

Instant arousal in filming is a technique where the opening sequence or the beginning five minutes hastily takes the attention of the audience. One reason instant arousal is important is because instant arousal when done successfully almost insures the audiences full attention for the rest of the film. However a risk of using instant arousal is that if you rush the attraction of the audience, the audience will begin to question whether the rest of the film will be as interesting as the initial 5 minutes. Furthermore if the opening sequence is full of intrigue unlike the rest of the film then this ends up setting the bar to high resulting in the disappointment of the audience.

What is a classic opening and why does it work:

A classic opening is a conventional opening where the establishing shot is firstly the camera pans up a building from the ground, up past a window or a few then into an office showing the protagonist(s) of the film. That is one way of opening a film, another would be like shining where the camera follows the car giving the audience a feeling of mystery; this links to the film technique of slowly seducing your audience instead of instant arousal.

What is a “favorite trick of film noir”:

The Film noir trick is when the ending of the film or a part of the ending is made to feature in or become the opening sequence of the film. This trick is used make the audience think that nothing is as it seems, also to give them a taste of what is to come and intrigue them further. A lot of the time there are small details the audience most likely won’t notice until they view it a second time. This trick is great because it makes the audience feel that they don’t know nearly enough yet but at the same time not to little. This is effective for reason that it allows the audience to make initial judgements about the film, then making them want to see more of the film. Directors say that this brings the audience onto their wavelength.