Stating the difference between a film trailer and a film opening.

We needed to learn the difference between a film opening and a film trailer as when we make our opening to our film we must clearly show it is an opening and not a trailer.
We looked at the film Casino Royal and had to analyse the opening and the trailer to see what they both involve and what the difference is.



Casino Royal Trailer
Genre- The Genre of the film is action.
Narrative – From the trailer it seems like a spy on a mission.
Character – In the film there looks like there is going to be the following characters, a spy, a villain and a woman who will come between the two (so there could be a love triangle).
Atmosphere - The atmosphere is going to be quite serious as there are guns involved, and a lot is going to happen.
Themes – There looks like there is going to be the following themes, violence, poker, romance and death.
Setting – The setting looks like it is somewhere abroad in a casino.
Titles – At the end it uses iconography with the gun and 007.


Casino Royal Opening
Genre- The genre is action.
Narrative – There is a spy on a mission and poker could be involved.
Character – The character involved is a spy.
Atmosphere - atmosphere is very rushed and excited (adrenaline).
Themes – The themes in the opening are violence and romance.
Setting – The setting is in a casino
Sound – There is a soundtrack played which is diegetic and fast paced.
Titles – The titles used are very serious, shows the action and the severe things that are going to happen.

Analysing the difference between a film opening and a film trailer
The difference between a film opening and a film trailer is a film trailer shows pretty much the whole storyline, and the best parts of a film because it needs to attract and audience where as a film opening needs to introduce you to the film and include titles to the film, it also needs to set a mood in the first 2-3 minutes.

The difference between a film opening and a trailer is:
A film trailer needs to involve things such as a overview of the plot so the audiences understands what the film is about, it needs to create a sense of interest, it has to show the best bits from the film, create a sense of curiosity, who stars in the film, it shows the genre of the film, lots of shots in a short two minute clip, faced paced and discontinuous editing, a voice over sometimes accompanies it and also it needs a dramatic sound track.
A film opening must intrigue the audience, it must set as mood within the first 2-3 minutes, the viewer should end up being absorbed with the film and it needs to have a sense of curiosity for the viewer and there must be a good use of titles, font and choice of soundtrack.
The opening of a film needs to create a sense of interest it needs to give away some of the story line so it attracts the audience to watch it, it must also make the audience constantly question what they are being shown. This is in contrast to a film trailer which has to keep the audience on the edge of there seat constantly and create a high level of excitement to attract the audience to watch it.