Stylised openings requires a lot of footage and editing; therefore this type of opening is hard to do and also takes a lot of time because with this opening you are trying to tell a story as well as giving the audience the names of who was involved in the film. Therefore to keep the audience interested and to make them understand what is going on. Using this opening it has to be very clear to the audience what is happening because it could become very confusing for the audience; which may result them into loosing interest.
An example of this type of opening is the opening of Pelham 123. Here in this opening a lot of things is going on therefore suggesting that this is a action movie because the opening of the films usually suggests what genre of film it will be. In Pelham 123, we know it is about trains because although we can see a man in a train station; the title sequence also suggests that trains are significant thing in this movie because the title sequence moves like trains across the screen.
Discrete Openings are editing dominated (requiring a lot of editing). This usually takes a lot of time and effort to do, but is one of the best type of openings to do because it grabs the audiences attention and keeps them constantly thinking of what is going to be in this film; another good aspect of this type of opening is the fact that it gives the audience an idea of what genre the film is, which is usually a Psychological, Horror and Action because these type of films deeply requires the readers attention.
An example of this is Arlington Road.
Arlington Road is a brilliant discrete opening because there is many flashing images and desaturated colour which gives the film a thriller effect because the flashing lights and images is like a flashing alarm which conveys danger which is exactly the type of effect the producer or editer intended.
Credits over a dark/black screen is usually seen in Horror or films with a serious/ slow tone. This is because the director has chosen not to have too much going on whilst the credits are showing because the fact that there is a black or dark screen reflects the fact that this film will have a lot of suspence and keeps the audience guessing.
Donnie Darko is a good example of Credits over a dark/black screen because it creates the atomsphere for the audience and makes more interested in what will happen next.
A Narrative opening is usually is normally a good way to open a film as it keeps people interested in what is going on in the film and gives them a good insight of what is happening.
This is helpful as it gives the audience insight of where the film is taking place.
Donnie Darko is a good example of Credits over a dark/black screen because it creates the atomsphere for the audience and makes more interested in what will happen next.
A Narrative opening is usually is normally a good way to open a film as it keeps people interested in what is going on in the film and gives them a good insight of what is happening.
This is helpful as it gives the audience insight of where the film is taking place.
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