Initial thoughts on film opening

For my coursework I have been instructed to create a film opening which is accompanied by credits, my genre which I have chosen is horror and to create a good film opening I will look at other horror movies film openings and note the conventions which can be used within my film opening.

In the IT film opening:

• The director 
• The title of the film 
• Music which contains no music and is categorised to be scary 
• The actors names
• Instead of actual moving image, photos of children are used in the opening sequence which makes you wonder why, and it builds suspense 
• Who the music is by is listed
• The scene switches to present tense 
• The music continues
• The directors name of photography is listed 
• Dark clouds cast over which is typical for being spooky 
• There is a thunder storm with lightening which is scary due to the flashes of light in darkness
• Production Designer name is listed
• Wind indicating coldness and therefore suggesting to stay inside
• Rain which again indicates to stay inside
• Supervising advisor listed
• Music continues