The whole point of a film opening is to grip the audience, and make them want to watch the whole film. If the film opening is bad then people will be unlikely to watch the rest of the film. Film openings should be exciting.
common codes and conventions of film openings:
Setting the scene
Introduction to characters
The genre of the film
Sometimes in film openings the characters names will be listed as they appear (if their a quite a few characters) and sometimes the actors name will also be shown.
Action - often open with voilence/shooting/fighting.
Horror - often open with a flashback or a scary setting
Sci fi - often open with spacfecraft/ or soemthing alien
Romance - often open with an introduction to characters, normally done by voice over.
Comedy - often open with a funny scene to set the standard of the film
In trainspotting there are quite a lot of characters, and the character names are dispplayed in the first 2 mins. The main character voices over and talks about "chosing life", then at the end of the 2 mins he says "but you dont need reasons when you've got heroine" and that really grips the audience. This introduction really grips you and makes you question what he says, and makes you want to watch more.
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