Codes and Conventions of an opening scene

One of the first conventions is the establishing shots, this is when it shows where you are, what time they are in e.g. past, present, future. 

Technical codes - these will include things like framing, camera techniques, mise-en-scene, lighting, sounds, editing and depth of field. 

Symbolic codes - This refers to things such as; body language, objects, setting, colour and clothing.

Written codes - are in the form of captions, language style, speech bubbles and headlines. 

Conventions are ways that are accepted of doing something, and in the case of media, they are accepted patterns of codes which help to communicate a particular message. 

In the opening scene it starts off with loads of scenes and pictures out of the Marvel comics books about Spiderman being flicked through almost like someone is flicking through each of the pages and that's when you get the idea that it's about a superhero and villians like a typical comic book. It then goes into showing the main characters names which will tell the viewers who will be playing in it and this will usually decide on whether they carry on watching it or not. Their names are introduced on a background of a spider's web which add to the Title of Spider Man, and then an image of Peter Parker (Spider Man) with a spider on his hand, which adds to the idea of a regular boy and what will probably happen to him and the viewers knowing already that he is most likely to be Spider Man. Mary-Jane is another main character who is introduced by writing and an image so the viewers know who she is and whether they want to carry on watching. Basically, the whole opening is showing important scenes of the film in still images of what's going to happen to give the viewers an idea of what to expect. It then goes into Spider Man swinging from his web from building to building showing a bit of what he can do.