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

This link is the trailer to the film, Casino Royale (2006)
-Genre
Action/Thriller
-Narrative
Gambling, Love, Fighting, Drama, Criminal, Spy
-Atmosphere
Suspicious, Tense, Romantic, Fear of the unknown
-Setting
-Sound
Orchestra, Gunshots, Explosions, High Pitch, Fast Tempo, James Bond theme tune
-Themes
Love, Fear, Spy
-Characters
Spy, Love interest, Damsel in distress, Criminal, Boss,
-Titles
The films Istitution revealed at the begining of the trailer, MGM and Columbia, at 0.28-0.30. The title of the film is revealed at the end of the trailer 2.27.
This is a big difference to an opening of a film as the title is always revealed at the end of the trailer where as in the the opening it is revealed at the begining, in the opening to Casino Royale it is shown at 0.16.


This link is the opening to the film ,Casino Royale (2006)
Genre
-Action, spy
Narrative
-Tells the storyline.
-Fighting Gambling
-Chasing
Theme
-Blood
-Cards
-Hearts,diamonds, spades and clubs
Sound
-High pitch
-Fast tempo
-Rock
Setting
-Casino
Atmospehere
-Mystery
-Busy
-Dangerous
-Suspicous
-Tense
Titles
-The poduction names
-Main character (box office appeal)
- James Bond film
- The films title ( Casino Royale 2006)
- Cast and credits (0.06-3.15)


This difference between, the trailer and the opening is the credits which is a key factor in telling the difference between the two. In the trailer there are not many credits and the institution was shown later on, whereas in the opening, the title and institution was shown at the begining.
In the trailer blackouts are used which is also a distinctive factor as they are used as tranistions to show various parts of the film. Trailers also reveal the story in a short amount of time, however the opening reveals the film, but through animation not clips from the film.