Many of the film openings we watched in class have lots of signifiers of what genre the film is.
Horror: In horror films a common code is that they tend to start off quite slow and then they gradually build the tension. Horror films have to be especially good at creating tension because at the begining the audience know that something bad is going to happen but they just don't know when exactly.
Action: Action films usually open with an action scene e.g. explosion or car chase. this grabs the audiences attention straight from the start. Action films also tend to be high budget films as it is very expensive to pay for explosions and the different props used.
Comedy: comedy films tend to open like any other genre they are trying to portray e.g. horror/comedy but it has lots of jokes and things going wrong. Comedy films are usually quite low budget as they don't need lots of things going on to entertain, thats done by the jokes the comedian gives.
High budget films open differently to low budget because they have more money for special effects and they tend to show this off from the start e.g. quantum of solace opening with lots of expensive cars in a chase. also big budget films open with logos of the companies involved which can attract an audience. Also they get all the big stars so when the audience see them in the opening scene it can keep them watching.
Low budget films tend to have very basic special effects and tend to work on basic sets as well.
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