General opening sequence conventions of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part1

Within the trailer that we watched for this particular film the media company is established right at the very beginning which is; Warner Bros Pictures, who are very well known in the film industry. The way in which it was portrayed (as shown below) was their well known warner bros logo but with the effect and background of Harry Potter and the dark clouds and smoke, which is something throughout the movie.

All of the 'main' and most important characters are shown in this trailer as they all have an important role in the story line, at a few seconds at time there are small clips of each character or characters of when they are involved in important and dramatic parts of the film. The title sequence is not shown until the end of the trailer, again with the clouded and dark back ground however including the release date of part one is included. Throughout the trailer there is the soundtrack/score playing constantly which is related to the actual film of being dark, yet then at the end when the title sequence comes onto screen then the music tempo alters and gets darker, faster and more powerful which comes across as louder.

The vast majority of the trailer is in the woods, which again, in a way is portraying how dark and mystical it actually is. There is no general film narrative due to it being a trailer, yet there are key scenes shown yet in no particular order. The genre of the Harry Potter series is much more of a fantasy/adventure due to the high amounts of events and 'creatures' that dont exist in real life, magical powers and a use of time travel, also other languages (made up)such as the parcel tounge between Harry, Voldemort and the snake. Yet they have aspects that are very realistic.However there are fights an some aspects of action in it, along with rescues.