The difference between Mainstream and Independent Movie Openings

The difference between Mainstream and Independent Movie Openings

Mainstream movies tend to include high profile actors into their openings. As a result this will bring the fan base of that particular actor/actress and therefore attract audiences to watching their film. They also may have high quality animation openings. This is most evident in the James Bond series of film since they are famous for their unique high budget opening that a whole team are devoted to making. Mainstream films will normally have a high budget and therefore will be able to afford both high profile actors and a crew of producers who can design a good, strong opening that will grab the audience’s attention. Mainstream films also showcase their logos in the opening and mainstream ones always are very big and flashy with bright colours to show them off.

Independent film openings tend to contain fairly unknown actors and therefore this brings only a small fan base to watch their movie. This is due to a much lower budget than mainstream movies. Independent movies also normally have non-integrated titles that tend to be fairly plain since only a limited number of crew members can work on it since crew are needed elsewhere in production. Much like mainstream films independent openings will also showcase their logo at the beginning of the movie. Normally they are fairly plain and use dull colours.