How a sequence sets up a genre

An opening sequence can help the viewers determine what kind of film it is going to be. For example the film 'the firm' has quite a long intro but explains and creates a story very well. There are many things that help set up the opening sequence such as the colour, music and layout.
Music plays a big part in setting up what film it is going to be, for example the opening sequence to a action film would be very fast paced and loud. Whereas a horror would choose more of a slow paced beat, only getting faster when leading up to the scary parts. When setting the genre you have to make sure to keep in with the film. 'the firm' is set around the 1980s so when creating the sequence they used music from around
that time.

The genre can also sometimes be set up by the font style and technical codes such as lighting, camera angles, pace of editing etc.
These types of effects would go well when creating a sequence such as 'Die Hard' because making the scenes almost flash onto the screen you can see that it will be a fast film. Camera angles and lighting would work very well with a horror film because you can make it very dark and                                                                                     get a close up on what is scaring everyone.
Many things can determine the genre of a film, but overall it is how well the people in charge of the sequence do. It is there job to get the viewer interested and explain the story, to show what kind of film it is all before the film starts.