The difrences between a opening sequence and a trailer

There are several diffrences between an opening sequence and a trailer one being that an opening sequence is used to introduce the audience to the film/tv show that they are watching and that a trailer is used to advertise the film to the audience by taking clips from all over the film and using them to draw in their target audience. here are some examples of trailers and opeing sequences.


Iron Man 3 Trailer.

The Hobbit Trailer.

elementry opening sequence.

The sporanos opening sequence

trailers tend to use a voiceover to emphasize the story behind the film where as opening sequences use music to give the audience a sence of what is to come for example the elementy opening sequence uses mysterious music in an attempt to show the audience that the series is about mysterys and crime.