Film Art by Bordwell and Thompson is a good book for basic info and good examples. The Library here has many books dealing with different genres opening tendencies but i'm not exactly sure what their titles are. The University library homepage www.lib.ua.edu has a search feature that might help. Have a good one, Kevin Williams ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]