Editing Cold open (section)

===Film===
{{main article|Pre-credit}}

In film production, the section of the film before the opening credits is called the [[pre-credit]]s, and they are sometimes crafted as a cold open. A classic example is the series of [[James Bond]] movies, which traditionally start with a cold open showing a dramatic conflict or [[chase scene]] after the usual [[gun barrel sequence]] and before the [[Motifs in the James Bond film series##Title sequence|title sequence]].

In some films, the [[title card]] does not appear until the end. In such cases, one cannot refer to the entire film as the "opening", and the term "cold open" in these instances refers to the opening moments or scenes.

Likewise, in films with excessively long pre-credits sequences, the "cold open" does not necessarily refer to the entire pre-credits sequence.