Safe Zone-x audio
I would give Safezone-X a grade of A-A*
I would give End Point a grade A-A*
From doing this task, i have learnt how I could make my opening good and some of the things i need to include to get a high mark such as use actual places and go film in my spare time. Also, i have thought of a few ways they could have improved it to make it better. This has made me realise what i need to put in mine to make it more engaging, for instance, use a good edit in the sequence or use a really well put together title sequence. I also now know how the sequence should look like and that i dont actually have to include all that much to make an effective opening.
From completing this task i have learnt what social groups are as i never really understood them before. I also learnt that in films, the director puts really clear clues as to what the social class is and that certain people in the audience an relate so the film is more personal to them. However, from doing this task, i realised that not many films at all can give away a certain social group by the way the film is edited or camera angles. In the 3 films i chose, none of them actually did this and i wasn't really surprised.
Creative Task: Create a title credit sequence for a coming of age 80's film
In this task, we had to recreate an opening sequence of an 80's coming of age film in school. We had to think about how long the text stayed on the screen,type of font and the colours on screen.
From doing this task i learnt how to edit a text to size in comparison with an already existing opening sequence. Along with this, i learnt how to actually find the exact font, and just generally how to make an opening sequence, which will be key to know when i am making my own opening sequence. Furthermore, i learnt more skills on how to edit which will also be a main part of my own sequence and how timings work together with sounds and visuals.
Creative task: create a continuity sequence of at least 20 different shots
This task made us make a short film with over 20 cuts with continuity. We had to make a short film with over 20 cuts and had to apply this in to a scenario, in this case, me stealing Tyler's magazine.
From completing this task, i learnt how to make a short film with various camera techniques and combine them together to create a seamless edit. There were a few problems we experienced, firstly, we filmed in 4k and the mac we edition could not cope with this. This resulted in lag throughout us editing and has made some shots extremely long and the edit on some shots was poor. This did work in our favour in a few shots as the double shot of the same thing out emphasis on Tyler being mad as his magazines had gone missing. However, this problem did not really affect us and we thought that the task did come out really well. This task also went over the techniques we have used in previous tasks so that we are really confident in using them.
In this task, we had to look at 3 opening sequences to any film of our choice, 2 films we have seen and 1 we haven't. I picked The Woman In Black and The Purge as the ones I've seen and I then Picked Submarine as i have never seen it. We then had to explain how the opening moments reveal the narrative in any way, analysing with narrative theory from Torodov, Propp, Levi-Strauss and Barthes.
From doing this task, i have learnt that for a story to actually work, you need to include some or all of the theories to engage the audience and for the audience to know what is happening. Also, i learnt that for different genre of film, these vary. For example, in horror films, the equilibrium lasts only a short amount of time if any time at all and if the film is about violence then the equilibrium is only there for a very short time too. Furthermore, I actually learnt what these theories are and who made them. it was also good to see how they impact a film. If the story-line doesn't have binary opposites then the film could become tedious and the use of enigma codes works well if there is a hidden message.
In this task, we had to pick 3 opening sequences to any coming of age films which we have enjoyed and that have nice opening sequences. I chose Boyhood, Submarine and The Kings Of Summer. We had to screenshot any text within the opening few minutes, state what the information is telling us on screen, think how it engages the audience with different fonts. We also had to look at how the text appeared on screen, for example, did it stay still, or did it move with objects in the background.Then, I looked at the music or sounds which accompanied the text to see if it could give away the narrative, i also recognised where certain names in the credits appeared.
From doing this task, i have learnt that in opening sequences to coming of age films, the film production companies are usually first and at the end comes the titl of the film, usually as the title is the most important thing out of both. I realised that if there are 2 film production companies in one film, the main company comes first. i have also learnt what fonts and sizes are most likely ging to attract the audience and what sounds are going to do so too. the more catchy sounds and pieces of music will grab your attention over a normal pop song. Finally, I learnt that the stars in the film arent actually put in the opening credit list. i did not know this as i though all the peope involve were put in. I think the reason they arent put in at the start is because it can give away the narrative as certain actors only stay in 1 type of movie genre, like Michael Cera is heavily involed in comedy coming of age films like Scott Pilgrim VS The World and Juno. I also think some direcors don want the names of the people involved as they want the audience to just watch the film and not think/ know who is in it.
We had a task to create our own opening sequence to any coming of age film, we chose to do Submarine after a technical difficulty. We tried to create the opening scene by scene and with the exact sounds and camera movement. Our group managed to do the shooting and editing of this in 2 lessons which was really good, we also replicated the shots extremely well.
However, there a few drawbacks we had to deal with. Firstly, we had to deal with the fact that we had to film this in school and not a bedroom which made the opening panno not quite right as there was no beds. Also, we had no water to film with so some of the cinematic shots were not correct but we did with what we had. We also had a technical difficulty to deal with as we had filmed the first half of the opening sequence to Ghostbusters but some other students had lost the card in which we has recorded on so we could not continue that, this was extremely annoying as we had done it in costumes, made props and had a good set to film with. We could not look for the card as it was time consuming so we had to snap it and produce something extremely fastly. We found it quite easy to film this as it took a very short amount of time.
From doing this task, i learnt how to accurately make a opening sequence and i also learnt how to deal with problems in a short time. However, next time, i would go and film it away from school to ensure the shots are as similar as possible.
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Task 5: Director case study
Jason Reitman
Task 4: Producers and Distributors
George Lucas
Who is he?
George Lucas was born in may of 1944 in California, America, he is a filmmaker as well as an entrepreneur. His business, Lucasfilm, was sold to Disney in 2012, Lucas has a net worth of $4.7 billion US Dollars. In his time of working as a film-maker, he has picked up about 50 different awards.
What has he produced?
Lucas is probably best known for his Star Wars films followed by his Indiana Jones films. He also has produced an animated series of Star Wars called Star Wars: Clone Wars from 2008-2014.
Famous films and money made
George Lucas is most well known for the Star Wars films, there have currently been 7 films with 2 more on the way. The first film came out in 1977 and the last film will be coming out in 2020. Overall, the franchise has been estimated to have made 30.7 billion US Dollars.
He is also well known for his Indiana Jones films, there have been 4 films, first coming out in 1981 and the last coming out in 2008, however, there is 1 more film coming out in 2019. Overall, the franchise has been estimated to have made around 1.98 billion US Dollars.
Within both of these series of films, Harrison Ford is in both of these films, this could suggest that George Lucas and Harrison Ford both have a really good relationship and that it has grown over the years of working together.
Certification
All of the Star Wars films are 12 and same with Indiana Jones, this is because there are no sexual, drug or other inappropriate topics apart from violence so it is suitable for early teens.
James Cameron Who is he?
James Cameron was born in August of 1954, he is a Canadian film maker, director, producer, screenwriter and a deep-sea explorer as well as an inventor and engineer. Cameron has a net worth of 1.79 billion US Dollars, he is most well known for sci-fi films. He has won a number of awards including an Oscar for his film, Titanic.
What has he produced?
James Cameron has produced a wide range of films but his most well known being Terminator 1 and 2, Titanic and most recently Avatar. He has also produced a TV series called Dark Angel with Charles H. Eglee. This also starred Jessica Alba.
Famous films and money made
James Cameron is well known for his film, Titanic. Titanic was based around the boat and focused on 2 characters. It was produced in 1997, the film had a budget of 200 million and the film generated a grand 2.187 billion.
He also produced Avatar in 2009. The film was supposed to be released 10 years earlier, in 1999 but the technology was not yet invented to create the film he wanted. Avatar earned 2.78 billion US Dollars.
Certification
For these 2 films, James has put Titanic at a 12 and Avatar at a 12A age rating. I think this is because younger people may not understand the story-line of Avatar and may not know what the Titanic was.
Distributors
Pixar Where is it based and owner?
Pixar is based in Emeryville, California. Pixar was created in 1979 as a graphics group part of Lucasfilm until 1986 when they left Lucasfilm to become a corporation. Disney has 2 presidents in Edwin Catmull and Jim Morris and a CCO in John Lasseter.
What they produce and/or distribute
Pixar produce animated films for kids, the films are based on toys, animals and humans and families. They also have made a few very short films but these were made in the 80's and introduce the 'classic' Pixar lamps in a film called Luxo Jr. This was made in 1986
Famous films and Money made
Pixar has distributed many famous films including:
Toy Story 1-3, this set of films had a budget of 320 billion US Dollars for all 3 film combined and clocked an amazing 1.9 billion+ US Dollars combined. The first film was released in 1995 and the latest in 2010, with 1 more coming out in the near future.
Finding Nemo. This film had a budget of 94 million US Dollars and has since release, made 940.3 million US Dollars. The film was released in 2003 and a similar film by Pixar came out in 2016 called Finding Dory.
Coming of age films?
The director of UP said that he saw the film as a coming of age film.
Certification
On all of the Pixar films, they have a rating on U or PG, this is because Pixar films are very family-friendly and there is not violence, sexual or drug scenes within any film. This is as the audience for all films of theirs are for young children.
Columbia Pictures Where are they based and owner?
Columbia Pictures was founded in January 1924 in LA, California. It is now the worlds 5th laregset film studio. The founders of Columbia Pictures are Harry Cohn, Jack Cohn and Joe Brandt. The distributor is owned by Sony
What they produce/ distribute
Columbia Pictures produce a vary of films for different audiences. They have produced some very iconic films and the films can be around a mouse, spiders, animations and more. The films produced are not based onto one type of audience and in fact there are an amount of genres of films.
Famous films and money made
Columbia Pictures has produced and distributed a lot of famous films over the years including:
The Amazing Spider-man, this was released in 2012 with a budget of 230 million US Dollars and the film created 757.9 million US Dollars back. This set of Spider-Man are the more recent ones compared to the older 2 starring Toby Maguire.
Columbia Pictures has also distributed a few James Bond films by the names of Skyfall and Casino Royale. Skyfall is probably the most successful film distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film had a 150-200 million US dollar budget and made 1.109 billion Dollars back.
They also distributed the original, 1984 Karate Kid which had an eight million dollar budget and made 90.4 million dollars.
Coming of age films?
Yes, Columbia Pictures has distributed 1 or 2 coming of age films. They distributed The Karate Kid in 1984 and they have also distributed the 2007 coming of age film, Superbad. Within Superbad, we see the actor Michael Cera, an actor who is involved in a few coming of age films like Juno, Scott Pilgrim VS The World.
Certification
The films produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures have various age ratings, quite a lot are U and PG but there are also a few from 12-15 and the odd 18. This shows that the audience is not fixed, the most common ratings would be PG or U so alot of their audience are young.
Learning comment:
From doing task 4, i have learnt what types of films certain producers make and if they are more sci-fi, romantic, thriller etc. i have also learnt what type of audiences distributors and also producers use and how the different type of film can generate more money. I think this is important so i can get a good understanding of different types of distributors and producers.
Preliminary Task
In this task, we had to film and edit a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character where they would exchange a few lines. We had to think about how we could include match on action, shot/reverse shot and also the 180 degree rule.
From this task i have learnt how to link all three techniques we have been currrently been using and apply yhem all into a short film. I have also realised that if they were all the same shots, the audience would become bored as there is no other type of shot. From planning this task, I learnt that when i open a door, i have to stay incredibly still so that the camera man can move to the next shot and i stay the same so it links. From filming, i learnt to walk at the same pace in every shot so it looks like we have a lot of cameras, this makes it have a seamless effect were it all runs smoothly. When editing this short film, i learnt that some shots were to long and that i had to cut them down, missing out soe doors and other little things.
Some things didnt go so well, when we were doing it, i stared smiling a lot and in the next shot i had a straight face, this looked wrong when we came to edit, next time we would film the whole part again so itt was exactly how we wanted it. Also looking back, we see the camera man in a reflection on the glass. This looked bad and to ensure it wouldn't happen again, we would make the camera man to either get a different angle or lower down so it would be impossible to see.
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Task 3- Conventions of an opening sequence
In this task, we had to analyse the opening sequence to a coming of age film and talk about the mise en scene, camera and angles, lighting and sound. we had to do this on about 11 different shots from an opening scene to see what and why the director starts the film with and why ertain things are added.
Learning comment
From doing this activity, i have learnt how music, things in the shot and lighting can make an idea in the audiences minds of what the film is going to be about. Also, i have gained an idea of how i could do things for my opening sequence and what effect this would have on the audience.
From doing this task I have found that there is a common theme in the older films and also a common theme within the newer ones. In the older films, they are set more around school life and have a more humorous messages. In the newer films, the message is a lot more serious. For example, in Juno, it is based on teen pregnancy and in Boyhood, it is based on family problems, which are both very serious and sensitive topic.
The Match on action shot
Today we learnt what a match on action shot is and how you film it. A match on action shot is a cut from one scene to another. The 2 shots are matched by the action or agenda of the scene. We were given a task which was to make a short film using the match on action shot technique. This was so that we were familiar with what the actual shot is and how you can perform the shot.
Learning comments
To start, we found it a challenge for all of the motions to link, we replayed the first scene and realised that if we kept doing it the way we did, it would not run smoothly. The way we did it was the camera man would change places to shoot from and the actor would also change, however, when we looked back at the footage we realised that the actors hands, feet and body position were not the same. We spoke about how we could improve the look and we then did improve it, we said that the camera man should cut the sequence, move places all whilst the actor stayed in the exact same spot and it worked. Also, our clips went on for too long with no much happening in them, this was a problem because we did not know if we should make them shorter or keep it the same length, we kept it the same and it didn't really work out. Another thing we saw was that the film did not make sense in he way of editing, when we edited the film together, we missed editing out the parts when we would start the clip, this was clear within the 4th scene as the 2nd character was stationary but scene 3 shows him moving. From peer-feedback, we saw this and edited it so it ran smoothly. This is also evident in scene 7. We did like how some of the film went like most of the editing, the actual shots and angles.
Next time, we would make sure the clips were shorter and that in some of the shots you could see me filming. We would organise ourselves and make sure that you could not see the camera man as it makes it look unprofessional.
Thursday, 15 September 2016
The 180 degree rule
In lesson we learnt that The 180 degree rule is the rule in which you must follow in a part of the film with dialogue. It is as if there is an invisible line where you can't pass, the characters in that scene should keep the same left/right relationship. If the camera crosses the invisible line, then it is called crossing the line, at this point the shot is called a reverse shot, this is useful if the character or scene is an awkward one or if the character is confused.
In lesson we went out with cameras in groups of 3 to try and practise the 180 degree rule as we were allowed to create a scenario and then had to use the 180 degree rule to capture speech within the scenario. It was fairly hard at first as we didn't really know if we were doing it right. We looked back at our videos we took and realised we weren't doing it all that well so we spoke about how to do it and improved it. In the end we created a new scenario.
Thursday, 8 September 2016
Task One: Famous Opening Sequences
Blood Diamond
Dialogue And Sound
In the opening couple of minutes of the film, there is no dialogue from any characters. It appears,director, Edward Zwick has used a peaceful and calm music piece to create a mood of happiness and it matches the shots of the sunrise coming over the horizon. makes the film sound as if its peaceful and full of happiness. Text
In the opening 1.05 minutes, there are no credits of the actors and actresses but only of the companies associated with the film. The text is a yellow colour on a clear font on the bottom half of the picture, this is used so the writing does not overlap the main picture but is still there to see. Blood Diamond then appears centrally in a bold, black font which does obstruct the picture behind. The companies associated with Blood Diamond are:
Warner Bros.Pictures Presents
In Association With Virtual Studios
A Spring Creek/Bedford Falls Production
In Association with Initial Entertainment Group
Blood Diamond
Camera
Starts with a wide shot of the sun about to rise above a cloud, the next shot is a side view an animal on the lake and the sun is reflecting onto the water. This shows the setting and creates yet another peaceful image. Then goes to another wide shot of a load of fishing boats floating on the water, the sky is dark as the sun has not reached that part of land.
Changes to a view of the lake from land with a couple of huts and then a few boats on the river. The villagers, huts and boats are all silhouettes with the sun rising on the left hand side of shot.
shot then goes to a close up of some sort of adult followed by a close up of an infant, he nods and walks away out of shot.( saying goodbye)
Flare is then on the camera as the sunrise is reflection onto the river.
Shot of men running in water before getting on boats.
Man on boat shown doing work- different angles on him.
Man going across shot, camera is focused on the sunrise
Real close to water and title appears on screen
View
The opening of Blood Diamond represents a calm location and a very peaceful setting, it shows us hoe lighting can be used to create an effect of happiness. The fact that the opening is so peaceful and happy makes me think that the rest of the film is going to be abut those certain things.
Juno
Dialogue And Sound
Throughout the opening 2 minutes or so, the song called 'All I want is you' by Barry Louis Polisar is played. This is an fast and upbeat song which makes it feel like its doing to be full of drama and not at all boring- always something happening type of film. The song creates a quite happy mood also the title of the song makes the mood feel pretty sad. The beat matches the shots of the main character when she is walking. At the end of the sequence, there is a sound of the drink she is walking with being chucked into the bin.
Text
In the opening moments of the film, there are both the names of the actors and actresses and the companies associated with the film. All the titles are in a 3D, handwritten form which makes it feel like its a film to do with teenagers or young people in general. It also adds a sense of humours as opposed to serious. The colours of the letters vary, at the start they are yellow coloured and they change throughout. The position of the lettering also changes and every name is in near enough a different position, the names have been put in creatively to blend in with the drawings in the background. The title, companies and main actors and actresses associatted with Juno are:
Fox Searchlight Pictures Presents
A Mandate Pictures//Mr. Mudd Production
A Jason Reitman Film
Juno
Ellen Page
Michael Cera
Jennifer Garner
Jason Bateman
Allison Janney
J.K Simmons
Olivia Thirlby
Casting By Mindy Marin and Kara Lipson
Costume Designer Monique Prudhomme
Music By Mateo Messina
Songs By Kimya Dawson
Music Supervisors Peter Afterman and Margaret Yen
Co-Producers Jim Miller, Kelli Kenop, Brad Van Arragon
Film Editor Dana E. Glauberman
Production Designer Steve Saklad
Director Of Phtography Eric Steelberg
Executive Producers Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane, Daniel Dubiecki
Produced By Lianne Halfon, John Malkovic, Mason Novich, Russell Smith
Written By Diablo Cody
Directed By Jason Reitman
Camera
Close up of main character wiping mouth whilst holding Sunny D. Moving parallel to the side whilst main character walks along path, high school runners jog past. Creates a setting that it's based at a athletic arena or school.
Changes to cartoon drawings and character walking past a house. Next shot shows a close up of her drinking and then zooms out so we can see another view of the houses.
Changes shot to a close up to cartoon feet with leaves floating around. feet walking in background across screen. Next angle is from the left of her as she walks in between leaves, van in background.
Main character then walks down a street facing camera, she is normal but the houses to her right are cartoon. She walks with a stop start movement (edited) Camera then looks up to a series of electrical, flock of birds fly from left to right.
Close up of character walking- left hand side, houses on right and birds fly past. Another shot of her from the left hand side- walking past rocking chair and guitar, could suggest she likes music and likes to chill out on her own. She walks out of shot and camera stays focused on three houses, could be where she lives?
View is from behind on the left and she is walking down a road drinking her drink, next shot is from further down road, walks into shot.
shot from left of her, walks past guitar and barber shop. turns left, starts walking across road. Heads towards camera.
Close up of he opening drinks bottle. Right hand side. Next shot is her drinking from it. Left hand side. Then view from above looking down. She is walking on a path looking up with leaves falling on her. Walks through park, runners jog past. Behind her walking and runners go past again. view from stomach area looking at feet walking, camera is then positioned looking along path behind her waking next to trees. goes with the song lyrics 'If you'd be the wood, i'd be the fire'. Walking under a branch. Close up walking in a street, houses in background. Camera then smoothly moves behind her. Close up of legs, camera goes up her body. She then walks in centre of camera, past skater and then off right. At the end, it goes back to reality and camera is behind her as she walks into a shop.
View
The opening of Juno shows a setting of a neighbourhood and a fairly social place. It shows how drawings can be used to make a film more interesting and the pace in which the drawing change represents the film could be about drama.
Boyhood
Dialogue and Sound
In the opening minute or so, there is a mix between music and dialogue. at the start of the film , the song Yellow by Coldplay is playing. The song creates a mood of happiness and a chilled atmosphere as the song is rather slow. The start of the song matches the picture, looking up into the sky. When the dialogue starts, the music gradually gets quieter until no longer heard. The boy's mum approaches him and says " Hey lovebud, you ready?"
He replies " Oooo yeah, guess what mum."
She responds "What."
" I've figured out where wasps come from." The boy replies.
"Oh yeah, where?" The mum says.
"Well i think it must be if you flick a wasp in the air just right it'll turn into a wasp."
"Damn" She replies.
"Yep" he says.
Text
At the start of the film, there are no credits towards actors and actresses but there are credits on who the producers are. The text is in a handwritten style that makes it feel like its at school and links well with the title of the film. The black colour of font again represents black ink on paper.
The credits are :
IFC Films
IFC Productions Presents
A Detour Film Production
Boyhood
camera
The first shot is looking up at sky, blue and white. shows calmness and peace.
Next shot is close up of boy's face and zooms out, still on face
Cuts to mum walking through a courtyard - camera follows her from side, slows down and then angle is from the right hand side but slightly behind them
Camera then follows them to get a side view, can see building in foreground
The camera angles want us to know that it is based in a school as there are small children walking around.
view
I feel the opening minute or so doesn't give a whole lot away in terms of what the film is about. The music does make it seem like the film is about reflecting on his memories when he was small because of the lyrics and the camera angle of the sky and the boy looking up at it makes it seem like he's dreaming. i like the opening of this film as it doesnt reveal too much but gives you a clear idea of who the main characters are.
The Woman In Black
Dialogue and Sound
In the opening scenes of The Woman In Black, there is only a short amount of dialogue. Instead of dialogue, the producer has used a eerie and sinister music piece to create tension for the audience. The music used is typical for a horror film. At around 50 seconds, there appears to be a louder instrument being used, this is to create more tension and to maybe scare the audience- could be thinking why has the music piece got louder. There is another sound, when the three girls open up the windows, the producer has on purposly made the sound of the latch louder so that the audience asks questions. it also creates suspense. Towards the end of the clip, a woman starts shrieking, following the shriek is a cry of "My Babies!"
Text
In the opening scenes, there are no credits whatsoever for anyone associaed with the making of the film. This may have been the case as the producer wanted the audience to be engaged straight away and to be asking question early on about the film.
Camera
It starts of a close up of a small table and cups, someone 'pouring tea' into them.
Another close up of a teddy being given the tea, followed by a close up of a doll being given tea- pretty weird.
Cuts to a wide shot of 3 girls playing with dolls and teddies-tea party
one of them is combing the dolls hair-close up, another girl then dresses a doll-close up
Wide angle of 2 girls smiling and pouring more tea. other girl then smiles and puts cup down. cant see faces.
Wide angle of room, camera is placed in corner, girls all look at camera at same time- someone behind the camera?
Closer wide angle shot, girls turn and look at window
Zoom in on window
Girls get up and stand on dolls and cups- many angles and close ups
Girls walk towards camera, heading to window in a line
Stand on ledge and open windows - behind them and close up on opening window
Camera stay still as girls jump
Camera slowly moves back
Close up on one baby doll
Camera then goes back more slowly and a black veil comes on shot on right
View
I feel like the music used it meant to add a dark atmosphere and the props used and the time of the film make it more dark. I like the opening because of all the different shots and also the slow movement at the end which causes tension, also it does not reveal who the woman in black is and leaves the audience guessing.
Hot Fuzz
Dialogue and Sound
In the opening couple of minutes of Hot Fuzz there's a lot of dialogue used and as a quiet sound track in the background. Dialogue is used to describe who the main character is. The dialogue is put over pictures to tell a mini story. The dialogue starts when Sergeant Angel starts, "Police Constable Nicholas Angel. Board and School in London. Graduated Canterbury University in 1993 with a Double First in Politics and Sociology. Attended Hendon College in Police Training. Displayed great aptitude in Field Exercises. Notably urban pacification and riot control. Academically excelled in theoretical coursework and final year examinations. Received Baton of Honour, graduated with Distinction in to the Metropolitan Police Service. Quickly established an effectiveness and popularity within the Community. Proceeded to improve skill base with courses in Advanced Driving and Advanced Cycling. Became heavily involved in a number of extra vocational activities. To this day holds the Met record for the 100 metre dash. In 2001 began active duty with the renound SO19 Armed Response Unit. Received a Bravery Award for efforts in the resolution of Operation Crackdown. In the last 12 months has received nine Special Commendations and achieved the highest arrest record for any Officer in the Met and sustained three injuries in the line of duty. Most recently in December I got wounded by a man dressed as Father Christmas". staright away from the start we can see he has a good job and we know all the things hes done and achievements hes got
Text
Within the first minute and a half, there are no credits for dirctor or actors and actresses.This is probably because the director wants the audience to focus on the main character as opposed to other things like the credits.
Camera
Walks towards camera and shows identity card- camera still.
Close up of feet- skips to face, few angles on what he looks like.
Side angle follows him and close up side angle again follows him.
Close ups and zooms on his face- only want to know who he is ,no one else
Behind shot of men runnung through obstacles- shows us things he has to do
Riot men running towards us, engage audience. violence will engage audience
Fairly close up to his papers-on table, shows exactly what he got
At a ceremony to pick up award, camera directly infront of him
Speaking to people in his area- shows he is sociable
Driving cars and bikes camera moves with him
More close up shots of him on bike
Shows us more activities he is involved in, side view
Guns running upstairs, arresting people- quite high in pecking order
View
From the opening scenes I feel as if the film is going to have a serious meaning but quite humorous , it reveals literally nothing apart from what his job is and all his personal fame. I feel that the voiceover was done well as it matched fittingly with the pictures in the background.
Learning comment
From doing this activity, i have learnt why sounds and different types of music are used to create either a dramatic opening scene or a calm and peaceful opening scene. Also i have learnt how to move through different shots and also who should go where on the opening credits. I learnt how lighting can resemble a character and how it can give clues as of what the certain character is like and what their role is.
