Wallander

Cienmatography: Focus pulls you to the main scene where you see the taxi and the two girl characters that are 18 and 16 years old walking away from the car. The first shot is an extream long shot to a mid shot of the setting and location. It pulls you to the establishing shot. There is a black out at the start the the opening sequence focues in and it looks as if it is zooming into the action. The first shot of the characters is only of the back of the two girls heads and the car tracks on the floor. This compersition shot is very effective to the story line. Who are they? You don't see there face so it is misterious and the audience question the opeing sequence stright away. The compostion of this shot is what makes the shot so good. The use of over the shoulder shot when you see a bit of the taxis head and a shadow of the two character walking away in the background. There is a close up of the mans face with blood runing down it so you know he is hurt or even dead. All the shots are clear and easy to see. There is one point in the film where the two officers are loking in the car and it is a frame within a frame. You get a good effective eyeline match of the girl in the back of the police car looking at the police officer asd they are drivien to the station.

Mise-en-scene: The background is yellow and very bright when you see who is in the film and the title on the film. The use of blood on the girls and the sharp knife also around the taxi, makes you question what happend? The long shot in the begining sets the scene. The police woman tells you what has happend to the driver and she also tells the viewer the story to answer the viewers questions. The characters look dangerous and scared. You can tell who is the main character because of the positioning with in the frame. She is taller and closer to the camera where as the other girls is more blured to the viewer. The use of props are effective because you can see the taxi drivers badge so you know more about his character. The use of the knife also lets the audience know the girls used that on the driver. The prop of the keyring hanging is also effective because you think that is his son and that he may have been linked to the girls and why they hurt the taxi driver. All of the shots informed the viewer on what happend in this scene.

Sound:Lould strong sound when the camera gets close-up of the knife, it gives the mood to0 the story aswell. You can hear the water, the wing to make it more real and to help set the location. The sound track gets loulder as it get nearer to the characters. The foot steps of the girls, the sounds from the taxi radio and the girls breathing is lould and it stands out to the audience. The knife has its own sound mofit to show it is a key part to the scene. The sounds are low and restricted with a stight ecko. The music gives the mood of danger. The noise makes the audience feel as if we are zooming into the setting and the action, it is just stright cut.

Editing: The way you get a shot reverse shot of the back of the girls heads, the taxi driver then the the girls faces. These are very quick cuts that keep the audience intrested. The actor is behind the yellow title in opeing sequence and you get the action before you know who is in the film. This shows the audience that that police officer is good/bad cop in this film. The way we feel as if we are zooming into the action because of the use of music and how the camera tracks in, this is very effective to the mood of the film. The sound effect of the wind is real and you know you are by the seaside. The shape of the title was a match on action and it was also shaped like a knife. There are alot of good shot to keep you intrested in the film and to keep you wanting to watch.

How the opening sets the story: The use of props is effective to the story line becuae blood is always in thriller or a horror films. Also the way that you only see quick cuts of the character involved and they build your imagination to what has really happend to the taxi driver. The use of the rule of thirds makes the story stand out and be understood.


How the opening suggests the genre (thriller): The use of quick cuts so the audience is constanly asking themselves questions on what is happening. The good use of the camera when in the begining the camera looks as if it is zooming into the scene, but the camera is really on a helicopter and it is geeting closer to the setting. Then there is a quick cut to the action and what has happend. Alos the use of music is creepy and lould and fast so this is what you expect to hear when a thriller starts. This is how the opening sequence revels that this is a thriller.

Deadly Kiss Me

Ciematography: Close up shots of the two character of the man and the woman in the car, thought out the opening sequence the camera was also at an down wards angle. The viewer gets a birds eye view of the car and the setting when they get stopped by the police officers, this is effective because you see the location of the film and it helps you to understand the story. The good use of two shot is used mostly thought out the opening sequence so you can see the character and how they are with in the frame. Shout reverse shot is used at the begining when she stops the man in his car and you see both actors reactions. The way the camera is you feel as if you are the third person in the film and that they are looking at you. The first few shots are mid shots of her feet running to a long shot of her running down the road trying to stop cars as they go past her. The first establishing shot we see is the one where the two characters meet for the first time. Also there is a rule of thrids when she is standing in the middle of the road as she trys to stop the the character of the man in the car coming towards her. This also shows the golden mean to the film because you see her in the middle of the frame. The way that you are able to see her as she runs down the road is by a track camera as it follows the action of the actor.



Mise-en-scene: The mans white car is the main setting to the opening sequence of the film, this is where the character send most of there time. The costume of the woman is just a tranch coat with no shoes on and she has blond short hair. This show the woman character to be not very important and we should look down at her. The mans costume is a nice dark long coat, with a nice suit and shoes. The way he gives the boy quite a bit of money just to pull a bit of tree from the bottom of his car shows he is important and he is well off. The setting is at night time because you can tell this because the only bit of light you see is from the car shinning on the character. The characters become friendly very quickly almost stright away. She want to get to Los Angeles. The backgroung is dark and there is a small amount of light from the car.


Sound: Lould strong muisc to start the film off with(drums). The use of sound effects are very effective for example the sound of the car and the sound of her running and the way she was breathing was exagerated and it stood out to the viewer and from this you can tell she was destressed and out of breath from running so far. So from the way she was breathing it made the the audience question what is wrong with her? Is she ok? Is that a sound of relief? The music from the radio was diegetic and it stood out and made it real life.

Editing: The credits, titles and actors names are infrount of the two people and they are quite slow so you can see who they are as they drive off. The letters are in bold white letters to stand out to the viewer and too make the easier to read because the film is in black. The cuts are quick to get the film going. There is a short voice over from the radio as she walks over to the car to improve the mood of the film. All of the cuts where stright cuts thoughout the opening sequence. The car that the man actor drove was white so this is meant to tell the audience he is her hero. But the way the character acts dosen't put him in that light.

How the opening sets the story: It set the story because of the colour of the film is dark and scary. The way her breathing is lould. The way the film starts with her just running down the road like she is running from some one. The use of camera movement gave the audience the mood to the story line. The film is also action packed and fast so the audience don't get bord. The dialogue is also snappy and quick.

How the opening suggests the genre (thriller): This was done by the use of lould music. The film was made in the 1940's so it was to get the war off the viewers minds, so it was fast and thriller like. Also because the film is in black and white most things stand out for example: smoke, fog, steam and breath. This type of film is called a film noir. Also the actor is very femme fatile this mean she is a fatial female. The performance of the two character is very over the top. This film was a detictive film and in these types of film there is always a man/hero to help a helpless woman. Also the film was made from a book.

Brick

Analysis of Brick

Cinematography: The way that the camera in the begining has a lot of extream close-ups that fade into eachother so you get to see each character. The film start with you getting to know the character of the boy and then as you get more in to the film you get an eye line view of what he is looking at and you get a few close-ups of the dead girl and then you as a viewer start to ask questions on who is she? what happend to her? The setting of the film also helps you to understand that she is dead because it looks like a place that you wouldn't like to be. The use of the establishing shout is effective because you can see the boy on the left hand side the black tunnel in the middle and the dead girl on right hand side so you also can see a a rule of thirds shout. Also they way the camera changes though quick cuts of the boy and the dead girl help the audience to get to know the characters. Also the way that the camera focus pulls us to the next clip is effective. I also like the way that each shout gives the viewer an imagination.

Mise-en-scene: The way that you see what the boy is where for example the brown shoes, in the first shout you see them and then you see who they belong to. So when the film cuts to the school scene you see the brown shoes before you see the character but you stright away knoe whos feet they are. Also the use of mud on her shoes shows she didn't plan to get muddy so this gives the audience some thing to think about. I think the way the director wanted you to see the girls hand as she is dead on the floor then it fades into the shout of her hand agen but 'two day befor' and I stright away knew whos hand it was and it made me question what happend to her? The use of probs is also effective because you see a hand put the note in his locker and then you see the boy actor waiting for the girl. The note tells the viewer that. Also by the sound of the bell you know it is set in a school then you see where he is m,eeting her on a road.

Editing: The way that the first few shouts fade into the next to give it the mood of sadness is effective. Most of the shouts where fast and quick. Then as you get more into the film you see the effective way that see an eyeline match of what he is looking at and you get to see the dead girl on the floor.

Sound: The music is non-diegetic sound of bells which is creepy, slow and quite so it set a good mood to how the girls got killed and they way the boys feels as he looks at her. But then the differnt sound of a school bell is the diegetic sound because the next scene is two days earlier when they are at school.

Story- How the opening sets it: Its day time. Not a normal place to see a dead body. The girl looks dressed up so she didn't look as if she wanted to get muddy. She look like she was going on a date or to a party? The ending of the film is at the begining so it is replaying what happend to the girl and why she ended up that way.

How the opening suggests the genre(thriller): The way that you see the girl faced down on the floor with dirty clothes and creapy music in the back ground sets the scene of a thriller. She is dead on the floor but with no blood so this is how a thriller takes place. The setting of the story gives the mood of a thriller too because it is cold and scary, a place where girls don't get dressed up for. You also have all the questions going around in your head. Who killed her? Was it that boy? Who is he anyway?

For me as a viewer the film was produced very well. It mad me ask question on the opening sequence the whole way though, this is what a film should really be about. Im going to take some idears from this film and I am going to add them in my opening sequence thriller. With the use of the props to establish the characters, I want to use this because it is very effective to the mood and the layout of the film. This will tick all the boxes on my audience view of a thriller film, this is what was meant to happen and it was done with out us even knowing it.

Double Indemnity

Analysis of Double Indemnity

Ciematography: the use of the camera is slow and wide so you can see the whole set of the story and the mad driver. The way the camera follows the action gets the audience asking questions on who is in the car? And why are they drivin like that?The actor doesn't show his face for a few minutes of the film to it keep the audience intersted in the film and what is happening next, so the audience can tell he is a business man because of the way he is dressed and from the building he goes into. The way the camera get's a good shot of the factory inside of the hotel and you see the cleaner you are still asking questions until he gets into his office and it all starts to unfold. The title of the film takes up the whole screen in the begining and the shadow of the man with walking sticks get the viewers attension stright away. This helps the audience to understand the title of the film. The setting of the film is in 1944 in Los Angelas I no this because it is shown on the road sign in the opening sequence to the film. The way the camera is behind the actors in the life make you feel as if you are in the lift watching them, this gives a good mood to the start of the film.

Mise-en-scene: the use of colour in the film show that it was set in the olden times, because it is dull and not very bright. The main character where's a hat and a long coat, this is show to the audience that he is trying to hide himself from the audience, because for some reason he doesn't want to be seen. This make the viewer feel that he is a dark man that likes to hide in the night and is not to be trusted. Also the main character looks to have hurt his arm and you get a good mid shot of his bulit wond and so I think he is the man in the begining of the opening sequence.

Editing: The use of editing tryes to hide the main actor in the opening of the film, this tells the viewer alot a from his body language. The fast pace of the car driving fast thought traffic, then as the car stops at the hotel it is more of a slower pace and the man get out and walks to the door. At this point you still cant see his face so you ask questions

Sound: it is a non- diegetci sound so it is more of a sound track than real outside sound of cars etc. The music sets a mood to the film that it is old and scary. The sound is lould and sharp to make the viewer jump and sit on the edge of their seat.

Story- How the opening sets it: To begin with thye lould music sets the film to be fast paced with a lot of action to keep it intersting. The name and the title of the film make it work and do what the director wanted it to do. The charcter of the man is the one driving the car so I think in the first few minutes is he chacing after someone or trying to get away from someone? I am also thinking is he trying to get himself killed or trying to run down and kill?

How the opening suggests the genre (thriller): The use of music, fast paced shots and the actor with a bulit in his arm give all the signs to a thriller because it grips you in you ask questions and the mood is set by the scary music in the back ground.

Conventions of your chosen genre

These films are reasons why I chose the genre thriller. These film tick all the boxes for a good thriller. So I used these picutes to show this and what our film is set on.

A thriller film must always have these points so that the genre is clear to the audience and for it to be a successful thriller film.

• Quick cuts so it keep the viewer intrested.



• Camera angles to change thought the film.



• The music/soundtrack that gives the film a mood and tension to it.



• Good use of lighting such as shadows, dark, creapy and misterious.



• Objest/props that you don't expect to see in a carm film.



• Props to give the viewer an imagination.



• Strong colours such as red, black and dark colours.

Audience Research 1

My questionnaire

What we expect to see in a thriller film?

1. What do you expect to be in the opening sequence of a thriller?
2. Do you want the thriller to be slow paced so you get into it or fast paced so you get griped to the story?
3. What would you like to see in a thriller film?
4. Do you think the music has a big effect on the mood of the thriller?
5. Do you expect to understand the story line in the first few minutes?
6. In the first few minutes of the thriller do you expect your questions to be answered in the beginning, middle or end?
7. How and when do you think the characters should be presented to the viewer?
8. Does the costumes, props and make-up of the characters matter in making the thriller seem real?

Conventions of an opening sequence

The opening sequence is a very important part to a film it should tick all the boxes that I put together for what and opening sequence should look like to the viewer. It must also have these point:

• It must be exciting for the audience.
• Be draw the audience into the film.
• Must make the viewer want to see more.
• Have good titles that stand out and that are bold.
• To establish the setting.
• Make the viewer ask question on the character but not to give much away at first, so the viewer is intrested.
• Should be about an hour and a half long.
• Create an atmosphere.
• Have a soundtrack that will set the mood to the film.
• Make the viewer curious and griped to their seat.
• Let the viewer be able to gess what type of character is being played.
• Lead the viewer into the story line.

What titles? And Fargo

Analysis of FARGO
To understand the roles/ logos in the title sequence of FARGO- Directed by Cohen Brothers.

Job's: opening credits- actors names, MGM- advert, gold, black and the lion image.
Music by carter Burwell
Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Editing: Roderick Jaynes

Logo's: Poly Gram- flash of red light under it to stand out, fade out, big bold font, red, black and white. FARGO- title in bold black letters, working title films to show they put money into the film production. Three different titles but only to logos?

Mise-en-scene: snow, blue sky, cold, car in the back ground (main object is composed within the shot) good composition, the first establishing shot, long shot to a mid shot then to a close shot (as the car gets closer) the lighting was smooth and blue, this mad it real to the viewer. The sound track in the backgroung helped set the mood of the thriller, this made me as a viewer ask questions on the film.

Ideas for me to steel: true story information, use of font, cross dissolve (bird in the sky) the main actor has to have- good costume so you know what type of character they are, good performance so you know what type of person they are (shy, outgoing?) To keep the audience gessing and asking questions in the first few minutes of the film.

Five things that are good in this opening sequence:

1. Sound gets loulder then it stops when the opening location is set (the bar).
2. Shot/reverse/shot of the three characters talking in the bar.
3. The action make the viewer ask questions. Who are they? What are they talking about?
4. The way they just meet in the bar makes you feel as if they don't know eachother, then after the first few minutes they become friendly.
5. The good use of shot types: mid shot and close ups of Jery. The camera always gets the action. The conflict between the three characters. The main character tells the two men alot about his family (wife and father in law-not short of money!) The use of the 180 rule is effective, the viewer feels as if they are in the conversation, the way you can see all the main action in the first few minutes- the actors performance, dark cloves to see they are bad people, Jery's character tells alot about him as a person (shy, hunched over, quite)

My anaylsis of Fargo
This film helped me to find my chosen genre for the opening sequence to my own film.The way the characters are presented in the film to the viewer if effective and very well filmed. The use of the camera show there status with in the world of the film, and the use of shot reverse shot shows the audience who the characters are and what the film is based around. This film is a very good example of a thriller. So I will take a few of these idears and I will try and involve them with in my opening sequence thriller.

Location Research

1. This would be an interesting place to set a thriller film, because it is a creepy door in the middle of a fence. When you see it you think, what is behind this door? Where does it lead to? Who lives behind this door? So you start to ask questions in the opening sequence. This will get the viewers griped to the screen and wanted to see more.

2. This would be a good place to set a thriller because it is out in the open, so at night time it will be dark, scary and a good place to get the mood of a thriller.

3. This is a very good place to set my thriller because it looks like an old place, not a lot of people come here so you don't no what to expect. Also as you would walk down here you can't see around the corner so if some one jumped out on you then it would make the viewer jump too.

4. This looks like a good location for a thriller film because it looks as if some think or some one is under all of the rocks or it has fallen on someone. So this makes you ask question and sets a good mood to the opening. A bit of music and this would be the perfect place to set my thriller.

5. I thought this would be a good place to set my thriller because the gates are big, scary and you cant see behind them so you get a feeling that some think is being shut behind it and it isn't allowed out because it is dangerous and big. The cone also represent DO NOT ENTER! So in a thriller you want the viewer to ask questions and some would be. Are they going in? What is behind that gate? Is it a no enter zone? This is such a good place to set a thriller, because you can get so many ideas on what you want to happen in this opening sequence.

6. I thought this woud be a good place to set a thriller because the ice sets a good mood and it stands out and looks sharp and scary. This is a good location to set my thriller, because it is also intersting and different.

7. This woud be a good place to set a thriller because it looks too quite. So this would set a good mood for thriller film to be set hear.

Cinematography: My use of the camera in each shot was thought out before each shot was taken. I made sure that the mean of the shot was established to the view and from the pictures you could see the mood of each shot and this helped me to decide the best place to set my thriller film. I used mostly medium, long and wide shots in each picture. This help set the mood because I wanted the viewer to see what I did and to understand why these pictures where effective to the setting of a thriller.

Mise-en-scene: Each setting I used was effective to the viewer because it set a scary mood and this is what I need to make my film effective and real. The positioning of the main subject within the frame was hard to do because I wanted the pictures to have questions hidden in the and this would be more exciting for the viewer to see because they would think why? where? what? and this is what you need to have when making an effective thriller film.

Final Product

Evaluation

This is my evelaution of how my groups film would work in the real world.
I will also compare other films to my film and show how my group was inspired to make our own opeing sequence.

Planning

Memento – Analysis of the opening sequence

The title of the film- When and how does it appear on the screen?

The title appears from a black background and then the director cuts in an image of the main actor holding a picture and this time the title fades is in blue writing to make it stand out more to the viewer. This is a key part to the film because this is what the film is about the pictures that the actor takes so he can remember what he has done that day. This is an old fashioned camera so you have to shake it so the picture can form, but in this opening the picture disappears and this is showing that time is being reversed and as he shakes the picture it disappears and the story is rewinded. This is very interesting for the view to watch because it makes you ask questions and keep you sucked into the film.

When and how is the setting/location revealed to the viewer?

The setting and location are hard to see because of the use of camera shots. There are so many close ups' it makes it hard to see where the opening sequenced is filmed. So because of the dark and scary place you think people don't go there much, only if they are going to kill someone. So as a viewer you question where is this place? So you get more drawn in because you want to find it out. The only clues you get are that its dark, old because of the holes in the walls, and that is dirty because the screen grab of the man on the floor. So it is reveled to the viewer very slowly in the film and you only really know where it is set near the end of the film when he goes back to that place and it is reviled what he was really doing there, and then your question are answered.

Key props- what shot types are used to revel these to the viewer?

The key props are show in the as close ups' this is to show that they are important to the film. The main props that are used are the camera and the pictures of different people that the charactor meets in the film. The prop of the bulit from a gun is used to show how the person on the floor is killed and what the first picture represents in the opening sequence, this bulit is shown to the viewer in a close up so the viewer can see what it is and this prop helps them to put the story together in there head also as they see the quick replay of the gun going into his hand you know he took that shot and killed that man. The glasses on the floor are shown at a low angled shot that was close up so you could see the blood on them and for the viewer to know they belong to the dead man on the floor. This helps the viewer to notice in the film who the glasses belong to and this also helps them to put the story together more in there head. So from this sequence the main props are reveled to the viewer in a strange way but they will will get noticed stright away, because of the music and pace of the film.

Title font, placement and style- how do the actors' names, etc appear on the screen? Explain the connotations of the font choice for the title and the credits.

The use of font is bold, blue, in the middle of the screen and quite big so it is noticed. This is a good position to put the actors' names in because the viewer will see the names before they see the backgroung image. The way that the names appear on to the screen are sharp and quick so you can tell that the film will go in the same pace as this so you have to keep your eyes on the screen to know what is going to happen next. The difference between the title and the credits, is that the title is much bigger and spaced out so it show's that it is definalty the title and not an actors name. The credits are a bit smaller because they want the viewer to see the images behind the words but for then to not go unnoticed. This is a good use of the rule of thirds to open the film in such an effective way.

Describe the overall camerawork and editing in the opening sequence of 'Memento'

The camera is mostly in a still but close persion so you can get a close up of the actors' in the film and the main actors' hand and face. The use of reversing what is happening is a really good effect because it gets the viewer into the film stright away. Also the way the the picture disappears is really effective too because you want to see what is in the picture, and you can just about get to see what it is then it fades more and more. The best part of the reversing of the opening sequence is the blood on the wall. It looks as if it is going back up the wall moving away from the camera. That part as a viewer helps to set the mood of the film you to see why it is a thriller film.

How does the opening sequence relate to the rest of the film?

It does that by makeing the viewer ask themselves a lot of questions in the first two minutes of the film and as the film goes on you are able to answer the film and thought out the film you are going " oh yer, I get that now" so it gives the film a good build up to the action and the story line. But the best thing is you only get to do that at the end when you see why the main actor kills that man (teddy) so you get the long build up to the part your most interested about. So you just want to watch on. It also relates to the film because the use of pictures helps you to follow the story line of the film better when you find out what they are for.

Memento Opening Sequence

My analysis of an opening sequence on my gender: The Final Destination

Camera shots/angles/movement/composition:
Thought out the clip the used of medium and close up shot has been effective becase I can see fully what is happening on the screen and it catched my attension stright away. Some of the different shots are of a point of viwer of a doctor looking at x-rays of people who have died in the film, this is very intersting and it really sets the scene that who is in this film will die though out the whole film. There are a lot of establishing shot to set the mood of the film, this is effective because I can see how people die. The use of high and low angled shots make me see the actors/ dead peoples point of view of what they see coming towards them. So thought out the film I know it will be similar and bloody.

Editing:
The way that the images fades in and out in slow motion really grips me in because it is intersting and as soon as I understand that images anouther fades in. The use of eyeline editing shows me as a viewer what has killed the character/actors in the film.

Sound:
Very lould non-digetic sound to start the clip off and thought out, so stright away my eyes and ears are fixed to the screen. The use of sound effects makes the sequence more intersting because the sound synchronous with the image and it is very effect and intersting to me. Also the use of sound effects also make it more real to me.

Mise-en-scene:
Thought out the whole clip the use of colour give it a good effect, becasue it is in black and white/blue, this is from the way that x-rays look like so the person who made this gave the viewer a good understanding of the film in the first few minutes. The best part about the colour is that every time blood is shown in the shots it is bright red so shows you it is blood and that this the only colour in the opening sequence, so as a viwer I think blood is really going to stand out in this film so im intersted and asking question all ready.

So thought out the sequence It created a good atmosphere of what the film was going to be about, this was very intresting and it griped me in and i wanted to watch it all.

My analysis of an opening sequence on my gender: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Camera shots/angles/movement/composition:
The camera thought the clip looks as if it is really close up to each photo and shots. There are also a few shots where there are a few extreme close ups of the actors eye and face. so from the camera doing this is makes me feel a bit scared but excited to watch so im griped in by this all ready. Also the angle of the camera is canted (tilted) so it creates a very good atmosphere and I want to see more. There are a few long shots of the setting, and these are very good because I familiarised myself in the clip because they where used in the films that where before this one, so I knew what was happening and where it was set. A few of the shot where of close ups of wrighting and words, so it made me want to watch on so I could read them better.

Editing:
There where some shots of cross-cutting which made the mood of the film more exciting because I wanted to watch on and it got me on the edge of my seat. With in the clip most shots are faded in or out and about two images on the screen are superimposition, where they are on top of anouther like the long shot of the wind mill, then on top of that the word 'age 9' fades in. This was really good because this made me ask question in my head and I wanted them answered. There are a lot of slow paced shots then very fast paced shot, this also sets a mood to the clip because it is intersting. It goes slow then quick and I want to see more, because it really intrests me. Also the way that the shots and images dissolve into one anouther really makes the opening sequence good! The use of comtinunity is very effective becase it makes the clip run in a smooth line and at an understanding pace for me as a viewer. Though out the clip the whole thing gives me so many visual effects, because it griped me in and I couldn't get my eyes off the screen.

Sound:
The sound track of the opening sequence really sets the tone of the film, it is a good use of non-digetic and ambient sounds, because as it goes along with the clip I get more into the film and I know from the sound track it is scary and goory thought out the film. There is a very effective voice over that is a direct perspective to who all of the pictures and the shots on the screen are of. As a viwer I will rember the voice thought out the film so I know who that was speaking, this really makes me ask questions and it also sets a very scary atmosphere. In the clip there are also some strange bursts of sound for just a second, and this also makes the film seem more scary. The good use of sound effects also help me to understand what is happening in the film becasue the effects relate to the images on the screen.

Mise-en-scene:
The setting of the opening makes me curious to see what is going on, and I want to watch on becase it is scary and detailed. The use of props is very effictive becase you see different sharp objects and a bit of blood, so as a viewer I know what is going to happen in the film a lot of blood and goor. The costume, hair and make-up make the character look scary because he looks dirty, evil and he is banadged up so you can't really see hes face. So I get More into the film because I want to see him fully. The use of dark and shaddy backgrounds gives the film a scary side and makes it more exciting to see what will happen in it. The location of the opening sequence also helps you understand the title of the film, because you can see it is set there from the images shown.

So from the opening sequence of this horror I can tell it is scary and very well planned because they definantaly got there point across to me and I wish I watched the whole film.

What does a title sequence look like? The Final Destination

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

The analysis on Seven

Seven

This is the trailer for the film Seven. We used this as a class to understand what a trailer looks like and how it looks to the viewer.

Seven

This is the opening sequence for the film on Seven. As a class we used this to understand what an opening sequence looks like.

The Sixth Sense

This is the original trailer for the film the Sixth Sense. This is what we used as a class to understand what a movie trailer looks like. It was very interesting to use because it ticked all the boxes we needed for a trailer.

We looked at The Sixth Sense.

We also looked at Seven.

The analysis on The Sixth Sense

1. The title of the film: is show to the audience in white letters with a dark black background so it stands out to the viewer and is noticed quickly by the audience. It come onto the screen as if it came out of no-where so it sets a scary mood to the beggining of the film and it grips the viewer in to the film.


2. Setting/location: this starts off in a dark, quiet and cold place where from the darkness a light bolb appears to the viewer and you can tell it is old fashend. The character of the women them comes in and she get very close too the camera as if she is looking into it, but she's not really. This makes the audience feel as if they are being watched or looked at so it set's a good mood to start the film off with. It also goes with the dark places she is in as if someone is watching her like a ghost, and she stop's and shivers before she runs back up the stairs. This really makes the viewer feel as if there is some think bad going to happen.


3. Costumes/location: The costumes of the actors are dressed up, so you know they have been on a night out together and this sets the location in the home of the two actors.


4. Camera work/editing: The editing of the film gives the audience a mood at the start of the film as if they are being watched and then as she stops and then runs up the stairs you feel a bit scared and creepy. This keep your eyes on the screen at all time so it really gives a good effect to the film, therefore you know it is a thriller. Also the way she looks at the wine is very good because it is a close up of her face and the action of what is happening in the film. This also helped set the mood of the thriller.


5. Title font/style: this was in BOLD letters so it stood out and seem creepy. It appeared from a black groung so it help the setting to the mood of the film. The way the word where in time with the music was effective too.


6. Story- show how the opening sets it up. This is done by the two actors sitting in there home having a glass of wine and chilling out before they go to bed together. As she enters the front room the music stops as if she is safe with him and the film is really going to start. The opening sets the story in a scary mood, the use of music lets this happen and it is also letting the viewer know it is a thriller film and that alot of bad things are going to happen. Also how the film starts in darkness sets the scene as she picks out the wine and this is want get the audience griped to there seats.


7. Gender- show how the opening suggests it. The use of music really sets the mood of the thriller fim because it is slow and sharp and it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up and you start to ask question on the film.


8. How characters are introduced. The characters are introduced by the woman actor first because she is who I see first, then as she goes up stairs your questions start to get answered stright away. They are in a realiationship together, they live together and (Bruce Willis) the character of the man is a childrens doctor. This is want you know about the charters in the opening sequence to the film.


9. Special shots/effects: when you see how cold it is in that room the breath of air, and this plays quites a bit role to the film. The close up of her face as she gets wine and the close up of her feet as she runs up the stairs. Also the way that the camera pans the room so you get an idear of the settin/location, this shows the cars and candels to the male actor so it help the audience put the story together and ask question. This is what a thriller film should do, and that is why it is so effective.

Understanding the difference between an opening sequence and a trailer.

Movie trailer:

• an overview of the story/plot
• grad our attention
• action (the good bits)
• who is starring in the film
• voice over (details)
• no give away
• montage editing (bits and peaces-overview)
• fast paced editing
• a lot of shots
• persuade audience to follow up the film (go and watch it)

Opening sequence:

• got to hook you in
• familiarize view setting/establish setting
• slower paced (leading you into the narrative)
• introduce characters thought shots of them and titles
• establish a certain "mood" or "tone"
• create an atmosphere
• sound track (music helps to set tone)
• viewers need to feel curious/engaged and have questions they want answered to view on

Cover work

In the lesson that our teacher wasn't in we had to mark another persons essay that has the same target grade as you in the class and write 5 EBI's and 5 WWW's on there essay and they had to do the same for yours. This was very effective because I got a lot of good feedback from Donna and she got some very good feedback from me. This will really help me next time I do an essay because she helped me to see the good and bad points on my essay, that I couldn't see. Then we also had home work on doing a brain storm on what we know on thrillers.

The mock stuff

We had to make sure as a class that we understood what all of the media language that we need to know means. So we had to lean and know the elements of: camera shots and angles, movement, compositing, editing, cutting, other transitions, sound and mise-en-scene. For me to know all of this has made me understand media language much more thought that lesson and on the notes that I made.

The mock tests

Over the past weeks we have been looking at the tests that we will be taking in July 2011. As a class we are getting a look on what will be expected of us in the real test, so our teachers is getting us ready for them by doing mock tests with us. One of the aim we where set was- To understand outline for this unit and the possible exam questions. We started on doing a seven slide power point on: gender, age, ethnicity, sexuality, class and status, physical ability/disability and regional identity. This help me because when we got our first mock question that was "discuss the way in which the extract constructs representations of class and status using the following": camera shots, angles, movement and composition, editing, sound and Mise-en-scene. We done this for home work, and we had 25 minutes to write our essay and then 5 minutes to look over it. The essay was basted on the Tv drama of 'White girl (10/4/2009) BBC2, writer Abi Morgan, director Hettie Mc Donald. We watched the first 5 minutes of it four times, so we could all get note on the clip to help us with the essay we where going to do for home work that weekend. From all the notes I got on the clip of the program I put them all together with more information to make my essay.

Evaluating The Preliminary Task

When we finished and edited our short film, we then sent it to our teacher so we could watch all of them as a class and so we could then evaluate each groups continuity task. We used WWW and EBI to do this and give a lot of information on each others. We also got the chance for the class to give us feedback on my groups task. I got some really good feedback that will help me if I get a chance to do this again. The only really bad feedback that my group got was that we needed to upload it again because the quality of the camera wasn't the best. The whole class evaluated the seven groups in the class.

Job site advert

Preliminary task video- EDI

EDI- It would have gone better if every camera we wanted to use have some battery, because each time we went to film our short video the camera would just die on us. We used about 4 camera before we got one that had a good battery, this was one of the problems that we faced when we was trying to film. Also we had a problem when we tried to import the video to the mac, then we had trouble trying to upload it to youtube because of the cameras as well. This was a good challenge for use allow it was hard to over come, but as a team we managed to sort it out. In some of our shorts our filming of the camera wasn't the best but it didn't make our film bad at all.

Preliminary task video- WWW

WWW- The way that we got on together as a group, we worked really well the whole way though the task even when we got to the hard parts of the task. Also Donna done a really good job on filming our short video. Me and Alisha done a good job on our acting though out the film. My editing skills have got much better from this task because there was much more for us to edit and work on. We used match on action effectively from the first short to the last. Our use of short/reverse/short was used effectively too, and the way keep to the 180 rule though out the filming. I thought the whole task went well because we finished it in as soon as we could, we uploaded it to youtube and then we exported it and embedded it to our blogs, this was a new for use so as a group we done really well!

Preliminary Task

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Breif

To create the titles and opening of a new fiction film.
I have been set the task of creating my own thriller film or romantic comedy, and in a group we have to film ourselves the opening sequence to the film.
As a group we have to make sure the film look really good by making sure all the editing is done to our best ability. We have to make sure it stands out to the viewer with the good choice of location, the use of good props, and we also need to make sure we include other media elements that are: cinematography, mise-en-scene and sound. We need to make sure a 100% effort is put into our project so as a group we can get the best mark possible, but for use to also be happy with our film.

My first blog practice

Step one- I saved a picture to my pictures.
Step two- I browsed for the picture.
Step three- I then uploaded it to my blog.

Media- Induction task- EBI

The task that wasn't great was the Donnie Darko one because, the group I was in didnt really comunicate well with each other it was hard to get them to do there lines and to concentrate on what we was ment to be doing. I also thought that they didn't put much hard work into the short 3 minute film that we had to put together. It was also hard becuse in the clip of Donnie Darko ther was a whole class in the panning shot and in our group ther was only five people, but we made it work in the end. Our use of continuity and montage editing wasn't the best but we all tryed to make it work. For example the first few shots we took where on a friday and we all had different costumes on so when we can back to the class on tuesday then we had to re film all of our work so that the continuity was perfect.This was one of the hard things about the Donnie Darko task that I thought we struggled with in filming. Also the editing wasn't affective enough to make the film work when we watched it back, we could then see what was good and what was really bad about our short film.

Media induction task- WWW

The task I enjoyed the most was the jobsite advertesment. It was really intersiting to be in a group of people that I didnt know and for use to put together such a good advert for the class to see.
I learnt alot in this making of our task for example: how to cut and edit the advert, to do a very effective voice over, the use of long and short shots in the advert, to help my group to learn lines and if they got stuck for me to tell them there lines, to make our adver the same as a real advert and the use of colour and lightung in our filming.
It all went well because we just got on with the task and alow we didnt know each other we did really well on helping each other out with lines, editing and the filming of our advert. It also went well because we used a lot of different camera shots, our good use of effects and the voice overs made the advert more simular to the real advert itself.