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Sunday, January 24th, 2010

The titles that start this film is “Warner Bros Pictures” Then the title comes up “Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix”. The theme music then starts which is on all the Harry potter films. The establishing shot is up in the sky and looks down and zooms down into the park where the setting is set. We see grass swaying in the wind this gives an eary effect. We then see a shadow this makes the audience feel abit uncomfortable and on edge the tension builds. Then we see the main character Harry Potter. We then have a wide shot of the round about moving on its own this is creepy as we think something scary is going to happen. We then see a wide shot of 5 boys been horrid and there is a zoom in on Harrys emotions. The sky then goes black we deffinatly know something bad is going to happen now as the atmosphere suddenly changes. Harry threatens the boy. Scary music is played. This creates dramatic tension. There is the a shot looking down on the two boys then a weather shot. This is the end of the starting scene.

The Mask Of Zorro – Action Adventure

January 31st, 2010 by hannahlouisemiles

THE MASK OF ZORRO

TRISTAR – A SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY

TRISTAR PICTURES PRESENTS

AN AMPLIN ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION

Z

THE MASK OF ZORRO

Infromation shots – (shots of writing to start storyline off)

In this sequence, it mainly consists of the titles and informational shots. The only shot in this, is the character of Zorro walking into a Medium Shot, he then cuts a ‘Z’ into the screen. Everytime a title is revealed on the screen, an accent of the music is played.

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The Grudge – Horror/Thriller

January 31st, 2010 by hannahlouisemiles

‘THE GRUDGE’

COLUMBIA – woman with torch (logo)

GHOST HOUSE PICTURES – (logo)

SAM RAIMI & COLUMBIA PICTURES PRESENTS

A GHOST HOUSE PICTURE PRODUCTION

a film by TAKASHI SHIMIZU

SARAH MICHELLE GELLER – (starring)

CHINESE LETTERING (which then reveals as ‘The Grudge’)

THE GRUDGE

names of other cast members – (red background, with black hair revealing the names)

 

In this film, there are two opening sequences, this is purely because of the way the storyline of the film is laid out. The first sequence has no opening titles, however, after the sequence there are the opening titles with a red background and black hair revealing the names and titles.

The first sequence is a Wide Point of View shot, showing a male looking out into the city. It then cuts to a Medium shot of his face and a girl laid in a bed behind him. We then see a close up of the side of his head, to show the confusion in the character and then goes to an MS of the female in the bed, the dialogue has begun. Then a Wide shot is used to show the man jumping off the blacony, this then cuts to a POV shot of him falling to the ground, the speed of this shot is very quick. The shot from which he has just fallen is then shown again, however, the girl walks into the shot, shock and confused, this is then reverted to a POV shot of his mangled body on the road below. A crane shot is then used to show the distance he fell, the music now starts ans this then fades to a blackout.

 

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Mean Girls – Romantic Comedy

January 31st, 2010 by hannahlouisemiles

‘MEAN GIRLS’

PARAMOUNT – a viacom company (logo)

PARAMOUNT PICTURES presents

A LORNE MICHAELS PRODUCTION

LINSEY LOHAN (starring)

MEAN GIRLS

 

This film starts off with a Point of View shot from the main character (Kady). This shot shows both parents, it then reverst to a Close up and POV shot of the mother and then back to the starting shot. This shot then tilts slightly – to simulate the character of Kady standing up. There is then an Over the SHoulder shot of Kady. There is then a mid shot of the mother and Kady, to another mid shot of the father taking a photo graph and then back to the original mid shot of Kady and her mother – which pauses as though taking the photograph, narration/ self monologue of the charcter Kady. It then reverst to a wide shot of all three characters and the surrounding house and background. Again, there is a MS of Kady and her mother and another non diagetic sound as a camera take a picture, whilst the shot freezes.

 

Indiana Jones-The Last Crusade

January 27th, 2010 by laurastrickland

This film starts with the paramount pictures logo which is a mountain with little stars in a circle with paramount pictures in the middle. it then says paramount pictures presents a lucasfilm  LTD production-a steven spielberg film. The film right from the begginning had music which is the main theme from all the indiana jones films. The tune is repeated quite alot through the film which then becomes a motif through out the film(s).

The film starts with a panning camera down the screen from the top of the screen moving to the bottom of the ground focusing on the boys (scouts) on the horses riding along there is a full shot of the boys on the horses so you can get the surroundings of the mountains etc. then it focus’s on the two boys climbing the cliff. There is then an over the shoulder shot which then moves to a point of view shot so we a the audience can see what the to boy are looking at. There is a close up of the boys face (young indiana jones) so you can see his facial expressions. there is then a two shot of the boys talking so you can see both there facial expressions and what there both thinking. there is a hand held camera used so you can see that there is panick and stress when young indiana jones is getting chased. there is a tracking shot of the boy on the horse and this follows him the whole way round on the chase. whilst this is happening there is up beat music playing which matchs the actions as there all sudden and upbeat. A dolly has been used when they are following the train and actors ll jump on to train and climb along the top and the side of the train.

There is a montage shot of the mountains in the opening section. this shows the different images of the mountains/cliffs and the scale of them, there is also a montage of the boys on the horses. When the music is playing it is turned down so you can hear the dialogue over the top of the music however the music is still dominating the scene. there has been a cutaway from the boy running from the train to the house. At the very end of the sequence there is a cut where the man puts the hat on young indiana jones head then he looks down and when he looks back up it is now grown up indiana jones (Harrison Ford). This has just been a flash back of indiana jones remembering something which he had been told that day and was now using it against them when he’s older.  The scenery round him has also changed as when he looked down he was in a house then when he looked up he’s now on a ship. there is also a change in the weather as when hes younger its very sunny it almost looks like they live in a desert and when he’s older its raining very heavily.

i think this is one of the best opening of a film i have seen as it keeps your interest as you want to find out what happens and it is very cleverly done with all the cuts and edits especially the one at the end with the hat as you dont expect it.

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Love Actualy

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

The titles that come up first is “Universal Pictures and Studio Canal present” “A working title production” “In assocciation with DNA films” This starts of with happy music the happy music tells the audience that it is going to be a happy film and it also shows people hugging this shows the plot “LOVE”  and it also tells us it is not going to be a horror. The quote that is in this when this happy scene has finished is “Love Actualy is all around” Then the film title is shown- “LOVE ACTUALY”.

The first scene opens and starts with a man singing a song about love “All you need is love” Then a wide shot. Then the actors in the movies names are shown while this scene is in motion. This doesn’t happen on all films as I found out watching “The ring” The camera moves all around the singer it pans. There are not many camera movements in this.

This is a Romantic Comedy.

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The Ring

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

 

The Ring (2001)

This starts with the title “Dreamworks” which is of a little boy fishing on the moon. Like all films it starts with an esablishing shot which is of an old spooky house in the night so it is quite dark from this start we know it is going to be a horror as the setting is spooky! The rain also set the horror scene, the sound of it makes the tension rise. There was then a wide shot of two girls sat talking but sat in the dark watching TV this also gives us a clue that it may be scary as they are talking about what happened to a gril when she watched a video (she died). It zooms in this creates tension. They have a conversation about the plot of the film this gives us an idea of what it is going to be about. It sets the scene/plot. It zooms on speech to the girls. All through the scene we hear rain this makes it more scary as if it was sunny and daylight you wouldn’t be too scared. It creates an atmosphere of horror. The phone then rings. There is silence- this makes the audience on edge they don’t know whats going to happen next they think of things that may happen if they answer the phone. There is a close up on the girls scared face. The TV suddenly comes on with no warning- silence again- the tension rises much more. There is a zoom in of the TV. Then the secen jumps to the next scene.

The Fog

 

The fog starts with a quote by Edgar Allan Poe. “Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?. Then it moves to Avco Embassy & E.D.I presents, John Carpenters The Fog. This is a Debra Hill production. It starts with a close up on the stopwatch which shows the time of 5 to midnight. In the background of this shot you can see the childrens faces which show intensity, and scared expressions. the boy which you see in the background is staring right at you which maks you very uneasy so this tells us that its going to be an uneasy film. when Mr Machen shuts the watch it breaks the uneasiness in the air. when looking at Mr Machens face it is like there is no facial expression what so ever he just has a blank expression. “Almost midnight enough time for one more story.”  “One more story before twelve”- Mr Machen. This tells us that something is going to happen at midnight so it builds the tension back up. When Mr Machen is telling the story there is a close up of one of the boys faces and this shows how scared the boy is. There is then the sound of the church bells ringing which tells us that it is midnight and it is then the begginning of the witching hour.

This then moves to an establishing shot of Antonio Bay so you can see the clear sky which is then a contrast to later where all you can see is the luminous fog. The church bells are still ringing whilst this is all going on and there is also spooky usic playing in the background. There is a loud crashing noise in the church and part of the wall comes in then the radio is dropped and this then changes the music to the radio which is very upbeat which is a contrast as the music on the radio is very happy and innocent but whats actually going on is not happy or innocent. The phone starts to ring which is quite an empty sound as there is noone there on the phone and they all just start ringing at the same time. then there is the sound of money falling fom the phones when there is a close up of the boy in the shop. When in the shop things start to shake and the sign has half fallen of the roof so there is an eary squeeking sound so your waiting for something to happen exspecially with the close up of the sign then to the boys face in the shop. Then there is an extreme close up of the clock on the watch which shows what time it is (4 minutes past 12).  when the horns all go off together yet again there is another close up of a clock which shows the time as 5 past 12.

There is a montage in the opening section showing the the village, it has shots of the houses, the church, shops and the garage. This lets us see where we are actually based and the shots which are used in the montage actually appear in the film later. There is a shot reverse shot when the women is in her house there is a shot of the tv then her then back to the tv which shows that her tv has turned on by itself then shows her facial expression of confusion and also fear. In these scenes you can hear the ticking of the clock over the top of the speaking then it fades in to the background then completely fades out. There is a wide shot of the sea which shows where the fog will come in later then there is a point of view shot from stevie (the radio dj) out on to the sea.

The opening of the film finishs with 6 knocks at Nicks door then it goes to a close up of the clock which shows that its 1oclock then the clock smashes and the radio dj says “1oclock staight up, end of the witching hour” then there is a close up of the mans face looking outside seeing that the fog has completely gone. This film has a very good opening as it makes you want to carry on watching as it is very intreguing. it is quite a long opening to a film round about 25 minutes but you dont realise how long it is as it is very interesting and jumpy.

P.S. I Love You

 

P.S. I Love You starts with the logo Summit Entertainment, then moves to the Alcon entertainment logo which is a man shooting an arrow. This film is in association with Grovesnor park films LLP.  The film starts with a soundtrack. ( The song which is played at the begginning is then used throughout the film as a motif).  You can tell that this film is a romantic comedy as the music used is a love song, and mentions the word “love” quite alot. The actions used also the facial expressions used in the opening scene are very romantic and the way they react and act with each other at the end of the scene shows that the married couple are in love.

The film has quite a quick start and this is representated in the up beat music. In the start of the film there is only the two main characters, this establishs the relationship between the two characters. there are other characters mentioned in the opening but you do not see them. The film opens with an establishing shot of the street that the two characers walk along. Then moves down so you can focus on the main two people in the film (Gerrard Butler-gerry, Hillary Swank-Holly). There is quite a few close ups used in the opening scene so you can see there facial expressions. There is quite alot of movement with the camera at the beggining exspecailly when there walking up the stairs, when they walk up the stairs it is almost like a hand held camera has been used.

During the opening scene there is a main song which is used as a motif then when they walk across the road natural sounds have been added which is then followed by them talking but all the sounds are going on together they have jsut been added over the top of ach other. i felt that this was a good opening to a film as it wasnt to long (maximum of 15 minutes). The opening also kept your interested there with the upbeat music and the fast pace of the story line which goes along with the storyline. so i feel that this is a good opening.

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