skyfall opening scene

in the opening scene of sky fall we see James bond  (Daniel  Craig) chase someone on a motorbike. this is a convention of an action film. the chase scene consists of many quick shots of James bond chasing the antagonist through an exotic location at high speed.an exotic location is also a convention of an action film .the prducers makes sure that the audience will understand that the setting is not in the UK or the USA because the place looks old dusty and as if there isnt a rich community that have tried to make it look nice. also the fact that there is a market with vegetables and fish shows that this country is unlikely to have supermarkets  the facts that there is a high speed chase scene in the film shows the audience that this film is an action film

because James bond is the first character and the only character that the audience see for the first 20 seconds it makes the audience feel close to him as a character. also because we get more close ups of James bond than any other character makes the audience see the situation from his perspective.the editors of the film aim to do this because it makes the target audience feel like they are James bond and that they are a hero for about two hours

James bond is dressed in a suit and tie this shows that James bond is a professional at what he does and it also shows that he is getting paid a lot for what he does. this contrasts to the rest of the setting because it is old and dusty and the people are not wherein smart clothing

this film has a very good cast.the two main actors in this are Daniel Craig amd dame Judi Dench. these two actors will make differant types of people want to see the film. daniel craig will atracked a younger audience because he is a good looking hero character and dame Judi Dench will make an older audience want to see the film

 this shot is of james bonds car making the enemys car flip over. this shows that james bond is highly skilled at doing this. this makes the audience feel like they want to be james bond and want to be so skilled at doing such a hard thing

hot fuzz opening scene

in the opening scene to the comedy hot fuzz we see an extreme long shot of Sargent angle walking down a long core door for about 20 seconds this shows that he is getting the most screen time and is therefor the most important character.his costume in the scene shows that he is a professional at his job and also shows that he has some respect for the work hes doing the diegetic sound of the Sargent footsteps emphasis the power and importance of Sargent angel

 the fast camera work and short quick shots tell the audience that there is going to be action in the film also the fire a explosions in the training scene shows that this is going to be a film with a lot of action in it
the fact that here is a lot of action in the opening scene with the driving test ,fencing and cycling and then they decide to include chess in the scene shows that this film is a comedy because to put something in a fast paced scene and then to add in something completely slow and unexciting e.g. drinking a cup of tea or playing chess is a convention of a comedy

the name of the film "hot fuzz" suggests that the film is about police officers that are good at there job because the fuzz is a nickname that British people call the police. when the audience see the name of the film they know that the film is about a police officer

throughout the whole of the opening to hot fuzz Sargent Angel's face looks serious and dedicated to the job this shows that Sargent angel is extremely serious about his job. in the opening scene it also has a sense of a city location because we can see that the building that Sargent angel is very clean slick and seems as if it is in a city and in the background of some seems we can see large buildings that look as if they are in a city. this contrast to the rest of the film that is based in a small village in the countryside

quantum of solace oppening scene

 

in the action film James bond quantum of solace, the first shot that is shown is a wide long shot of the location which is clearly not the usa or britian. the first thing we see is a mountain (an exotic location) this tells the audience that this could be an action film. The audience can also see that there is a lot of fast shots in this scene which also tells them its an action film. Another reason the audience know its an action film is because there is clearly a chase scene involving guns and fast expensive cars. the guns in this scene help create a sense of danger because the audience feels like the hero (james bond) could die at any minute

There are explosions in this scene as well so this instantly tells the audience that they are watching a film with a lot of violence and action

Quantum of solace has a large male audience who watch James bond films so they can escape their lives for an hour or 2 and feel like James bond, this is why there are a lot over the shoulder shots from Daniel Craig so the audience can see what he would be seeing. in this scene we see that james bond is wherein a black suit and tie this gives the veiwers the imprssion that he is upper class and gets paid a lot for his job it also creates the impression that james bond is a proffesional

the audience can tell that this is a high budget film because of the explosions the stunt director has used and because the fact that they have the money to waist cars and other vehicles just in the opening couple of minutes the fact that the film was filmed in an exotic location also shows that the film has a large budget

opening to the dark knight rises

in the opening scene to the dark knight rises the audience can instantly tell that this is an action film because of the exotic location and the fact that there are army solders holding large guns. in this scene we can tell that the man with the black bag on his head is the antagonist because he doesn’t speak much and the camera doesn’t really focus on him much

in this scene we can tell that bane is the antagonist because most of the time the villain has a strange voice or a foreign voice. the mask that bane wheres is made to look big and heavy and intimadating so the audience can tell that he is the antaganist
because in this scene we keep seeing over the shoulder shots from bane and the man talking to him we know that the main focus is on these 2 charicters and not the men in the background
the reason that bane is on his knees for most of this scene is because it shows that he isnt in a possition of power and that he has no afority over anyone

nightmare on elm street opening

In the opening scene to the original nightmare on elm street the first thing the audience sees is the words “from new line cinema.” In blood red righting that covers most of the screen. From this the audience can automatically tell that this is a horror film because of the choice of colour and because red (blood) is a convention of horror films

The next thing we see is a man walking across the screen breathing heavily. The man (Freddy Kruger )then goes on to empty some metal objects on to his old desk. He starts to fashion the metal in to blades and fix them to a glove this shows that he is making an original and creative weapon. From this scene the audience can tell that he is going to be the villain in the film because he is a lonely silent and violent man.

When Freddy sticks his claws through the wall the audience can tell what he made the glove for (killing.) when we see the girl running the audience is supposed to sympathise with her, the director does this by giving her allot of time on camera and by giving  her close ups so we can see her face. after the close up of her face there is a long shot of the girl running for about 20 seconds. the camera man uses this shot because it shows the audience that she is an important charicter in this scene

We don’t actually see much of Freddy Kruger’s face in the opening scene this has an effect on the audience because it stops the audience from feeling sorry for him.it also tells the audience that that he probably an ugly or deformed person.

by this scene we can tell that this is a horror film because of the lighting is generally dark.the fact that the lighting is dark shows the audience that this is a horror film. this film shows that the antaganist is hiding in the dark because he doesnt want to be seen. by people.the scenery in this scene shows that its a horror film because normal people dont hide in boiler rooms.

this whole scene conforms to the seriotype that women need a man to protect them and that if they dont have someone to protect them they are defencless

comparison of James Bond films

in the two James Bond films ( quantum of solace and skyfall) that i have analysed there are many simerlaritys e.g. James bond wheres a suit in both of the openings to the films which shows that there is a dress code that James Bond has to stick to throughout his films. and some differances such as the vehicle changes from a car to a motorbike which shows that James Bond doesnt have his own specific vehicle that he always drives, he just uses what Q gives him to use.

both of these films begin in exotic locations. this is because this is what is expected from the film by the audience so the audience can feel like they have escaped from there own lives and have now entered an exotic country.
in both of the James Bond films there is a chase scene in the first two minutes of the film. the producers do this so the audience is engaged within the film almost instantly so they will want to watch the intire film

opening to rocky 5

the opening scene to rocky v (5) shows the ending of the previous film rocky iv (4) in this scene we see rocky balboa (Sylvester Stallone) fighting his enemy from rocky iv  the scene shows that this film is going to be a sports/ action film. the audience can instantly tell this because the previous film had a massive fight scene between the two main characters which is a convention of action films the audience can also tell that it is going to be an action film because of the casting for the film. Sylvester Stallone is normally associated with acting in action films this is because of his physic. the Russian actor in the scene (Dolph lundgren)  also shows a great physic that tells the audience that there is going to be a fight scene. if you actually look up the name dolph lundgren on Google it comes up with this description "Dolph Lundgren is a Swedish actor, director, and martial artist. He belongs to a generation of film actors who epitomize the action hero stereotype, alongside Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger"

 in this scene there is a lot of fast editing and quick camera shots that show that this films is an action film

in the scene we can see that hero and the villain of the film are wherein boxing gloves and shorts. the audience can instantly tell that this film is going to be about sports.in the scene we can see that on Rocky’s shorts we can see red and white stripes with a blue band going around the top of them, this resembles the American flag. because the film is an American film the audience can infer from this picture that rocky is the hero of the film 

over the shoulder shot

over the sholder shots are shots in wich the camera man films from the side of the head or over the sholder of the actor/ actress. usually this is used when two characters are having a conversation this is an over the sholder shot from the film super bad. this over the shoulder shot shows the expression on one characters face and how he feels about the other character in the shot
and this is an over the sholder shot from an interveiw with the U.S presedent barrack obama

Research and Planning Targets

Well done Ashley - a very nice start to your research and planning. For your analysius of opening two minutes make sure you comment on the following things to show a broad understanding and appreciation: Target Audience Narrative Characters Use of titles Pace of editing Mise en Scene Camera Composition Use of sound Genre conventions A really good start! Begin to plan your film now!

silence of the lambs movie poster

this is a movie poster that was created to advertise the horror film silence of the lambs.the audience who see this poster will recognise that this is a horror movie poster because of the use of red eyes on the face in the picture. red eyes oftern depict evil or a bad person in a movie. the extremely white face makes the audience think of ghosts or death. ghosts and death are two main conventions of horror films. in the center of the image we can also see a large moth over the mouth of the face in the picture this links clossely to the name of the film because of the word "silence." the moth in the picture is covering the mouth of the face to represent that the character can not talk. the moth in the image is also not very bright cheery colours, instead it is many differant shades of brown and white. this indecates that the moth is not as beautiful on the outside or the inside.




 the moth is a key part of the movie poster because of the symbal on the moths back. a lot of beople think that the image represents a skull because it is white in colour and if you lokk closely you can see eye wholes and a mouth with teeth in the image. skulls are closely link to death which is a convention of horror films. some people annitate the image differantly and think that there are seven naked people in the tiny image on the moths back . naked people would represent sex and impuritys. explicit sex is related to satan. satan and evilness is a convention of horror films

the name of the films written along the bottem of the poster in orange which makes it easier for the audience to see because it contrasts with the dark background.

camera rules

180 rules: the 180 rule is a rule that basically draws an imaginary line in which the camera man can stand to make the conversation more realistic because we will always see only one side of the characters faces so it won’t look like they are talking to themselves

30 degree rule: this means that the cameraman can only cut from one shot to another shot if the two characters are 30 degrees apart, or the audience are reminded that they are watching something that is fiction and won’t be able to believe that they are watching a real conversation

we can see the 180 rule being used here in the shining. the camera is always on the right hand side of the charicter with there back faced to the camera

in this video we can see the 30 degree rule being used.

horror conventions

these are some of the conventions i could think of that directers and producers use in horror films for effect and to let the audience know that they are watching a horror film

toms action run

Yesterday tom and Sam and i filmed a clip called toms action run.in this clip we used a lot of different camera angles such as high angle shot, longshot  and a close up we used the many shots together to make the effect that it was the beginning of an action film.

Using adobe premiere elements we cut the end and start off of a lot of the scenes clips we filmed because the footage didn’t fit together properly e.g. there was a clip of tom running and then we switched angle and we had to wait 3 seconds before we sore tom running at the other angle,so got rid of the 3 seconds of waiting so the clips worked with each other

we still need to edit the clip thurther by adding a title screen and translations  

action film conventons

 we can see these conventions being used in most action films such as the dark knight when harvey dents wife gets blown up..also these conventions are used in all james bond films ever made