Friday, 12 February 2010

film openings

Film opening analysis- 27 Dresses
Genre: Rom-com


-20th Century Fox


-Spy Glass entertainment


-writing: 'Fox 2000 Pictures and Spy Glass entertainment presents'


-writing: (title of the film) '27 Dresses'


-background to the title is a wedding scene


-Writing: (date) '1987'


- soundtrack: classical music-Mozart, with main characters voice over


-focuses on main character when she was a little girl (8 years old)


-The main character is narrating her life


-helping her sister


-helping bride


-big outfits, lots of flowers, church setting


-diagetic sound: women screaming


-framing shot on the main character


-close up on her happy facial expression


-JUMPS: main character is now allot older but still in a wedding setting


-close up on her face and then zooming out to see her in a big white wedding dress, centre of attention


-walks outside and the atmosphere is busy


-to show a sense of rush there is lots of folly effects such as: car horns and traffic noises. also she is running.


Flick scenes: between 2 different weddings


-soundtrack: upbeat music, drums


-framing shot of a wedding photo and then calm music


-goes back outside and then there is upbeat music and rushing again


-back into wedding


-Indian music: with narration from main character over the top


-Folly effect: ticking is then added to the soundtrack


-rushing again


-symbolised by car horn and shouting


-classic taxi view shot. (from front of the car, driver being closest to the camera and on the left and the passenger/main character on the right in the back seat further away from the camera)


-ticking in soundtrack again


-upbeat music and dancing, long shot of every one dancing with the main character at the centre)


-flicks to dancing at other wedding, showing the contrast and similarities between the two weddings


-flick scenes, mid shot of both brides sitting on the toilet and the main character helping them


-Speech at both weddings- music stops- focus on main character- then the speech finishes


-music starts again upbeat


-bouquet thrown (tracking shot on the bouquet as it is thrown)


-main character gets hit and then blackout


-symbolises both weddings over.




Film opening analysis- 17 Again

Genre: Rom-com


-New line cinema


-flashes to old stadium setting

-offspring entertainment


-flashes to close up of basket ball hoop


-writing: '17 again' (title) fades up into the middle of the screen in white writing

-close up of hoop

-freeze shot of main character with a basketball

-Writing: 'Mike Odonald 1987' (main character name and date)


-long shot, talking and more people enter the stadium

-picture time, old camera on stand


-long hair (older styles)

-photo shot flash of the basket ball team, flashes into basketball game atmosphere


-focus on main character, following him around

-long shot, main character at the centre of the cheer leaders (framing) leading the dance


-introduces girlfriend (second main character)


-main character making a decision, closeup on his face, slow motion

-leaves basket ball left bouncing, mid shot of basket ball

-flashes to present day, establishing shot


-writing: Mike Odonald today








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