Sunday, 5 December 2010
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Pretty Woman film intro
The opening shot is a close up of someones hands and it shows them doing a magic trick. After this it the camera tracks someone walking and it shows that all of the people there are dressed up in smart clothing. The audience are then able to hear dialogue which speaks about someone named Edward which leads us to believe that Edward is the main character of the film. The following shot includes a man talking on the phone, and we find out that this is Edward as the person on the other end of the phone calls him that. It is interesting as whilst the phone call is taking place the camera goes round the back of him to show that he isn't fazed even though he has just ended his relationship. This makes us think that the character is very professional, this statement is backed up by the following shot as we can see he is talking business and giving orders to show that he is very business orientated.
The next scene shows him taking somebodies car in front of them to show that he is very important and people respect him. We then see that he is not able to drive very well as we can here the screeching when he tries to pull away which suggests that he is so rich and important he never has to drive as he has a driver. The music that we can here has the lyrics ' I'll get over you ' which suggests that he is happy that he is no longer with his girlfriend. The camera tracks the car as we can see him getting lost, we are able to see this as it shows him driving away from the Hollywood sign.
There is then a mirror shot of the opening shot which has a close up of hands which instead of doing magic they are dealing drugs, which gives the audience the idea that they are going to meet a new character but from the poor part of LA. We can then see street walking prostitutes which suggests that the camera is in down town LA rather than the rich part in which we previously saw.
The following shot is an establishing shot which sets the seen of a hotel but with only the letters h and o lit up which is a visual gag as well as showing it is run down. We then here a diegetic sound of an alarm going off, but it is night time which suggests she is working a night shift. We are then shown an elipses which shows sexy underwear, her colouring in the backs of her boots which suggests she is poor. The camera also pans across the room to show photos with peoples faces crossed out or ripped off. The music that goes with all of this has the lyrics ' I'm a wild one ', this shows the contrast between the two main characters straight away. We can then see the landlord asking for rent and when she goes to get it she looks in the back of the toilet, this shows that she must live in a rough place so she has to hide her money but there isn't enough money there so she climbs down the fire escape. After this we can see the her walking the streets and see that someone has been killed and just been pulled out of a dumpster. The audience is then shown her confronting her roommate about the money and she seems to be angry that there rent money has been spent on drugs which helps the audience like her more as she seems nice.
We can then hear that a fight breaks out using sound effects and nobody seems bothered like it is a normal thing to happen. Vivean then says that she wants to get out of what she is doing which gets the audience on her side.
We then see Edward ask for direction and someone gives him a sarcastic answer which suggests that he is very lost and then the camera cut backs to Vivean and we find out that she hasn't been a prostitute for long through dialogue. We then hear her saying that she doesn't want a pimp making her seem more respectable and dignified. The characters then meet as she tries to get money off him and at this point it is the disequilibrium.
The next scene shows him taking somebodies car in front of them to show that he is very important and people respect him. We then see that he is not able to drive very well as we can here the screeching when he tries to pull away which suggests that he is so rich and important he never has to drive as he has a driver. The music that we can here has the lyrics ' I'll get over you ' which suggests that he is happy that he is no longer with his girlfriend. The camera tracks the car as we can see him getting lost, we are able to see this as it shows him driving away from the Hollywood sign.
There is then a mirror shot of the opening shot which has a close up of hands which instead of doing magic they are dealing drugs, which gives the audience the idea that they are going to meet a new character but from the poor part of LA. We can then see street walking prostitutes which suggests that the camera is in down town LA rather than the rich part in which we previously saw.
The following shot is an establishing shot which sets the seen of a hotel but with only the letters h and o lit up which is a visual gag as well as showing it is run down. We then here a diegetic sound of an alarm going off, but it is night time which suggests she is working a night shift. We are then shown an elipses which shows sexy underwear, her colouring in the backs of her boots which suggests she is poor. The camera also pans across the room to show photos with peoples faces crossed out or ripped off. The music that goes with all of this has the lyrics ' I'm a wild one ', this shows the contrast between the two main characters straight away. We can then see the landlord asking for rent and when she goes to get it she looks in the back of the toilet, this shows that she must live in a rough place so she has to hide her money but there isn't enough money there so she climbs down the fire escape. After this we can see the her walking the streets and see that someone has been killed and just been pulled out of a dumpster. The audience is then shown her confronting her roommate about the money and she seems to be angry that there rent money has been spent on drugs which helps the audience like her more as she seems nice.
We can then hear that a fight breaks out using sound effects and nobody seems bothered like it is a normal thing to happen. Vivean then says that she wants to get out of what she is doing which gets the audience on her side.
We then see Edward ask for direction and someone gives him a sarcastic answer which suggests that he is very lost and then the camera cut backs to Vivean and we find out that she hasn't been a prostitute for long through dialogue. We then hear her saying that she doesn't want a pimp making her seem more respectable and dignified. The characters then meet as she tries to get money off him and at this point it is the disequilibrium.
Saturday, 13 November 2010
Hot Fuzz intro review
The introduction of the film Hot Fuzz is very interesting as they are able to introduce Simon Pegg's character with in a minute. This is very good as it helps the audience realise what sort of character they are going to be viewing. It is a very interesting ellipses that they have used as it shows that he is multi skilled and is important to the metropolitan police service.
It is very clever that they have used a flashback when the voice over speaks about him being stabbed in the hand by a man dressed as Santa Claus. This piece of information is then spoken about throughout the film.
The disequilibrium is then showed to the audience within 2 minutes when the officers higher up than he is decide that he is going to be moved to the countryside.
A comedy aspect is then put in place when the officers that he speaks to all start the conversation with the same line, 'Hello Nicholas, how's the hand?', this gives the idea to the audience what sort of film that they are going to watch.
It is very clever that they have used a flashback when the voice over speaks about him being stabbed in the hand by a man dressed as Santa Claus. This piece of information is then spoken about throughout the film.
The disequilibrium is then showed to the audience within 2 minutes when the officers higher up than he is decide that he is going to be moved to the countryside.
A comedy aspect is then put in place when the officers that he speaks to all start the conversation with the same line, 'Hello Nicholas, how's the hand?', this gives the idea to the audience what sort of film that they are going to watch.
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