You have made a good start Cara - using lots of media language and often discussing the meaning of the elements you have picked out. However I would like to see a few changes to bring this up to a level 3/4:
- Think about the questions below, why did the director choose certain shots? what effect did these have on the audience?
- Avoid simply listing what happens, make sure you are always explaining the effect
- Embed JPEG images and a video of the opening in order to illustrate your analysis
- Ensure you use the same font/size of font for all written work
Study the opening sequences of any film from the
Thriller, Horror, and Romantic comedy genre. E.g. Seven, The Dark
Knight Rises, Halloween, Notting Hill, Love Actually etc. Analyse how
the sequence has been constructed through its use of: Camera angles,
shots, movement, Editing, Sound, Special effects and
Mise-en-scene etc.
· In terms of editing how have the separate images
been put together - Think in terms of frequency of cuts, fades
in/out, jump cuts, dissolves etc.
- · What visual images appear on screen throughout the sequence? And what do they mean?
- · Describe what narrative (story) is being displayed in the sequence from start to finish.
- · Describe what kind of music; diegetic/non-diegetic/incidental/ambient etc. is being played over the sequence.
- · How and what titles are being displayed during the sequence and in what order.
- · What kind of characterisation is evident? - Age, gender, relationships etc.
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