What goes into the First 5 mins of any film?


Thursday 6th September 2012
Lesson 2 


What goes into the first minutes of any film?

Film 1: Se7en 

(Horror)

- Dark atmoshere to set the tone of the film.
- Zoomed up shots of specific objects to make the opening more mysterious and hidden as the genre is a horror movie.
- Different speeds of the back ground soundtrack...
gets faster approaching the end of the introduction of the film.
- No dialoge being used. 
- The major actors starring in the film are shown within the first minute (shows the importantly) 
- The editing add to the on and keeps you on edge/ tense throughout.


Film 2: Austin Powers 

(Comical)

- Throughout the opening, the camera is focused at one character.
- The actions the character makes, sets the tone of the film.
- The soundtrack adds to the comical tone.
- The use of font and colour adds to the context of the film. Bubbly big 50s type style. 
- The way the credits have been arranged to add humour.


Film 3: James Bond 

(Mystery)

- Use of juxtaposition being used. 
- The music has quite a sexy bold seducing, which sets a tone.
- The main parts of the film has been shown upon gold manikins of men and women. 
- explosions, shootings, guns add to the tone of the film.
- The use of colours black, white and gold are used creating a mysterious feel and quite old fashioned.