Analysis of My Best Friends Wedding film opening.

Genre

• Rom-Com

Narrative

• Wedding
• Bad Middle, Happy ending
• Comic

Character

• Bride
• Bridesmaid
• 4 Females
• All females want a perfect wedding

Atmosphere

• Cheesy
• 1950's
• Musical
• Mainstream film

Themes

• Marriage
• love
• wedding
• comedy 
• perfect romance

Setting

• Wedding

Sound

• Light
• Up Beat
• Old Fashioned
• Diegetic

Titles

• Worked around dancers
• not integrated
• princess font/ hand written. looks like a wedding invite

Analysis of Catch Me If You Can Film Opening.

Genre

• Action
• Thriller

Narrative

• Tells a story
• Iconagraphy
• Hiding and chasing

Character

• Two main male characters
• Detective/spy
• some one running away.

Atmosphere

• Light
• Fast paced
• Comic
• Tense

Themes

• Chase
• Identity
• Disguise
• Detective

Setting

• Set in the past
• New York (yellow taxi)

Sound

• Mystery
• Retro
• Classic detective 
• light harted
• Comic

Title

• Integrated
• Gave clues about Characters by arrows in the cartoon.

Analysis Of Panic Room Film Opening.

Genre

• Action 
• Thriller

Narrative

• Secretive
• Unknown

Character

• Secretive
• Woman only from the speech at the end

Atmosphere

• Bold
• Cold
• Tense

Themes

• Unknown

Setting

• City
• New York

Sound

• Violins
• Sinister
• Slow to fast building tension

Titles

• Silver like metal making it feel cold
• integrated so they are noticed and feel like part of the film.

Analysis of Lord of War Opening.

Genre
throughout the clip you get the sense that it is going to be a action type film, by the low key lighting and the fast pace of the scenes around the bullet.
Also since it is from the view point of the bullet you get the impression that the film will be about war therefore a very action based genre.
Narrative
I think that the life of the bullet is a metaphor for the life of a person. short lived but experiences a lot things and travels far.
Character
The Character is hard to say because you aren't introduced to anyone.
Atmosphere
Because of the low key lighting there is a dark atmosphere at the beginning  Also since you know what bullets are made for, so you are just waiting for it ti be shot, making it tense.
Themes
Due to the bullet and the path it takes it gives off a war type theme.
Setting

• Factory
• War
• Africa
• Boat

Sound
The sounds is a country rock tune which on first listen sounds quiet joyful which is juxtaposition to the bullet and the war. But listening to the lyrics its about a war/shooting/bombing going down and and people around watching it. It also has the diegetic sound of the factory, boat and war scene is also heard over the top which adds to the juxtaposition.
Titlies
The titles are nonintergrated and centered which means they are easily lost when you are watching the clip.

The Difference Between a Film Opening and a Film Trailer.

The difference between a film opening and a film trailer is, a film trailer is an discontinuous montage of clips, which only give you a small understanding of characters and actors. There can also be an tag line so people can promote the film via social networks such as twitter. Also there is often a voice over to get the audiences attention. Also a trailer tends to have lots of action and fast cuts to keep the viewers interest.
A film opening is usually continuous and gives a brief starting point of the main characters. The theme is also introduced in more detail, more names of cast and crew are also introduced. Also a film opening can sometimes be an animation which is integrated with the title and names of cast and crew.A film also gives you a small view of the plot as well as the atmosphere of the whole film.

Preliminary Tast Evaluation

I felt that our Preliminary task went well there are many things which could definitely be improved but in a whole as a first task we felt that it worked.

Plot + Genre
I think that the plot was clear. You could see that it was a police interrogation about a murder. Also you could tell it was a Horror because of the generic conventions such as the blood and undead character. I think the murder could have been clearer with maybe a close up on the photo of the dead girl to show the clear link between the villain and the murder.

Camera + Editing
I think that we could have been better with the actual filming because the camera is quiet shaky at times. Also some of the shots are unfocused. Also our shot revers shot wasn't as smooth as i would have liked, the angle wasn't right either. I think the best bit of camera and editing was our two match on actions. I think the cuts between the doors worked really well and was smooth. To improve this i would use a steady cam for the tracking and angle the shot reverse shot better.

Sound
I thought that most of the sound worked really well. Some sound effects could have been better timed, this would be imporved with better editing. I also felt that the radio transmition at the begining could have been clearer, since the words are lost behind the effect.

If i was to remake this i would take more time in making sure all the shots and angles where right and spend time in making the editing smooth. i would also recorde the sound in better quality so that it isnt lost in the scene. I would also make the plot clearer by adding more shots of the dead girl so you know what the interrogation is about.

Final Preliminary Task