The first 2-5 Minutes of any film are vitally important. This obviously if the first thing the viewers see so it must be exciting enough to draw them in, tell them the story them to bring them into the story themselves. Or show something thought provoking to antagonise them to watch more.
Common Codes are:
Setting the Scene
The Genre of the film
Introduction of Characters
Different directors techniques will vary, for example in the movie Top Gun the director has chosen to start the movie by showing the actors name before actually seeing any action and some brief info on the movie. The director starts with views from the aircraft carrier at a low point, tracking across the deck. As the aircraft take off, the director uses extreme long shots and wide shots to get as much of the action as possible.
On the other hand we have, Star Wars revenge of the Sith. This movie starts in at a very fast pace. As you go straight into a space battle. This first of all gets the viewer immeadiatly interested, and it shows the Genre of the film straight away. There are again lots of long shots, and establishing to show an array of action. Which switch to close ups of the characters inside the spaceships.
Finally im going to talk about the movie Forrest Gump. This is slightly different to the previous two. This movie follows a feather down from the sky. Little do the viewers know this feather is an important symbol in the movie. And as it floats down it introduces the main character. Also it lands on his muddy trainers, which links back to another important part of the movie to come, which the viewer will realise as it carries on.
No comments:
Post a Comment