Analyzing five title clips

Analyzing five title clips  

James bond – gold finger

The title scene –

- They introduce the actors and people who make the film.

-  Images projected onto a golden painted girl.

-      Action music has a singer singing a song called ‘Gold’ to go with the theme of the film, it    reflects the title. The song is specifically written for the film.

  

 -     The golden girl and projected images are eye catching and different.

     - The images on the girl are of characters and scenes from the film to make the audience want to know what will happen in the film so they will watch.   

          

     The music, shots etc… all catch the audience’s attention.The gold and black contrasts and makes the gold women’s silhouette more clearly.

 

     

The scene starts and ends with the same way = hand and man’s face projected on the hand. 

      - They chose a girl with a good figure to show the type of girl bond goes for. 

   Hellboy

   The title scene –

 





  - It starts with an old man and a red boy with horns who is going to bed this gets your attention straight away as you want to know what he is. 

   -     It then moves onto a load of mechanical pieces moving and clanging together as though someone is making something.

 -  The music is building and is like travelling as the camera moves through the mechanics.

 - The music is fast paced and the clanging sound is loud and over the top of the sound track. The lighting is dim and gloomy to give away the impression that something dramatic or dangerous is going to happen. 

- When the camera travels through the mechanics hot pokers in strange shapes almost slam into the shot and they all start to build together to create the title of the film.

- Different historical signs and different languages etc… written in fire come into the shot showing that they having some importance in the film. And a face made of fire comes into the shot this makes you think that the film has something to do with fire and the supernatural.

 - The mechanics, fire, metal and jerky movements interest the audience and makes them want to know about the film. It also makes you think that the film has something to do with robots.

    

 

   - The camera sets onto the title of the film as it is pieced together and then it moves through it into a shot of the back of someone with a knife and then the scene fades to black and ends.

      I robot

    The title scene – 

     -It starts with the company which made the film.

-   The title of the film is in capitals, bold lettering with a bright red background, red shows passion, anger, danger etc…

- A introduces people and companies it travels through water with pipes through it and the music is water like, its slow, bubbly, and flowing.

-        -  Its dissolves into bubbles and there is a bubble sound with it.

   - Once the bubbles disperse writing comes up about a first law and then that dissolves and the camera pans to a person struggling to get out a car and then the second law comes up.

   - The music is still slow and gentle and you can still hear the bubble sound effects. 

   

-It then moves to a point of view shot watching a pair of metal legs going over a car and then to a girl trapped in another car drowning.

-         -  It then shows the main character being saved and then the scene dissolves and a third law comes up. 

   - The writing of the laws dissolving represents the laws being ignored or disappearing.

   -It then jumps to a close up of will smiths eyes showing that it was a memory.                         

The Avengers

the title scene- 

-               - As they introduce the different producers etc… the camera does close ups, and pans of different suits and props that the characters in the film wear. 

     -The use of all the different characters suits makes the audience say ‘oh they are in it’ as from the suits people can recognize who it is straight away.

          -The music is simple and slow but it sounds like typical travelling music and it also sounds like super hero music. 

   

  

         

          

         

- There are some jump shots between the different suits.

       - On the different suits they do close ups of certain parts and on the  particular part there is a name either the actor or a producer etc…
    - The name of the actor is on the prop or suit of the character they play. 

-  They focus on some things and then blur the background to focus on another thing for example writing. 

-The camera goes onto a light which brightens so the shot fade to white and then the camera pans as the light turns into a planet and the camera is now in space, this makes
the audience know it’s not an ordinary film.

    -The colours and lettering stand out and contrast with each other to make them eye catching. 

       

The girl with the dragon tattoo

the title scene- 

 - The music starts and its creepy which build tension and the screen is black and white writing appears which stands out on the black background.

-The scene fades from black to the opening shot of the title scene. 




 - The editing is fast as shots of different objects/ clothing flash onto the screen as the camera pans upwards as if going up a body.

- So far all the shots are dull and black which can show danger and mystery.

     - As the shots of the different things appear there are different producers etc… names on the screen.

-   The shot of the black water can symbolize something dark, mysterious and dangerous is going to happen.

     -    As the shots move on you can see that it is water going over black leather which can show danger but also makes you think of bikers. 

  - The black water running over the title is strange but eye catching.

-           -The music picks up speed and gets slightly louder to create the sense of action. 

-         -  The shot pans over a struggling foot in water then move onto flowing over a key board which could show some sort of person or people are going to overpower others and they cannot stop it. 

    -  The black women’s face and black clothing etc… give the overall feel that it’s going to involve death, danger and Gothic properties.

   - The shots now show us that the black stuff is oil showing us that it is stronger and harder stuff than just water. 

     - The extreme close up of the burn eye makes you uncomfortable but also makes you go wow, as it’s like the saying the burning hate in your eyes.

     - The music gets louder and faster as the shots start to show more danger.

              -  A close up of Daniel Craig’s face shows us that he is in the film.

        - The fire and the black background contrast with each other it shows us passion, power, danger etc… but it also interests the audience. 

-  The growing of black oil covered vines coming out eyes is strange and creepy. 

The rest of the shots are creepy and gothic, they are like people struggling to get free of different bonds, like guys, drowning etc… the electrical cords, hands, vines and flowers all show that they are trying to break
It then fades to black.     

Analyzing two film clips (Terminator 1 and Sixth sense)

Analyzing two film clips

Clip one - Terminator 1, 1984, James Cameron. Clip two - Sixth sense, 1999, M-night

Shymalan.

Clip one (1.30 – 3.30, tech noir scene) – Sarah Connor, Kyle Reese and John Connor, mid shot of Arnold walking towards Sarah, see his face and when he does things, slow down when he walks for dramatic effect, music goes quiet as well and more music is played over it to both set the scene and mood then background music stops as he walks to Sarah and the action starts, red in the gun for blood passion love seduction hate anger etc. Cage in front as protected and then he walks around it which shows nothing can stop him. Camera tracks and pans away from him as he walks so he is like coming into your space making you uncomfortable and scared. As getting closer is gets tense and quieter. Blanks everyone else and concentrates on the women, slow motion = gives the feel of her t have a chance to run. Kyle Reese sat at bar seen through the bottles. He sticks out from the rest of the people because of clothes so hard to miss him. Close up of her looking around. Red line symbolizing death etc. High mid shot of Arnold looking down at women to make her seem small and defenceless. Sarah’s point of view and she sees the red light. The lyrics ‘you’re got me burning, don’t let me go im your prisoner’ = represents what the women is to him. Tight fitted clothing, bright colours but not him, leopard print = danger, predator, and red skirt shows blood etc. on the dancer may show the way he is. He looks and she ducks down to let him not see her, doesn’t mean to do that. Music and red line makes him like a machine. The lighting is dim and has to filter through smoke as it’s a disco but these elements make the scene more realistic.

(THE CLIP ABOVE IS ONLY PART OF THE SCENE)
Clip two – The Scared little boy (Cole) and his mother’s reaction makes the boy not want to tell her but then does. Shot of a dead women that only he can see is creepy and the mentioning of grandma shocks the mother as the boy talks about her. The emotions make the scene more intense and makes the audience feel the same way as it involves them. Mother starts believing him when he says things that he shouldn't know but the grandmother would. Boy is traumatized  He can really see her and you can because of his reaction and what he is saying. So nervous to tell his mum. Speaks quiet and has strange language.


 Shots, mise-en-scene, plot etc... : voice over, tracking to her car, zooms in and around to her window, mid shot of the mum and boy as focuses on the boy as his expression, scared, nervous, eyes= golden mean, mum is focused on accident he is focused on the mum, background noise to make realistic, two shot, conversation is a big deal as it could make him look mental or lying he has never told her and he wants her to understand as he is so young and scared this creates tension and suspense, the camera now goes into the car, there would typically be some music but there is nothing which is strange, the camera now does a reverse shot between the two characters, no music because there is no panic as she doesn’t believe him, close up shot to see her reaction, she wants to listen to him, scene is very conventional= typical mum and son, environment. When it closes up on the mother she looks out the window as if to make sure because she wants him normal, close up of the boys scared face and the dead women behind him as its from his point of view so the audience believes him, makes you feel uncomfortable, unconventional as his mums point of view as she can’t see her and the boy is in the shot and so is the women though the mum can’t see her makes you feel uncomfortable, zooms in on him to a close up to see him talking, all diegetic music is normal and natural no edited in music or sound, close up of mum panicking, normal accident scene but the weirdest conversation, massive contrast between normal life and the conversation, it’s distressing for the boy to see the dead, the sense of no music shows the seriousness of the scene, straight cut between the two and its slow, you’re supposed to feel upset, unconventional to have no music etc. when mentioning the grandma, close up of mothers reaction you can see panic in her eyes as doesn’t want to hear it but it changes as he says about the grandmother seeing her dance, trying to convince herself that he is just a regular child until he says about the grandmother, every time he pauses it cuts back to the mother, the mother is upset and distressed, mother is crying and chocked up and that he isn’t lying now.   – This film is a psychological thriller.

The two films are very different. The first one is a psychological thriller which involves more tense and shocking fundamentals of a thriller whereas the aspects of the other clip involves more tense, suspense and action as its more action then the other film. They are both almost super natural as they both contain things that aren’t normal, the boy who can see ghosts and the robot from the future. The lighting in the first clip is natural daylight so you can see the normal setting in both the fore and background to give the impression that everything is normal where as they are having a serious talk about something not normal. And in the second clip the light is dimmer but there are beams of multi coloured strobe lights which shows that it is a disco but also shows the mystery and craziness of the scene, it is not as natural as the first clip but it think that is intended as the scene its normal. The shots used in each other these films make them more emotional for the audience to connect to, for example the high shot looking down on the Sarah character makes her feel small and defenceless whereas in the first clip the shots of the mother and boy are at equal levels so that you know they are both important.   

Psycho shower scene analysis

Psycho shower scene analysis

This is the shower scene that i am going to be analysing(ignore the last few seconds of the clip).  



The original psycho was made in 1960 by Alfred Hitchcock then it was remade in 1998 by Gus Van Sant in the United States. In the 1998 version they use different shots to create emotion and to generally capture the audience’s attention to pull off a successful horror film. 

The use of high shots in this scene creates the sense of the women character is small, weak and that something is going to happen, for example when she is first getting in the shower it’s like she is entering a cage of some sort which makes the audience think that something is going to happen to the women. They use this shot to make her seem helpless, venerable and small but it also means you can see some of her surroundings. The audience knows that something is going to happen as the shot is making the audience see the women as how the killer sees her which is small etc… The next camera shot is mid shot of the women in the right hand side and then it zooms in on the curtain behind her as while she is oblivious washing herself a figure walks in but it is blurred by the curtain to create mystery as it hides the identity of the murder so the suspense rises. They use a close up of the water running when the curtain is pulled away to show the point of view of the women as she is under the water she can only see the outline of the murder. This creates even more mystery and suspense and it is an unusual shot. In the scene there is a cut away shot from the women being stabbed to black storm clouds it’s because the weather shows emotion which is called pathetic fallacy; it’s used to create tension and to show how the weather can symbolize something happening, it’s an emotional representation of the connection between the weather, the women and the audience as its to make them feel uncomfortable. Using a high shot to both show the action and to show how the main character is isolated and defenceless plus no one can hear her. It also shows how the blood is spread out as it drips onto the shower floor as it’s to show the amount of blood as well. When the camera does a zooming out spinning canted shot of the women it symbolizes the water going down the drain like her life is draining away, this shot has continuity. There is a graphic match between the plug hole and the eye as they are both close ups and both symbolize each other, they use this to show the draining of life from both her eyes and down the plug. 

The editing in this film is a mix of fast pace editing to show emotion and to create a sense of tension and suspense. They use jump and straight cuts as well as fast pace building editing which occurs when the women is getting stabbed and then it slows down as the women dies, the slowing editing is like the slowing of her heart as she dies then stops when she’s dead. The editing in this film creates the tension but also keeps the film flowing smoothly; it meets the typical conventions of a horror. It keeps the audience on edge as it doesn’t give everything away it keeps something’s hidden to the audience to create suspicion. The editing keeps continuity of the scene so it flows, all the different shots from high to close up all fit together and look right when they are played. 

The sound in this scene uses diegetic and non- diegetic sound are used to create the different emotions in the scene. Combined with the different shot angles it creates the tension, mystery and suspense that a thriller normally contains. When the women first steps into the shower you hear the shower being turned on with a squeak then the water, it’s like she has tuned out all other sounds and that no one can hear her because of the running water, so she is alone, isolated and vulnerable. The music doesn’t start till the mystery killer come into the room as it slowly builds then it suddenly goes loud and fast but then goes quiet so you can hear the shower and the running water as it goes down the plug. They make the music quiet to hear the water going down the plug to symbolize her dying but also the isolation because of the water. The music always sets the scene its mystery, suspense and horror; it plays and intensifies people’s emotions so they connect with either characters or the film. They also put her scream in the scene so you can see and hear her reaction. 

The Mise en scene the scene is the most important as it needs these elements to pull off a successful scene and film overall. For example the framing in this scene are based around the shower and the characters like the shower curtain, the shower head, the women and the killer etc… this is because they are the focus of the scene and the rest of the environment isn’t important or needed. The shot of the plug hole and the blood, is framed to be the centre of the shot and to only show the plug and some of the blood filled water going down it as it is important and symbolizes the women’s eye as in the next shot it is a close up of her eye. The lighting in this scene is bright to show the brilliant white of the bathroom but it also shows the women so you can see the details of what she is doing better it’s like so you can’t miss anything. But then the lighting is used to create mystery in this scene as when the killer comes in the light comes from behind the killer so you can only see the outline and simple features like height and hair and clothes even though they are blurred you can still sort of see them, but this creates mystery as it hide the identity of the killer. As the camera tracks out of the room into a different the lighting changes as it becomes dimmer but not to dim as you can still see the newspaper when it is focused on. The props in the scene are the knife and the newspaper. The knife is very important as it’s the murder weapon, its focused on straight away because it’s from her point of view so because of her fear she only sees the knife and not the killer. The knife symbolize to cut away life and to die slowly, it’s a bloody goory way to die but because of the point of view it puts the audience in the women’s position so with the camera shot, the prop, the lighting and music it makes the audience uncomfortable and scared. The paper is focused on after she is dead to show where and when the women was killed which could have been left by the killer like some sort of sign or symbol that’s significant to people that they know it’s a certain killer. The actors in the scene are significant as the woman is pale which shows the blood more easily so you can see where the wounds are better. The killer has a basic profile that is seen which is messy hair and clothes which makes her look crazy.  The set is simple in the scene as it’s a bathroom in a hotel to show isolation and the white to contrast to the blood easier. The shot of the hotel with creepy lighting and gloomy music with no other buildings around shows even more isolation.

To conclude the film psycho is made to both scare and interest the audience by using the many different conventions of a typical horror film. I think using all the components that this film has used from lighting to the actors makes the emotional and psychological part of the audiences minds make the film as successful at it is.

Close up of women in the shower.    

This is a close of the main character of this scene. The camera is on her so you can see what she is doing and also her reaction. It is well lit so you can clearly see the important features of the women and the surroundings. The curtain is blurred so you cannot see anything behind it which creates mystery. The water going across the shot makes the location known. But the close up shows her face which is oblivious to what’s going to happen. Is you drew a diagonal line through the picture you would see the main points of the shot are the women and the water this is called the golden mean.  

Mid shot of the killer walking up to the shower.

This shot is of the killer and the women. It’s a mid-shot which pans from the women to zoom into the curtain on the blurred figure. The identity is hidden to raise suspicion, tension and mystery. The lighting on the women is dimmer and the lighting behind the killer is bright but only behind them as it’s to not give away the identity of the killer as it would ruin the film. It’s also a two shot. No camera angle and is framed to see the women victim and the blurred figure. The editing is fast and smooth it makes the scene flow well. Two actors one the victim, the other the killer. We see the victim clearly and know what she looks like, but the murder is blurred to create mystery. The sounds are the music which builds slowly and the shower to show location. Her back is turned so she doesn’t know what is behind her or what is going to happen, when the audience sees the blurred figure they want to scream to her to run or to turn around, this is the emotional reaction and the reaction most people would do, therefore it creates tension.    

Extreme close up of the eye.

This shot is an extreme close up of the victims eye as she is dead. 

As the camera rotates out and zooms out as it goes this symbolizes both the water going down the plug hole which is in the shot before and to make the shot have continuity which keeps the scene going. The music at this point is at a muffled low level so you can hear the water going down the plug representing her life going down there and effectively the evidence to. The lighting is bright and shows the paleness of her skin and the vacant look in her eyes makes the audience uncomfortable, the tight framing of the shot makes the audience feel claustrophobic and want to get away but they also want to know who killed her so it gives more tension and suspense to the film.