Thursday 29 January 2009

analysis of opening sequence

The Bank Job

the bank job opening sequence is very explicit and shows a lot of nudity. we thought this would be inapropriate to put on our blog. the first scene shows people in the sea splashing. this shows they are happy for some reason unknown to the audience. this also establishes characters that will be revealed in more detail later in the film. the music is non diagetic and quite up beat. this creates a feel good atmosphere. this next cuts to a man at a car dealer shop. this is probably one of the main charaters the name of the car shop is shown, the character is established and the setting and year is shown on screen. the name of the film is shown a bit earlier in big dramatic font. then another character is introduced.

Tuesday 27 January 2009

mood board



this is our mood board. for our film we are going to have a girl ino front of a mirror getting ready to rob a bank. there is a picture of a brief case which we will have inside the car boot. we have a bank, the main scene which we will rob. there is a dark jumper. the girls will be wearing dark clothes. tere is a gun and a car boot. the guns will be used for the robbery and the car boot will be shown with the black bag inside it. there will be a close up of a car wheel going away. there is a pile of money which is the stolen money. there is a picture of some people robbing a bank there is a girl with a gun and some tights on her head. we also have some masks which the girls will put on as they are getting ready in the mirror. there is another gun. there is a picture of a number plate. which will be shown in our scene driving away.

Monday 26 January 2009

Our film

Our film scene

Our film logo comes up on screen and then fades out. Our first shot will be near a bank. It will pan around the town and close in on the bank and then fade out and the music will become fast paced. There will be a close up shot of someone picking up a gun. This will quickly cut to a girl standing in front of a mirror putting a mask on their face. The name of the actress will come up on screen. This will cut to another medium shot of a girl standing in front of a mirror. She will stand there for a while and look into the mirror. The music will stop and the audience will be able to hear her breathing loudly. This will then cut to her putting a mask on her face. The name of the actress will come up on screen. This will next cut to another girl putting a jumper on then putting a mask on in front of another mirror. She then picks up a gun and her name comes up on the screen. This will cut to a car boot with a gloved hand shutting it. There is some sort of cases inside the boot. As the boot shuts, the name of the director comes up on the back of the car and the car drives away. As it drives away the name fades out. There will be a close up of the wheel driving away then the name of the movie will come up.

Film synopsis

There is a group of three girls who are all friends. They are short for cash and have no jobs. They are in debt from leading expensive lifestyles and now are looking for ways to get money fast. The first scene is of them robbing the bank and getting ready to do it. This is our chosen scene. The rest of the film shows how they got in debt and how they planned this robbery. It shows their experiences with various criminals and them doing other jobs for different people and getting in trouble. They successfully rob the bank but don’t give the money to the people they owe it to and in the end drive off planning to live abroad. The final scene is the girls driving off in a car with the money.

micro analysis of 2 opening sequences

the films are all of the same genre.
we are comparing our film against : the bank job and oceans eleven.

Monday 19 January 2009

New Film

This is our film company logo.


Monday 12 January 2009

Film Logos.



These are existing logos for different film companies. These represent the company and are very recognisable to the public. People immidiately associate these logos with the film companies. These are played at the begining of films. When we make our logo we will try and use pictures and different styles of font to make our logo recognisable and easy to remember. It musn't be too complicated and something that is easily remembered by the public.

Examples such as Pixar and Paramount are widley recognised logos.

Thursday 8 January 2009

Quantum of Solace opening sequence analysis



In the opening sequence of this film, there are no credits. This is because the credits are shown at the begining of the film before the opening sequence.
The genre of this film becomes quite apparent in the opening sequence. It is fast paced and full of action so we know alot is going to happen. There is guns and a car chase. This shows the genre to be action/adventure. The character James Bond is very recognisable and in this films opening sequence he is shown to be maybe darker and more aggressive than in previous films. The time period is shown through the fast cars they have and the guns. It portrays it in a modern and up to date time period. There is a long distance shot of the scene with the ocean and a mountain. This sets the scene. It continuously cuts from this image zooming in on the target to close ups of James Bonds car going at high speeds. The fast paced car chase indicates a thrilling mood which engages the audience and makes them want to carry on watching. This is also done by having unanswered questions such as 'Who are the people that are trying to kill James Bond?' and 'Why are they doing it?'. The diagetic sound of the car is amplified in order to engage the audience. There is orchestral music at the beginning of the scene which creates suspense. The mise en scene of the car is shown many times. This makes the audience recognise it and it is remembered as James Bond's stereotypical car.

It is important for a film of this genre to have certain conventions:
* pacey music
* fast flicking scenes
*alot of action
*drama