The Conjuring timeline

This is my timeline of the opening title sequence "The conjuring"

Evil dead timeline

This is my timeline of the opening title sequence to the film "evil dead"

Skyfall timeline

This is my timeline of the opening title sequence in the film skyfall.

Researching Film openings - Apocolyptic.

Researching World War Z

For my short film I will be doing a post apocolyptic film so therefore I will be researching for film openings from that genre, the first film opening I have researched is 'World war z'.


This is the an establishing shot that is seen in the opening scene, this shows the person watching, the surroundings of where the film is set.




This is another shot from the opening scene of the film which shows a new bulletin, this creates an enigma for the audience as they start to question what is happening, also by doing this is makes them want to carry on watching the film.










 

This is another screen shot of the film opening, it shows one of the actresses starring in the film and the picture to the right shows everyday life in a busy train station.







This is showing piers morgan , a well known journalist and presenter , telling the news to the audience of an apocolypse, this informsthe audience on the genre of the film.

This shot shows peculiar behaviour, and the way it has been covered on the news shows its unusual to see this kind of behaviour, lets the audience know whats happening.
 



 

 Mise en scene -

Costumes - The costumes in the film opening are just ordinary people in normal clothes, this is to show everyday life and what people wear on a regular basis.

 

 

 

 

 

Researching Film openings - Book of eli

The Book of Eli

For my second choice of film I will be researching 'The book of eli' as it fits in with the genre I am doing for my final film , post apocolyptic.

This is the very opening scene in 'The book of eli' this shows a man alone in the desert, this makes the audience question why he is there and why he's alone. Also shows him as a sillouette which contrasts the background, shows he is secretive and trying to stay under the radar.

This shows a closer up image of the character in the first screen shot, it shows him wearing a head scarf around his mouth, this is to protect his identity, also gets the audience questioning why he wants to protect his identity.

This is another screen shot from the film opening, in this shot, a dissolve is used in this shot to keep the continuity in the scene, shows the character close up and shows the character in the distance.

In this shot it is showing a long shot of the character, this implies the character has been walking for a long time as the same background it used and the sky is becoming darker, this makes the audience again question the film on why he is walking for this long and where he is walking to.

This is another shot basically showing the title of the film, pathetic fallacy has been used as the dark sky background could reflect the dark mood of the film

 

Mise en scene.

Costumes - In the book of eli, the character is wearing a head scarf around his mouth and he is also wearing glasses, this is to protect his identity, also gets the audience questioning why he wants to protect his identity, this ties in with the fact that he is in a desert also. The bag pack shows that he has alot of valuable things in there, such as clothes and weapons etc, this is to protect him against the dangers of being on his own.

Lighting - In the Book of eli, lighting has been used in order to create an effect on the audience, the light background in the first shot contrasts with the dark background in the last shot, this shows the character has been walking for a long time and its becoming dark. Also the dark sky background could have connotations of death and darkness, the director has used this to create a dark and mysterious mood, showing something bad is going to happen.