We then cut to a close of up man looking at him self in the mirror. The length of the shot is very long letting us focus on his emotionless face. He slight turns his face and a man appears and speaks in a deep clear voice. “You left the door open again last night” From this point onwards the genre is established as horror / black comedy. We then cut a to a sequence of very short shots. These strange bursts of fast paced editing and shot duration of shots give the film a very mysterious and odd feeling. After this we cut to a long shot of both the man talking in the kitchen. We can hear the diegetic sound of the other man still in the living room playing the Xbox
Shaun of the Dead opening 2mins!
The clip starts with a close up of a mans feet. We slowly tilt up to reveal the mans face. From the background we can see that he’s at home. We can hear non diegetic up beat jolly sounding music. We then hear a diegetic sound of the man groaning as yawns. We then cut to a shot of the man living room. We can see his room mate chilling out on the sofa playing the Xbox. We then slowly zoom in to both friends as they play the Xbox. The music then quickly speeds up, the shot length increases. We quickly see a shots of him unzipping his flies, flushing the toilet, brushing his teeth, washing his hands and putting of his shirt. From these first few clips we would get the idea the films genre is action / horror.
Halloween opening 2 mins!
The clip starts with a black screen. We can slowly hear the fade in of non diegetic fast paced. The credits fade in, after this the face on a pumpkin also fades in. The pace of the music increases as the speed of the credits appearing does to. It becomes very clear that the genre is horror or thriller. This is due to the conventions the on scary pumpkin face and the eerie music. The camera slowly. The red coloured front is connotation blood. The clip starts with an establishing shot a house. The shot is very dark and not much is visible.
It is film in the self film style like the Blair witch project. As he walked up to the house we can see a couple kissing. He then moves around and follow them on a different angle. The genre is confirmed when we know the person carrying the camera picks up the knife and try’s to find the couple. He then walks up the stairs still in a point on view shot. This camera angle gives the feeling that we are the person. putting us in his place.
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The Hills Have Eyes!
The opening starts with the sound of war sirens. There are clips of planes bombing onto deserts and the explosion radius. These clips look bleak and have had the colour drained out. Straight away we know the film is not going to be a happy chick flip. The atmosphere is very eerie and suspicious.
We then cut a black screen with slightly faded white text. This shot address the audience about where the film is set and in what year ect. We then cut back to the old clips on the bombings. We see establishing shots of building being blown up. Then again cutting back to the text screen. After than we keep cutting to flash backs and articles in news papers about the story. Because of the text and background information we are given and the use of music we know the genre is going to be a horror.
We then cut to a black screen and the song California dreaming by the beastie boys. The shot slowly fades in and we see a establishing shot on a long road in a desert. A van towing a caravan quickly passes the camera and drives on. The contrapuntal music is not what we would expecting as the clips before suggests the horror genre.
We then cut to number of different shots of the family in the car. The family are arguing and all having ago at each other. Over all the first 1.30 give the classic representations a horror film.
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