Opening two minutes of Crazy, stupid, love.

Crazy, Stupid, love.

 
In the opening two minutes of Crazy, stupid, love, it directly shows you who the main two characters will be and what relationship will be focused on throughout the film, because they are the first two people to be fully shown at the dinner table talking. It automatically shows us that they have problems of some kind because the shot shows directly that the woman is dressed up nicely for their dinner and the man has turned up in trainers and old looking clothes. It shows us that the woman isn’t that interested in him anymore when she says that she wants a divorce.

The genre is shown very well in the first two minutes because it goes through a range of different people having a romantic meal all dressed up; it shows the couples moving their feet closer together meaning that they are close and their relationship is strong and when it goes into the two main characters there feet are straight and the man isn’t dressed well yet the woman is. This shows the comedy side of it as well as the romantic side.
The music that is played when they show the range of different couples legs is very slow and romantic, it is a little bit like jazz music. This automatically makes us link it into a romantic film. As soon as the camera lands on the couple they want us to focus on the director’s drain the music out suddenly and focus on their boring conversation and the background noise. This makes us think that they have a boring relationship with no romance involved.
I think it is a good opening because it gets across that it is  a romantic film and that it is a comedy from the way they processed it. It also shows who the two main characters are but doesn’t spoil what would happen throughout the film which would get the audience intrigued.

We find out from the opening two minutes that there will be good relationships going on and bad ones. We know this because they have show’s us directly the bad one and shows us enigmas towards the good ones. Although it doesn’t show us many hints towards the rest of the film at all.

Opening two minutes of The Little Mermaid, Ariels beginnings.

The little mermaid – Ariels beginnings.

 

            `                       The little mermaid 3’s opening denotes the whole kingdom called Atlantica with mermaids swimming round all different colours to get the audience exited. It says at the beginning that all the magic lies under the sea; this will get the younger audience exited and intrigued making it a good opening.

The genre is automatically shown in the first two minutes of little mermaid 3 because it is a cartoon, it has happy and fun music, and talks about magic and kingdoms- straight away you can tell this is for the younger audience making it a family film. The way the film is shot at the beginning is good because it starts out being out of the sea with a high angle shot and moving down into the sea with the mermaids jumping out of the water, this will get the audience for this movie exited to see the rest of the film because it will feel like they are going down with the mermaids as it started off outside the sea.

We don’t find out a lot about the story in the first two minutes as it only shows and tells us that they live under the sea where it is magical and all get along well. We meet the king of Atlantica and the Queen, they seem very friendly as the Queen is singing to her children and they all look like they are admiring her and enjoying her music. The king walks out of his house and has everyone watching him and loving him. He also carries his daughter on his back which shows he has a good relationship with her. When it shows the queen it says “ she and there seven darling princesses filled his life with joy and soul” This tells the views that he loves them all very much and without them he would be lost.

Although it is a good opening in some ways, I think that it should’ve told us more about what might happen in the rest of the film to get the younger audience more exited and wanting to watch it even more. However it does show all good things in the beginning which could make the audience fantasize about being a mermaid and want to watch what happens to them and how they live even more.

 The use of titles used suit the film well because it denotes an enchanted look as the colour is gold and the font is bold but posh. This connotes that the film will be very magical and will intrigue the target audience which is younger children but could stretch up to 13 year olds.

The camera shots that are used start with a long shot because it allows the film to set a scene and a location for the audience to begin to picture and put there selves in that position of being a mermaid. There are also a lot of medium shots which focus on the main characters so that the audience are able to see who they are going to link to. We see the other characters but the camera shots that are used are long shots to show the audience that they aren't the main characters.

The music that is played goes with the genre very well as it is happy and up beat at the beginning getting all the children exited to see the mermaids and when it goes into the queen it shows her singing in a very nice voice and shows all of the little mermaids admiring her which could make the audience admire her just like the mermaids.

Opening two minutes of Dear john

Dear john

In the first two minutes of dear john it shows a good opening because it tells the audience a background story of the main character ‘John’. The background story automatically makes the audience like him because it shows him fighting in the US army and being shot. When he is shot he tells us about a past memory he had that linked into what had just happened to him, the story that he tells us he says that he is in some way not good enough anymore (because he was shot) This will make the audience feel sorry for him and like him even more. This makes it a good opening because it draws the audience in to see whether he will survive and because they like him it makes them want to see what will happen to him throughout the movie.

The genre is shown in the first two minutes but not until the end because it shows him fighting at war which could make the audience think that it is an action film, however when he starts to tell the audience about his story he finishes it by saying that just before he was shot “the last thing that entered my mind was you” This automatically makes the audience know it is a Romance film. They will fall in love with him and want to know what love story will be shown.

Within the first two minutes we don’t find out very much about what will happen throughout the film, however we do find out that whoever he will lead the love story with, he knew before he went to war. This makes the audience think that it might show all of the past memories he has with the girl, by this I mean showing how they met. This will intrigue the audience and make them want to view it even more because they will want to know there whole story.

I think that the first two minutes is good because it shows us a lot about the male main actor. This could intrigue the girls more than the boys because they will want to know more about him. However it doesn't lead on much on what will happen later in the movie other than it is a romantic film. This could be a good thing because the audience could view it as a mystery however other viewers could not want to finish watching because they don’t know how it’ll end.

When the film shows him when he is younger with all of the coins dropping down, it is shown as a close up of his face. This is good because it them means the audience can see his expressions clearly and can make the audience see how much it means to him and how much it links into what is happening in the present. The camera angle when he is shown injured in the army is also a high angle which makes him seem vulnerable and like he is in danger. An extreme close of up his face which only allows the audience to see his eyes is shown as well when he is talking about the coins which shows him looking confused and like he doesn't know if he is going to make it or not.

non-diegetic sound is shown when the coins are being made as they seem to be really loud when they drop which is making it seem a lot more intense than it actually is towards the audience because that and his voice is all they can here.

The sound of the music it quite intense and slow at the beginning because it shows him injured and has him speaking and telling a story that happened to him. This is good because it makes the audience feel intense as well because they want to know whether he will be okay.

Opening two minutes of Scream.

scream.

Straight away we find out that there could be some sort or murder/torture happening through the movie. The reason we think this is because it shows a venerable girl home alone with a creepy person calling her and accidentally saying that he is “watching her” this intrigues the audience and makes them want to know what happens to the girl.

The suspense is built straight away in the first two minutes of scream. It is builded up by having dramatic and creepy music played in the background to make tension and the audience even more scared.

The first two minutes shows the genre Horror very well because it uses a girl home alone as the victim-watching a scary movie, and having an anonymous person keep calling her, asking her personal questions as the antagonist. He has a deep scary voice which makes it come across worse to the audience and can make her seem more vulnerable as she has a high pitch voice.

The first two minutes makes it a good opening because it uses sly ways to inform the audience that something bad will happen, one of the sly ways is this. The teenage girl begins to make herself some popcorn. In a way this is building tension in the audience because you know that at some point it’ll pop when it’s ready. This links to the girl being frightened by the antagonist and that he will soon ‘pop’ out and get her.

The target audience for scream is shown within the first two minutes of scream because it starts off with a teenager meaning that it wants to relate into their lives when they are home alone. The conventions link it to teenagers because they can be seen as quite vulnerable and as she is home alone and talking to a Stanger on a phone (the antagonist) this is what it shows.

The pace of editing starts off quite slow as nothing is really happening and they are just on the phone call; this enables the audience to build tension and become more frightened. When the antagonist begins to appear the pace of shots become faster and making it seem more jumpy towards the audience and feel as if they have to move quickly to get away from the antagonist.

Mise- en-scene is shown by what the girl is wearing (jumper e.g comfy clothes) which is what a teenage girl would be wearing if she was having a night in alone. this enables the audience to believe what is happening in the story a lot more and able's them to link into her story as it has been set in real life situations.

I think that it was a good opening because it used a lot of ways to grab the audience’s attention and make them want to find out more. They also used a few jokes to make audience find it scary but also entertained whilst they were watching it.