Psychological Drama
The opening sequence
of this movie starts with an establishing traversing shot moving down which makes the audience follow and engaged. Down to a
close up shot of a girl’s face, continuing down to another girl’s face.
Combined with the slow song on the background, it indicates that the movie is
going to be about something emotional and probably sad.
After that we see a close up shot of the first girl but there is a narrator’s voice on the background. This could mean that the voice is her thoughts and it gives out a bit of information about the girl.
The girl’s face is shown again through a close up shot but this time to identify that the next point of view shot is hers. There is a long shot of a corridor showing a door and a few men trying to come in. This makes the audience question themselves ‘Who are they’ and this is what every 2 minutes of the beginning of a movie need because it keeps the audience interested in it and makes them want to find out what will happen next.
Back to the girl’s face in a close up shot, we still hear her voice on the background and there is a very slow pan around her. This shows that she is the main character and the producer wants the audience to focus only on her face, to show her emotions.
Comments: This movie supports my research, from the beginning we see a lot close up shots used to reveal emotions.I really liked the idea of having her voice on the background. I think it is really effective and I might use something similar in my own production.
After that we see a close up shot of the first girl but there is a narrator’s voice on the background. This could mean that the voice is her thoughts and it gives out a bit of information about the girl.
The girl’s face is shown again through a close up shot but this time to identify that the next point of view shot is hers. There is a long shot of a corridor showing a door and a few men trying to come in. This makes the audience question themselves ‘Who are they’ and this is what every 2 minutes of the beginning of a movie need because it keeps the audience interested in it and makes them want to find out what will happen next.
Back to the girl’s face in a close up shot, we still hear her voice on the background and there is a very slow pan around her. This shows that she is the main character and the producer wants the audience to focus only on her face, to show her emotions.
Comments: This movie supports my research, from the beginning we see a lot close up shots used to reveal emotions.I really liked the idea of having her voice on the background. I think it is really effective and I might use something similar in my own production.
I really like this analysis; very structured and terminology is great!
ReplyDeletequick note: instead of 'after that' you could add something about editing, what about the ms-en-scene - what does this suggest about character? :)