RESEARCH- film analyses of opening sequences

MY SISTERS KEEPER:

This is the story board for ' My sisters keeper" this movie is very depressing the music follows this theme- very quiet instruments playing very low in the background of the girl narrating. She tells her past and is shows a montage sequence of when she was little and we get emotionally effected as we have to image what she went through.The writing is very small in each board and is in white. This might show the purity of this girls life and how she has to deal with an emotional situation. This film is a Drama that deals with family relationships, rebellious daughter, tragedy cancer. The film is based on a novel. The second frame on this board is of the main girl when she is older, upset as she is being forced into something she doesn't want to do. In the last frame it is her when she is younger enjoying herself and laughing which shows how much has changed during such a short period of time.

ABOUT A BOY:

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We can see that this is a universal studio, Working title film. An independent film distributor. We are first introduced to one of the main characters we hear his voice and about his life. You can immediately tell he is quite well off. And is basically unhappy with his life. There is then a Jump cut to a boy laying in bed. We hear his voice over this allows has to compare them. This young boy is not well off, but similarly he is not happy with his life he is unhappy at school and is bullied. The voice over is a technique we want to use in our feature film. This film is a delicate balance between comedy and drama.The use close ups in this opening sequence which immediately provokes the audience to sympathise. A story of two 'boys' who help each other- one to cope with insecurity and bullying, the other to grow up.

MEAN GIRLS:

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we immediately know its created by paramount pictures in this opening scene. The film starts with two sets of titles and are then introduces to a young teenage girl (kady) who starts to tell the audience about herself and her life. We are then quickly told her name and that she she has moved to America from Africa to attend her first year of school. The music continually changes, it matches what we see when we see pictures of Kady in Africa, it then changes when Kady enters the school for the first time to a typical upbeat American song- this is often used to help exaggerate the setting of the scene. The camera shots that are used are medium shots, medium closeups, long shots and extreme long shots. Eg the start of the film begins with a MS but the angle used is low but gradually moves into an eye level frame. They have used famous actors that teenage girls are already familiar with and the audience is introduced to this film in an intriguing way by its unique story line it shows the similarities as well as the important differences this movie has with other typical teenage dramas.