Monday, 25 January 2010

First five mins:

Fame (2009)- The opening sets the scene with a caption stating "Audition Day" alongside a a birds eye view shot of a fast moving train, which could indicate the film is set around a normal hetic working day. Later, we also find out that one of the characters is boarding the train.

The film which is set around New York introduces us to each character at the start of the film, showing them travelling from where they live to the school which could be hard for the audience to keep up with every character. These short shots are edited and cut quickly with just simple straight cuts.

The camera shots throughout the first five minutes consist of long, medium and close up shots but also include a few extreme close ups and high angle shots. When the audience is shown the auditions the shots mainly start long or medium then zoom in to show the character facial expressions, conversations of their actions, for example we are shown one characters hands whilst playing a piano.

The opening contains many sounds in both forms of Diegetic and Non-diegetic sound, such as charcters playing their musical instruments and talking over the non-diegetic sound which is very upbeat with fast tempo which could suggest that the film is fast paced and there is lots going on.

The clothes, props and enviroment are all related to performing which could attract this certain type audience but also the opening shows different everyday circumstances for each character which anyone could relate to.

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