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opening sequence for children of men

the Children of Men begins with the news voice on a blank screen so that it brings attention to the audience. but before this starts, there is no sound when the production company is shown because the audience would be quiet as there is silence. as soon as the story is told, there is a straight cut by suddenly changing the setting to the cafe. the angle is taken from a high angle so that we can see everyone who is in the cafe. its crowded and they are all looking in the same direction. when the angle changes to the tv news, we immediately find out that this is in the year 2027. from the very beginning in the film, there is problems going on. 

there is mise-en-scene for the facial expression. when the man leaves the cafe, the camera uses the hand held technique, like as if the camera is also pushing the people to get out of the cafe. the male character is shown attention because he is the only one moving. we see the old empty buses, and we see that 2027 london is dmap, dirty and gloomy. 

the camera follows the man and when he stops, the camera moves around the man so that we can see what he is doing and also see the environment he is in. when there is a sudden loud sound of the bomb, the audiences would have many different views to it and we would question the whole situation.when the girl walks out from the smoke, screaming, the audiences would be confused. we are unable to see her face because we can only see her sillouhette. 

the director is grabbing the audiences attention as soon as the film begins.

notes for children of men opening

opening sequence for legally blonde

the narrative function, it engages the audience. in the opening we are able to feel what the story would be about. we are shown the introduction to the story. we immediately realise that the genre of this film would be a romcom. furthermore, the introduction to the film is done by the compression of time. also, we have 3 different shot from 3 different places. for example, when the girl is cycling outside, then the letter being written on by girls and finally, the girl in the room who we could assume that is the main character. 

for the conventions displayed, the title, the colour theme of pink, the nail and the nail varnish shows the audiene the theme this film would be. it is obviously seen as a feminine film. the curly writing suits well with the theme as its quite 'girly'. 

when the characters are introduced, we realise that the main character is 'Ellie' because we see her getting ready in her room and then we see the letter which says Ellie. All the characters in the opening (house) are female. we are shown the setting (which is in the house) and the different characters. 

the bright day, the mise en scene of the colour pink and the setting in the mansion could be seen in diffferent viewpoints. the music is also the perfect day which shows that everything is perfect in this world. this would bring attention to the audience because we would assume that something bad is going to happen because it would be boring if everything was perfect all the time. 

there are different angles used when taking the opening. there is tracking, for when the girl is on the bike. there is panning when we see the whole setting. there is close up of the different characters and on the letter, and also we see a point of view of the hand. this is seen as a utopia.

opening sequence for the phantom of opera

from the beginning it starts off with a photo like scene, where we are immediately told the setting. the setting is from the past as there are old cars and the clothes the people are wearing are old fashioned. furthermore, we are then positive that this is from the past because they have used a sepia style where it isn't in full colour. the angle then changes to the part when we see a car.there is a close up of someones foot and we then follow it, like a tracking.
we then see the low angle of the car and someone getting off it. we only see the feet which. this person then gets on a wheel chair which may show that he could be ill or has injured himself from someone or something. the wind is blowing and we can see this because there are bit of pieces that are flying past his shoes.
the camera then follows the wheelchair until they arrive to a large bulding. we see this building when the camera begins to pan towards it. then, we are shown the big room and the interior they are in. we hear a person talking so we immediately realise that this place is an auction where they sell many expensive items.
after, we see a long shot, then a medium shot of a woman who is also participating in this auction. when the woman looks at the man who has entered on a wheel chair, the camera changes to her face and then his. also, there is a slow zooming in onto her face. this is because we are able to see her facial expression. we then notice that she knows him and he knows her by looking at their facial expression.
after, when the man holds the monkey, we see an extreme close up of his face when he is talking to it, this is to show that this monkey may be significant.
finally, when we are introduced to the object that is beneath the large curtain. as soon as it is revealed, the loud music begins to play which brings the audience attention because we are curious of what it is.
as the music plays, we begin to see the whole room and soon after, it changes from black and white to full colour. this is probably the best scene throughout this film because we see the beautiful stage and the seats for the audience. the whole empty, auction, unwanted place changes to something we did not expect which is very interesting and beautiful to see.