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Genre

In our media lesson yesterday we were discussing Genre's. After brainstorming, I have taken note of a few that my group could revolve our 2 minute opening on.

Here are some examples of the Genre's we were focusing on.

Comedy Parodies/spoofs: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz

Alternative 500 Days of Summer, Juno

Horror/Thriller Se7en, Panic Room, Room 1408

Chick Flick Clueless, Sex and The City

Action The Matrix, Die Hard

Hand Held Shakey CameraBlair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity

DocumentarySupersize me

This is an article about the openings of films
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/23/bass-opening-credits

Mean Girls Analysis

This is the opening to the one, the only 'Mean Girls'. I guarentee every teenage girls can recite this film back to front!



Here are some screen shots of the shots I found from the clip above of different camera shots I noticed.

This is a close up of one of the actresses from the clip. As you can see, it focuses mainly on her face close up.

This is known as a wide shot, or long shot. The camera manages to fit a whole person and background in to view.

This is known as a medium close up, which focuses on a certain thing or person. As you can see the shot is focused on the Headteacher walking in to the room.

This is known as an Over The Shoulder Shot. It cuts off the actor's heads and gives a shot from just behind the ears to view the person in front.

This shot is known as a Point Of View. It's an effective shot which gives the audience a sense of perspective from the actor's point of view.

This is known as a Medium Close Up. They are usually framed from the top of head to the top of shoulders, as shown. It gives the audience a detailed version of an actor.

Jaws Shot by Shot

This is the example i used to help me write my shot by shot analysis for Mean Girls

Jaws Shot By Shot - Part 1

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Dawn of the Dead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e110orTbj5Y

As i can not embed the scene due to youtube playing up i have attatched the URL. Dawn of the dead has a great opening. It is obviously a horror film, and although it shouldn't it made me feel like laughing. The credits are very uneasy and quite gruesome, with flashing images of scary zombies and lots of blood. The song that commences with the credits is a very upbeat song, but once you listen to the lyrics you realise it's very fit to purpose, as the song's called "it's the end of the world (as we know it)". The camera effects are very creepy and gruesome, which make the opening professional. The opening credits have news footage which makes it look realistic.
This film also has a spoof called 'Shaun of the dead' which is appropriiate to the genre I would like to look at. It's a horror/comedy film, which I would like to look in to for my media piece.

Se7en

Se7en is undoubtedly a scary film due to the opening of the film. The fact that it doesn't show any faces gives the audience a sense of the unknown- all they see is fingers which can give an eery appearence. The media and credits are all of an eery atmosphere: very creepy and on edge. For me, the cutting of skin makes me feel very unsafe and shows how the film will be of horror. The music suits the credits completely as they both link in with the horror-mystery them. The director Kyle Cooper obviously made the beginning very dark and dull to reflect the mystery of the film and show the nostalgic that will appear throughout the film.
All of these link in with the fact that Se7en is a very professional horror, and the beginning kickstarts the eeriness of the whole film.