Opening 2 mins analysis

Resisdent Evil Afterlife opening analysis:


Initially for the first 4 seconds of the film the screen is black and non-diagetic sound can be heard.

This is to add to the audiences suspence and get their imagination thinking about what could possibly happen in the film. The non-diagetic sound played is qouite a windy weird sound which is a typical feature of a supernatural film.

At 6 seconds to 22 seconds the dark image begins to become clear and we see a birds eye view of a city. The music is kept quiet and suttle with non-diagtic beats of a drum now and again.

The non-diagetic beats of the drum are done to add to the anticipation of the audience and add to the dramatic effect.

At 23 seconds there is a high angle shot deep into the city.

This shot is important because it establishes/sets the scene for the audience where the inital main events of the film will take place. Also the non-diagetic drum beat is present here but faster increasing the aticipation and dramatic affect for the audience.

At 28-30 seconds an over the shoulder shot is shown with a POV shot of the mise en scene in the city such as the busy traffic. At 30 seconds the mise en scene of the traffic becomes in shallow focus and the only thing left in sharp focus is the person.

The over the shoulder shot makes the person seem important to the audience. The shallow focus making the person the only clear thing in the frame depicts the importance of the person to the audience.

At 38 seconds a birds eyeview shot is on screen. The shot shows a person standing in the middle of people traffic looking out of the ordinary.

This shot depicts to the audience that something isnt quite right. The person behaves in an unantuaral way as everyone else has an umbrella but this does not and the person stands still amongst a moving croud. This is done deliberaly to make sure this person stands out to the audience. The non diagetic music has kept the fast drum beat pace causing an intence atmosphere.

However at 45 seconds a non-diagetic knives sound occurs when the title comes on screen which is un expected as the audience has become used to this build up occuring through the non-diagetic drum beats.

From 47 seconds the persons shoes become the focal point of the audience.

The colour red sympolises pain, blood, suffering so the medium close up of the shoes are a signifacant part of depicting something bad is going to happen without actually telling an audience this.

As the audience are drawn closer into the film by the slow revealing of the stationary person, at 1 minute 10 seconds it cuts from the persons fingertips back to a birds eye view which leaves the audience wanting more.

 

This is done to build up the anticipation for the audience and leave them wondering who this person is.

At 1minute 24 seconds the medium close up is used to go back into the introduction of the stationary person. This is accompanied by non-diagetic fast but study upbeat mucic.

The non-diagetic music creates a dramatic effect and again adds to the anticipation and causes a build up

At 1 minute and 51 seconds all diagetic music is cut and the audience is left with silence and a medium close up of the persons face.

The music is cut because its what the udience least expects and it also causes the audience to be on the edge of their seat wondering if something goreish is going to happen next.

From 1 minute 57 seconds all the audience is given is a mid shot showing all the people traffic.This is significant because it blends the person which stands out the most into the moving croud even though the person is standing still.Non-diagetic high pitched sounds can be heard.

This is done to again build up on the audiences anticipation.

At 2 Minutes the shot remains the same.


I am ledgend opening analysis:
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The film starts with a non-diagetic radio broadcast of whats currently happening in the city whilst the audience is introduced to the production and distribution companies.

This is done to set the scene to the audience without visually setting the scene. This is also done to grab the attention of the audience.

At 52 seconds is when we finally get thrown into the fim, this isnt typical of a disaster movie. A POV mid shot of the tv screen is shown and the non-diagetic tv breadcast of the news becomes diageticand this becomes the main focal point of the film.

This is done so the audience can understand the storyline.

The tv news breadcast is an interview with a doctor who begins to explain this deadly virus outbreak.

With the POV shot the tv broadcast makes the audience feel as if they are there watching the tv at home and so the film becomes a reality experience for the audience which causes them to feel more gripped by the film.

This shot remains the same at 2 minutes and after. The news show is beleivable because of the edited efffects such as the writing at the bottom of the screen, added features help the news seem more realistic to the audience as writing at the bottom of the screen is a recodnisable feature of American news.