Analysis of opening two minutes of Juno

How is the genre introduced?
Everything is calm, therefore, we can tell that it's later on going to be a drama as something is going to happen as she's on her way to somewhere.
It's light hearted which suggests it's going to be a comedy.

How arecharacters represented?
Free, independent - always alone but on a journey
Reoccurring running boys-shows that they have a significance, never see their faces-not that important

How is the mood/style introduced?
focused on one character-their story
creative style- stock motion

Decribe mise en scene?
There are bright pastel colours in the background and the background and setting is simple and doesn't have detail in it, Juno stands out from the background as she has detail, she's more colourful than the rest of the mise en scene.
Everything that is significant to her is in a brighter colour with detail.
Everything is shown as if it's been drawn as is quite sketchy.


How is the narrative set up?
Following Juno therefore we can tell it' going to be about her story, we can see that the boys who jog in the background are going to be significant as they keep on appearing.

What order are the inter titles?
fox searchlight pictures, again on screen,
Mandate pictures-Mr Mudd production- on screen
A Jason Reitman Film- on screen
Juno is then introduced on the screen

How is sound used?
Diegetic sound of boys running past
Non diegetic music of a song in the background that is at the same level of volume the whole time

What camera shots are used and to what effect?
long shot of Juno walking- see her journey
Close up of her jeans and shoes-shows personality in detail
Close up of leaves- shows significance it may have in the movie
Mid shots of her face-looking happy-shows what kind of person she is.

Extreme long shot to show the area she lives in.
Ariel view of the leaves falling on her and Juno looking up-shows the season that they are in and
how she takes notice of it.



Camera movement?
Smooth and stable-showing  a journey and day to day life- suits the mood of being calm and appreciating the surroundings.

What can you take from this opening and use in 
your film?
At one point writing appears from the branch as if its been swept by the branch.
Long shot of characters walking to show their journey.
Significance of certain objects to the character.

Anaylisis of opening two minutes of The Proposal

The genre is introduced with:

• Non diegetic positive upbeat music, over a long shot of pretty woods, the camera then moves over to a well organised women on an exercise bike reading papers. We can tell that she is automatically single and dedicated to a work style of life.
• Male and female leading different lives
• Both characters dislike each other, like a typical romantic comedy movie

How the characters represented:

• The man wakes up late and we get a overhead view of his bedroom which is messy and un-organised, next we see him running past the taxis, obviously setting the scene of New York. A girl in Starbucks likes him, following the guidelines of a type romantic comedy. 
• The boss gets up early and we can see that she is very organised, her apartment is tidy and she has time to set herself up with different activities, such as exercising whilst reading, having time for a shower and then cycling to her work. She is highly work involved. 
• The characters hate each other- the man works for the women as she is the boss
  
  
• The women is disliked by the office, as the man sends messages to all of the workers saying things such as "it's here" and "the witch is on her broom"
• They challenge stereotypes of gender because the women is in control and the man has no say to any decision that has been made, and he's under her control.
  
  
  How the mood/style is introduced?
• The main characters hate each other and are bound to have a massive argument and fall out with each other, fitting perfectly into the genre of a romantic comedy.
• The characters different life styles are shown, presenting how different of characters they are, which usually means that at some point they will probably end up getting together. 
• Upbeat positive music
  
  
  Mise en scene
• When the women is on her exercise bike, we see in the background through the window a city, automatically letting the audience know that she's in New York.
• Whilst the camera is focused on the characters, in the background we can see the taxi's and lots of buildings around, signifying that it's set in New York
• The women's house is really tidy, clean and well organised, her kitchen especially looks posh and expensive showing her wealth and hard work. 
  
• The man's room is messy and look pretty average showing how he works in a job that he doesn't really like and is stuck in a position he would rather not be in at work. It also shows he is un-organised 
• The work office is set in a tall building on a high floor, we can tell this from the whole windows as walls, and the fact that the man takes the lift up to the office. The office looks posh and big showing wealth and hard work.
  
  
  Narrative: 
• The women needs a reason to stay in the country as she doesn't have a Visa. Therefore it's clear that she will try and marry the man, so that she can stay in the country, resorting in them falling in love. 
• Two characters hate each other, contrasting characters (horrible boss, innocent worker) 
• Main bad character, that will turn out to be loved by the man
  
  Inter titles:
• First on a black screen "Touchstone", "Manderville films" come up
  
• Next over the action they repeat followed by the main characters, then the name of the film, afterwards the important people involved in the film come up over the action as well.
• The inter titles follow the characters movement at some points as well, for example when the man rushes to the lift, the titles follow across with him in sync with his movement.
  
  Sound:
• At the beginning to set the mood non diegetic upbeat music is played. It links the scenes together nicely.
• Then there's diegetic music, such as the popping noise of messages, which keeps the film light hearted and moving fast.
• Also there is the sound of the traffic which enhances the city life.
• The non diegetic music in the office gives of a tense vibe but also gives the impression that the man is on a mission, which helps set the mood between the characters.
  
  
  
  
  Camera shots:
• Camera shots used were- long shots, close ups, mid shots, extreme close ups. 
• Long shots were used to show the women walking into the office, this hows what effect she has on other people.
• The mid shots were used to show the general character and what situations they were in.
  
  
  
  
  Camera movement:
• The general camera movement was smooth and stable, this could represent the mood of the film, also it wouldn't be as acceptable if the camera was fast moving and unstable as you want the audience to fully concentrate on the situations happening on screen.
  
  What I can take from the film and use in my own film:
• I would like to use how the inter titles follow the characters 
• Location markers

Anaylisis of opening two minutes of Sleepy Hollow

The genre of Sleepy Hollow is introduced with what the audience are lead to believe as blood dripping on the floor, automatically this connotes genres of horror and mystery. It makes the audience question what has happened outside of the shot.  Also the creepy non diegetic music at the beginning sets the theme of horror, and creates suspense.

One of the characters is first introduced by a close up on his hand. The character is writing a letter, the writing on the letter is fancy and the paper is old, so we can tell that the film is set a few decades ago.  This character seems mysterious because we only see his hand, which suggests that we shouldn’t know who he is, however we do know that he is. We see another character in the carriage in the middle of a storm which suggests that he is vulnerable and also innocent as he is by himself. We don’t get introduced to the characters properly, we don’t hear them speak or engaging with other people, which creates this whole theme of mystery.

The lighting is dark and there are a lot of shadows around which sets the mood of horror. Tim Burton has used pathetic fallacy to suggest the mood in which he is presenting. The mise en scene is very detailed, for example we can see the letter is on old paper and he is writing with ink, which shows the era and the significance of the letter. The room isn’t shown too much, therefore not giving much away. Outside its very dark and it looks like the characters are in the middle of nowhere, or so we are lead to believe as we can’t see a lot from the low lighting. It’s all very well planned as the audience don’t get to see a lot, which makes them question what going to happen in the movie. This is the narrative being set up, we can see a mystery being formed, and everyone is wondering what’s going to happen next.

There were very few inter titles, and they were presented on a black screen, so that when the first scene came on, the audience could concentrate on the movie, which means that Tim Burton wants the audience to pay close attention to the actions going on in the movie. First we had the “Mandely pictures” and then the production team, whilst Tim Burton followed afterwards. The inner titles were kept short whilst non diegetic music played over the top. The music was creepy and set the mood for the scene, it automatically made the audience feel tense and it added more emphasis to the mood. There were also diegetic sounds such as the horse gallop and the sound of lightening. These sounds are already quite creepy if put in the right place. The horse galloping was sinister and created suspense, and the lightening added to the suspense and really added to the mood of horror.

 Camera shots can really affect the way a movie looks, there were many camera shots and they were all used to their advantage. There were close up of the candle wax dropping on the floor, which gave a lot of detail, but was also used so that you couldn’t see what was going on around the camera, which also lead to mystery. There was a long shot of the horse and carriage, so that we could see the environment that it was in and what kind of era the movie was set in. A mid shot was used to show the character in the carriage, this gave us an idea of the kind of person he was going to be representing.

The camera movement on the whole was smooth and stable, so that it was easy to focus on what was in the shot, and made it so that you were watching from a third persons view.   When creating the beginning of a movie, I would like to use the close ups, for detail and also so it leads to mystery; and non diegetic sound so that it sets the mood for the scene. 

Analysing peoples blogs

On this blog there were examples of the work that students had done. There was then a 'click to read' option on the picture, as shown above. Once I had clicked on the picture, it opened up into a presentation where I could flick through the pages of the magazine.
 http://haydonmedia.co.uk/g321-moderation-2013/

I liked this, because it was easy to see the magazine, and also it was easy to use. This was done using an account called ISSUU which allows you to present and share work, like this student has done here. I would like to use this as you could have files for different parts of your work and then look through them easily, and have the work in one neat file that you can view without any confusion as to where each post is on the blog.
http://issuu.com/haydonmedia/docs/finalone____/1?e=7172892/2539165

This student used Prezi to present his work on. I like the idea of using accounts like Prezi and Slide Share as its an easy way to show a presentation. Also it looks smart and makes the blog look interesting. By using these accounts, it separates work into easy sections that can be found and viewed.
 http://6075chrispearsong321.blogspot.co.uk/