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1. Micro Elements in the opening
for “Night at the Museum”
By Ryan Gurney

2. The first shot is a tilt. This is used to
show to the audience that it is starting
to get dark. It also shows that the film
is going to take place at night.

3. They use a panning shot and a
extreme long shot to show the
audience where the film is based.

4. This shot is another tilt to show the front of the
museum as well as the inside of the museum
lighting up. This shows that something happens
in there at night. This builds up a sense of
mystery to what happens at night.

5. They zoom out so they can show us all
of the dummies in thier uniforms
which means that they could come
into the story later in the movie. They
also show all the dummies together
with a medium shot

6. They used a long shot to show the
massiveness of the statues and
also the room.

7. They do a zoom into an extreme close
up on the Easter Island head to make
the audience feel scared because of it
being so big.

8. They show a close up of the
monkey to make the audience get
emotional because the monkey
looks cute and sad.

9. They zoom in to the skeleton to
make the audience scared of it
because it is a T-rex skeleton.

10. • They use a track to show you the man riding
the horse, this shows the horse and rider from
all angles to the audience.

11. Non Diegetic
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6UmCA
EPKMg through the opening they use this
music. They use this to build up a sense of
mystery and tension. This makes the audience
want to know what is going to happen.

12. Pace
• The opening goes at a slow and steady pace so
it is able to build up a sense of mystery and
tension. It makes us ask questions about what
is going to happen and a sense of what might
happen.

13. Mise en scene (Setting, costume,
figure expression, props)
The set looks like a museum to make it look
authentic to the audience. The costumes they
used make the actors look like they are the
exhibits . They use props which make it look like
actual artefacts.