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Film Beginning Analysis
End of Watch –
“I’m the police. And I’m here to arrest you.
You’ve broken the law. I did not write the
law. I may even disagree with the law. But I
will enforce it. No matter how you plead,
cajole, beg or attempt to stir my
sympathies, nothing you do will stop me
from placing you in a steel cage with grey
bars. If you run away, I will chase you. If
you fight me, I will fight back. If you shoot at
me, I will shoot back. By law, I am unable to
walk away. I’m a consequence. I am the
unpaid bill. I am fate with a badge and a
gun. Behind my badge is a heart like yours.
I bleed. I think. I love. And yes, I can be
killed. And although I’m but one man, I
have thousands of brothers and sisters who
are the same as me. They will lay down
their lives for me. And I them. We stand
watch together. A thin blue line. Protecting
the prey from the predators. The good from
the bad. We are the police.”
The firsttwo minutesof Endof Watch isfootage froman LAPD car chase throughLos Angeles.The
firstminute andfive secondsof the openingisvoicedoverbyJake Gyllenhaalreadingthe above
script.Afterthis,forthe remainingminute orsothe soundisof the car chase outside the Police car
and the voicesandradioinside the car.This includes tyre screeches,sirens,Police radioandthe
Police officerstalkingaboutthe chase. Havingjustthe voice of the officerkeepsthe audienceinthe
dark aboutthe lookof the officer.Thismeansthatitgivesthe audience tobuildanideaof whathe
may looklike,before actuallyseeinghisface laterinthe opening. The scene endsbythe carbeing
chasedcrashingand thenthe two officersand the twoassailantsengaginginagunfight.The two
assailantsare killedandthe scene ends. Thishasagreat effectonthe audience because theyare
immediatelythrownintowhatlife isreallylike asaPolice Officer.Showinghow quicklyacar chase
can turn intoa deadlyshootout.
The camera shot forthe firsttwominutesof the filmis100% viewedviathe LAPDPolice car’s
dashboardcamera duringthe car chase,turnedshootout.Thisimmersesthe audience intothe first
personviewsof whata Police chase islike andhow theycan sometimeshave deadlyconsequences.
The effectsgiventothe audience isfarmore realisticthansome of the outside andotherinternal
camera shotsusedinotherfilms.
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Bad Boys -
Bad boysbegins byshowinganaeroplane takingoff anda topof the range Porsche 911 drivingby.
The camera thenmovesintothe car withWill SmithandMartinLawrence,whoclearlyknow each
otherand are friends,satin the car whichis drivingalong. The audience discoverthatSmith hasjust
boughtthiscar andis explainingtoLawrence all aboutit.SmithishesitanttoletLawrence eata
burgerand friesinhisnewcar and the pair thenbegintotalkabout Lawrence’shome life. The idea
behindthe beginningof BadBoysissimilartomine inthe sense the audience donotknow thatthe
twopeople are Police Officersuntil whentheyare heldupbytwothat theyreveal themselvesas
Police. The onlyaudioduringthe beginningisof the twoofficerssattalkingandthe soundof the
engine. The camerashotsusedare close upsfor the entire durationof the car journeyuntil they
stop.Shot reverse shotisbeingusedswitchingbetweenthe SmithandLawrence.The shotschange
whenthe twopull upin theircar. It isat thispointthatthe two are approachedbya decoylady,
before theyare car jacked,fightbackand reveal thattheyare police officers.
22 Jump Street
It beginswithaflashback to partsof 21 JumpStreetand footage fromwhenthe twoofficers
(ChanningTatumandJonah Hill) were atthe academyandthenHigh School. Thislasts40 seconds
before changingtothe presentday of the twosat on the frontof theircar before goingtoa meet
whichtheyare toldabout viathe footage theyare watching.The secondminute isthendifferent
shotsof the twoloading,playingwithandbuildinggunsfromthe backof theircar on topof a car
park inthe middle of a large city.Duringthistwo minutes,if youhave notseenthe previousfilmand
evenif youhave,the audience are givenaclearpicture of that the two know eachotherverywell,
that theyare partnersandthat the sort of complete one another.Thisisshownthroughthe footage
watchedinthe opening.The audiousedinthe secondhalf is‘Turndownfor what’a song that is
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upbeatandfast and that accompaniesthe gunmontage verywell.The comedicelementsis
introducedtothe audience throughoutthe twominutesviaafew of the clipsshownandalso
throughthe way the two act witheachotherduringthe gunmontage. 22 JumperStreetdoesavery
goodjob of immediatelyintroducing/remindingthe audience to/of the twocharactersandtheir
personalities.
Let’s Be Cops
As opposedtothe otherfilmsanalysed,inLet’s be Copsapart fromthe title there isnoindication
withinthe firsttwominutesthatthisfilmisanythingPolice related.Itisjusttwofriends,Justinand
Ryan sat ina bar talkingabouthowtheirlivesare notgoinganywhere,theythengotoleave and
Ryan’scar doesnotstart. That isfollowedbywhatappearstobe the local gangstercriminal andhis
crewwho arrive intheirlarge 4x4 and crash intothe front of Ryan’scar. ThissparksRyan intoanger
to whichhe thenconfrontsthe gangster.The gangster’screw getout of the car and JustinandRyan
decide toleave. The onlyaudiointhe firsttwominutesisthe voicesof the people involvedthere is
no backingmusicor track. Althoughthe scene doesstartwithRyansingingasong. Let’sbe copsis
similarto22 JumpStreetinthat it isimmediatelyobviousthatthe twocharacterare friendsdue to
the way inwhichtheyinteractandthe dialogue betweenthem.Theytalkabouttheir‘life’which
showstheyhave beenineachother’slivesformanyyears.
