This document analyzes the opening title sequence of the film White House Down. It summarizes the different camera techniques used, including close-ups, establishing shots, low angles, and tracking shots. It also discusses the color scheme of blues, whites, reds, and oranges used to depict the golden hour. Visual effects like CGI were employed to realistically depict helicopter flight over Washington D.C. The genre of action film is noted. The narrative follows a father-daughter relationship where the father tries to get a job protecting the president to please his daughter. Editing uses cuts between camera angles without transitions. Formal title credits are presented with simple text overlaying the shots.

1. Film Opening Sequence Analysis
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White House Down :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-iu6jHOnQ4
Name:
Hemit Dhanji
My Analysis
Supporting Images
Cinematography
& Camera
Techniques
In this film, White House Down Roland Emmerich the
director has used quite the variety for different camera
techniques and cinematography, these of which include
Close up shot, Establishing Shot, Low Angle and Tracking/
Pan.
The first picture is showing a shot of Joey King, and the
director, Emmerich has shown here in a close up shot
looking at her phone to show the audience of what her
facial expressions express and what she is feeling in that
moment of time.
In the next shot I have chosen to show the establishing shot
and this is the shot where the angle of the camera is angled
in which the audience can see the over look of the city and
where the setting is, this also shows the time of day. This
gives the film the extra effect by showing the lights on the
white house and the lights on in the city and the sun rising,
its showing that it is a glory moment.
In this shot the camera is pointing up from a low angled
shot and I have chose this shot because it is hinting at how
important this moment is and it is also getting the audience
involved because I looks and feels like there is someone
from the ground looking up at the helicopters and the know
it is the president so they are showing a sign of respect in a
way. The shot also shows an important tower and they fly

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The last shot I chose is the tacking shot where the camera
has a steady move over the water whilst the helicopter fly
over too so it is tracking the helicopter moving and also in
this shot is shows a very important building which the
president fly's by
Visual Effects &
Colour Scheme
The colour scheme that this opening sequence is using are
blue, white, red and orange with a dark tone. This is to
show that the time of day is really early in the morning and
that it gives the effect that this is the golden hour where the
president is going too his duties and going to the white
house before the sun rises, this also gives the importance to
the president because it shows all of the colour in the sky
fading to show that the sun is actually rising.
Visual effects includes things like CGI which means
Computer Generated Imagery and in this film they have
used CGI to make the helicopter real and to make them look
like they are actually flying over the city of Washington
because maybe to do that in real life it would of cost a lot of
money to do it, so the just computer generated it in and it
does the same job and it looks real anyway. They also used
visual effects to show that the president is looking at the
Lincoln Memorial through the glass of the helicopter whilst
he flies over the city of Washington

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Genre
Conventions
This is a action film because it has a lot of fast movements
in it and it involves secret agents and security and The
Whitehouse
Narrative
The storyboard which makes the film what it is, is about a
father and daughter relationship where the daughter
doesn't like the father and the father does everything he
can to make her like her so he goes to get a go to be a
secret agent because the daughter really like stuff about the
Whitehouse and she loves the president but the farther
doesn't gets the job but he gets tour tickets for the white
house , the they got on the tour but on the tour a terrors
attack happens and then they fight and the farther protects
the president and saves him then gets the job of protecting
the president so then the daughter has a good relationship
with the farther
Editing
Techniques
The editing techniques that have been use in this sequence
are just cuts where they have a scene and they just switch
camera angles without any transitions effects. They have
also used CGI in there sequence to add the effect of the
helicopters are flying and to show the importance of the
president. In the editing process they have also played with
the colour of the setting and found the right colour scheme
to show the effect of the sunrise and lights reflecting the
building.

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Title Credit
Design
The director has used a formal look on the title credits
because it shows the similarity of the president in which he
is so important and formal so he has just used a simple
straight text and the way that the text is positioned, it has
been position in a way where it is not interrupting the
actual movement that is happening throughout the shots.
The transitions a very simple, it's just a quick fade in fade
out and I think this how the formality to the president too
because he doesn't have fast movements, he is quiet the
smooth person where he gets his security to do it for him