21 jump street opening analysis

3. Shot types/angles/movements
• The titles pan along and pan apart, this gets the audiences attention as the
colourful titles are moving across the screen quickly, this creates excitement for
the audience which sets the scene for the rest of the film. Wide shots are used
when an explosion is on screen so the audience get can the full effect of the
explosion. Panning and tracking shots are used in the tile sequence. The opening
scene also used close up and mid shots.

4. Visual Style - Lighting/colour
• The first scene of the film starts off with a black background, once this scene
passes music starts playing and bright colours are used this gives the effect that
the film has just burst into life and connotes that the film will be exciting. Red and
blue are used as it makes the audience think about police and the two main
characters are police officers. One of the shots of the sequence is a woman
wearing bright red lipstick which can represent danger and that a femme fatal may
be used in the film as a distraction

5. Editing?
• This film opening uses fast pace editing as we see multiple clips in a quick
succession, this is a key convention in action films. This will appeal to the
audience as it will keep them entertained because the clips are changing
every few seconds so the audience wont get bored and with the fast
paced music the audience adrenaline will be pumping and keep them
focused on the film. As the tempo of the song speeds up the sequence
slows down as the titles are appearing on screen. The shots involved in
these clips are used for a comedy effect as they range from explosions to
rainbow and a lot of stuff in-between. When Rob Riggle’s name appears
on the screen the music changes to dub step and a hypnotic image is used
this creates the feeling of being high on drugs, which also suggests that
drugs are being a part of the film.

6. How does the opening suggest the genre or the themes
of the film?
• This film suggests that this film is an action comedy film; this is shown through a various clips
that are linked to having fun, police work and money. The first thing the audience see is ‘THE
END’ this shows that the film is going to be funny and immature. Another clip of the opening
is someone taking drugs which forebodes that drugs will be involved in this film. The
audience can tell that there is going to be immaturity in this film as when someone is writing
up an investigation they has wrote ‘horse cock’, moreover with the scene where you can see
police lights flashing the audience can interpret that this film is about immature cops that like
to have fun and are going to solve a drug related case. The opening consists of lots of
explosions and gunshots which tells the audience that the film is going to be an action film.
One of the short clips just shows a white bird flying this connotes the random stuff that will
be in the film as it has no relevance to anything. Females are shown with revealing clothing
this shows the audience that women may been a main attraction and may be a distraction in
the film.

7. How is sound/music used to draw us into the world of
the film?
• The music is party like music it is upbeat and has a quick tempo and this
represents the stereotype that teenagers like to party, and have fun. The target
audience for this film would be teenagers so they use this type of music so the
audience can engage more as the target audience for the music would also be
teenagers. The music starts to play after an explosion this happens so the audience
feel like the movie is bursting into life. The music playing also uses the word jump
which links with the title of the film 21 jump street