1. Analysis of three film openings
Tracking Close up to
shot of car. the driver.
Booming up Tracking shot
to the moon of the sky.
Dolly shot.
Camera angles
When the man is
Sound in the car it is dark.
Music in the background Lighting
is countryside music. Real Steel
Mise-en-
scene
Says ‘hi’ to other people
Man in the car is
this shows he is a country
wearing a white t-shirt
sider as he is friendly.
Editing When sleeping he is
Title/names fade
wearing sock and
in and out.
black trousers with a
When the music starts Starts with a black screen white T-shirt.
titles appear (name of with writing popping out
producers etc.) ‘Touchstone picture’
Sleeping in a truck Drinking alcohol off the
shows he is Homeless floor shows depression

2. The Others:
Dimension shows that its set in 1945
Director Alejandro
Starts with a black screen with someone talking in the background
Sound is low
Lady uses candle lights to view images
The music is happy which then changes to a scary music
The images fade (the pictures are telling the story which foreshadows the event)
The 1st image zooms in then out
One of the images show children on stairs which shows there lonely, isolated, frightened
As we can see the images there are also children singing in the background as if something is
going to happen.
The images give the audience clues
Image of a house comes alive (graphic match)
This house is an iconographic of the genre as it has stairs, isolated house, mirrors, etc.
The weather is foggy it feels like they are trapped in the house
Images are black and white
Voice over
High angle to low angle shot in image
Close up of the lady screaming this has an effect to the audience which is shocking for the
audience as they do not expect it.
uses smash cut to show people getting scared
Non diegetic sound
Long shot of people standing
Mid-shot
High angle shot
Cut Shot
Old fashion house (Outside of house is very dirty)
Medium long shot
Panning and tracking
The camera is landscape then it turns portrait
Sound bridge before seeing them laughing
Dissolves to next shot

3. People laughing are wearing dark black clothes
Extreme long Shot of the servants walking into the house this creates aregma-code
Over the shoulder shot of old lady
The old ladies hair is covered which shows she’s old
Point of view shot of lady
Shot reverse shot
The bell rings – the sound of the bell shows that the person’s life is in danger/ something is
going to happen (disequilibrium)
The owner of the house opens the door from inside and hesitates to go out these shows that
she is scared of the light. The effect is that it makes the audience feel like she is the ghost
because ghosts are afraid of light
Medium long shot of the owner and servants talking
The costume of the owner is very posh this has an effect on the audience by showing that
she is rich shows she is from a high class
Panning shot when coming into the house
Owner talks to the servant which is a high angle shot the effect is that it makes the audience
know who is from a higher/lower class
Tracking shot of lots of rooms this show they can be in danger
Frost Bite:
Starts with fast images with a rock music in the background
White titles represents the snow
Starts with someone snowboarding
Cuts to the Venice beach in California with a women riding on a skate board
Changes from a women to a man riding the skate board
Women is Bikinis this shows that it is hot
Man is wearing shorts with white shirt, sunglasses and a hat
Close up shot of man riding skate board
Cuts to a master shot of the man and women in a house smoking
Mid shot of man reading his letter
Close up of his face
Tracking shot of the car
Sunny outside