The document discusses several films including The Pursuit of Happyness, Sucker Punch, Blood Diamond, and Source Code. For each film, the document provides 1-2 sentences summarizing elements like the drama, emotion, suspense, and themes around corruption and struggle that are portrayed. It also includes potential structures and conventions for an opening film sequence, discussing settings, flashbacks, and narration to set up the protagonist's backstory and journey.

1. Rosalin Zein

2. The Pursuit of Happyness
 I like how the film is about his life and the struggles he
faced.
 Its very dramatic and emotional as the man also has to
take care of his child by himself.
Sucker Punch
 I like the opening scene of this film because it is very
dramtic and there is a lot of suspense.
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3. Blood Diamond
 This film is full of suspense, drama and action.
 It is film which is based in South Africa, showing
corruption and exploitation of the poor
Source Code
 Dramatic film about a man who is put into the
'source code' to try and find out who the bomber
is.
 Very emotional as at the end the audience finds
out that the man is alive on life support as he was
in an air crash and he will never be able to return
to the real world.

5. = Narration.
00:55-01:15 01:15-01:30
00:00-00:10
Second flashback Third flashback
Showing the
production
companies
00:35-00:55 01:30-01:45
00:10-00:20
First flashback Final Flashback
Showing the
setting of the first
scene.
00:20-00:30 00:30-00:35 01:45-01:55
Close up of the Extreme close up Back to the girl
girl on the floor of the girls eye. on the floor.

6.  It would start off with a scene where the girl is lying on the floor breathing heavily –
pan of the room.
 Then a close up of her eyes then many short and fast scenes of her past ( e.g being
abused , being thrown out of her home, homeless)
 The second to last scene would be of someone coming to help her.
 While all this is happening there is a voice over, first person narrator (the girl herself)
speaking and introducing herself and what the film would be about.
 The last scene would be of her back in the room.

7.  The style of the opening sequence would be a monatge as it
would have many different scenes where something is
happening to the girl.

8. The story would follow Todorov's theory
Stage Use, develop or challenge
Equilibrium develop
disequilibrium Use- is repeated
Recognition of Use- is repeated
disequilibrium
Attempt to repair Use – is repeated
disequilibrium
New equilibrium use

9. There would be many different settings for the opening
On a street – in front of shop.
sequence.
This setting would be used in the
flashback where the girl is
homeless
In a room – This would be used at
the beginning and end of the
sequence when the girl is lying on
the floor.
A room lit like this but without a
bed
Outside a house – For when the girl
is thrown out of her house.

10. Conventions of drama genre Use, Develop or Challenge
Real life situations with realistic E.G The Pursuit of happyness
characters Use.
Shows the characters journey Use.
throughout the film
Very emotional as audience can Use.
relate to characters
Based around conflicts ( Use.
hardships/ difficulty the character
is going through)
Usually end happily Develop.

11. Types of audience Target audience
Age 15 +
Gender Female
Ethnicity All ethnicities
Social class Working/ middle class
Sexual orientation Straight, Lesbian, BI, gay
Profession/role Any e.g students