This document compares and evaluates the opening scenes of two films, "Dead Lazy" and "The Last Call". It finds that "Dead Lazy" introduces its narrative and backstory more effectively through a mysterious prologue scene. In contrast, "The Last Call" lacks a prologue and reveals the backstory later. It also notes that "Dead Lazy" establishes a better production quality through its more elaborate title sequence and use of intertextuality, like a radio broadcast adding context, while "The Last Call" focuses more directly on introducing the characters. The document concludes by observing how the different films employ techniques like these to suit their desired tones and conveyances.

1. Evaluation: Comparison of ‘Dead
Lazy’ and ‘The Last Call’
By Joshua James

2. The first shot in The Last
Call is the title text shown
on a black background.
After this shot, the
narrative begins and
there is no prologue to
the film to give a sort of
back-story to help
support the narrative.
This back-story comes
later on in the
narrative, about half way
through.
In Dead Lazy, there is a short and
mysterious scene before the
main narrative begins. This gives
a back-story to the film and also
intrigues the audience to watch
more to understand what’s
going on. This is different to the
Last Call because the Last Call
has no prologue.

3. This is the title sequence
of the Last Call. The text
is all white and plain to
show the seriousness of
the genre. There are no
institutions either, this
shows that the
production is not as good
in terms of quality
compared to Dead Lazy.
Here is the title sequence of
Dead Lazy. The text is much
more colorful to show the
comical side of the genre. The
red text shows the horror side of
the genre. There are also
institutions before this title
comes up, this represents a
better production value
compared to the Last Call.

4. This shot in the Last Call
focuses on the
characters. This scene
comes straight after the
title sequence. We can
clearly see both of the
main characters as there
is a medium shot of them
both and the lighting is
good.
This is one of the scenes near the start of
Dead Lazy. This is how the audience is
introduced to the main character. The shot
is a close-up which creates a sense of
mystery. This is very different from the
character introduction in the Last Call
because this scene has a lot more mystery
around it, appealing to the horror side of
the product

5. In this shot of dead Lazy there is a close up of the radio.
There is diegetic sound of a radio broadcast coming from the
radio. This radio broadcast is about the infection outbreak
and it also gives more of a back-story to the narrative of the
product. This shows intertextuality within Dead Lazy. The
Last Call does not have any intertextuality so this is quite a
big difference between the products.

6. Evaluation
Overall, we have learnt how to use many different
techniques. These include: prologues, title sequence
texts, intertextuality and how to introduce characters.
The use of these techniques differs between the two
pieces of media because of how we wanted the
products to be conveyed.