1. Movie title sequence
Thor (Action)
0:16
There are dark grey clouds to denote that there will be a storm. This could connote
that with this story about the Greek god Thor, god of thunder there is anger or conflict
along with this being above the ocean, which is rule by Perciden. This shows that
there may be a battle between the gods. The ocean is also ruff, which shows that
shows that this will be a difficult time and not be calm. The word ‘Thor’ is in a wood
this give a Viking affect along with the way that the word has been built. The rain
signifies unhappiness between the clouds and the ocean.
The music is slow pace and medium pitch with the sound of horns to accompany the
sound of thunder to give the impression of battle with a Viking theme.
The word is in the centre of the shot to show that Thor is the main aspect of this film
as well, along with the word Thor being brought to the for ground signifies that his
importance is increasing.
0:23
This then fades into darkness for a few seconds to build tension while the music is
still playing to assist with the tension.
0:30
The darkness quickly goes into a picture of Thor with the main aspect being his
hammer that he is holding. This signifies that the hammer is of great importance to
Thor because he is holding up high and also of great importance to the story because
it the first thing that is shown to the audience.

2. The camera then pans down to show the head of Thor as he looks up to his hammer;
this further signifies the importance of the hammer because a god is looking up at it.
Thor is also showing no emotion, this show that the character Thor is a serious
person.
0:38
This picture then fades out to show another image of Thor battling a large, muscular
opponent, wit Thor in the fore ground; this show that Thor is of greater importance
than is opponent. Thor’s hammer is surrounded by lightning to connote the hammers
power.
0:59
The picture then fade to a person in full armor with a sinister look created by his head
being tilted forwards and shadows on his face and a smirk, this is also done with his
on helmet having horns. This show that he will be the main villain in the story.
1:36
The red cape shows that Thor is a hero this also shows that he has a passion for what
he does. There are also gold circles on his armor to show he is of high value.

3. Grease (musical/Romance)
0:03
The radio shows the genre of the film is music and by having the radio as a cartoon
gives the radio a friendly impression. Also by having the radio pulsate shows the idea
that the music is so loud that it is having a physical affect on the radio by making it
change shape.
0:06
This shows the person in this scenes personality, the mess signifies that the person is
unorganized and stereotypically a student. The uniform on the end of the bed also
shows that the person is a student. The use of vinyl disks under the radio shows that
the time period this was set in is the 1970’s.
0:54
This scene show a contrast to the last character personality by showing no mess
around the room. And the characters hair is already neat before she leaves her bed.
The bed also has frame work to signify that the person is of high class. The use of
these two characters being shown one after another shows the main story will be
about these two people.
1:46

4. This scene shows the average main plot male in the film. The leather jackets, jeans
and chain shows the fashion of this type of person by signifying a cool appearance
and the use of having their hair and clothes the same shows that this was the fashion
trend of this period.
Shaun of the dead (Horror/Comedy)
0:00
The close up shot shows that this is the main character in the story and is also used to
highlight the emotion on his face. The background shows the bar of a pub , this shows
that it is set in modern times and that this is the location that the character is mostly
associated with.
0:13
The use of a pan shot show that all of the people in this scene are female and all have
the same absence of emotion to give the idea that they are already zombie like. All of
the people are also carrying out the same action at the same time with no change in
emotion; this signifies that some of them fell trapped in their current position. The use
of balloons are use to contrast against the lack of emotion because balloons are
usually associated with celebration.
0:19

5. The use of three business people simultaneously using their phones to check the time
shows that business people like to be well organized and punctual. This scene also
continues the feel that these people are already similar to zombies in the sense that all
of these actions are automatic and that very little thinking goes into these actions.
0:22
This scene shows a group of teenagers walking down a street. The use of hooded
jackets and jumpers allows the audience to identify these people as being teenagers
because of the stereotype that all teenagers wear hoods and look scruffy.
This scene also continues the theme of zombies by waking the group all walk on the
same direction aimlessly while nodding at the same time.
Star wars (sci-fi)
0:02
In opening of the title sequence there is only this line of text with no back ground, this
means that all of the audience’s attention will be on the text that has been placed at
the centre of the screen. The use of the words ‘in a galaxy far, far away’ allows the
audience to imagine what might be possible outside of our own galaxy and not to
compare it to our own. The use of the line ‘a long time ago’ shows that this is what
has already happened and that this is being shown as some telling us a story. The use
of the ellipsis shows that there this piece of text will continue to tell the story.
0:08

6. After the first section of text fade out the words ‘star wars’ enters the screen from the
sides and begins to move towards the background. By this being the only piece of text
as the music begins suggests that this is the title of the film. This also shows that this
will be the main point of interest in the film. The use of font shows that this film will
appear to be futuristic this is a contrast to the original piece of text that said ‘a long
time ago’.
After the words ‘star wars’ have faded out into the background a long list of text
begins to scroll in from the bottom, this is used as narration. There is no voice over
for the narration to make the audience read the text themselves and help get them
engrossed in what is happening. There is still no background to make sure that the
audience’s attention will be fixed on the scrolling text. The use of the narration give
the film the feel that this is a story being told because it has already happened and
this also allows the audience to know what has happened in the previous films. The
words ‘A new hope’ are larger than the rest of the text to show that this is the title of
the film.
1:32
On the text has faded into the background the blackness begins to have stars appear,
this allows the audience to know where the film is set and the set the genre of sci-fi.
This also make the audience feel like they are gazing into the stars and along with the
change of music for the scrolling text to this part where the music has slowed down in
tempo helps give a calming feel to the audience.