Film Opening || Research and Planning

Eclipse

Director: David Slade
Writer (Screenplay): Melissa Rosenberg
Writer: Stephenie Meyer
Star Characters: Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black)
Feature Length: 119MINS
Suitable For: 12 Years and Over


a) The camera angle was very effective in the opening. The way it jumped and shaked to show horror was amazing. My zooming and showing that its raining makes the audience to have excitement waiting for what's going to happen.
b) In the film there are many camera angels and movements has been used. These are the ones I noticed: Close Up, Extreme Close Up, Above Angle, Medium Close Up, Wide Shot, Bird Eye View etc.
c)
d)  There are lots of editing which creates more excitement and tension to make the audience wanting to see what's going to happen next.
e) Transitions that are used blurriness, transitions, fade, very fast rapid cutting, dissolve, wipe, cutaway.
f) Mise-En-Scene has been used very creative. The clothing is dull and black, heavy rain, ally ways with a dark night, thunder, etc. The sound is very effective because the rain creates tension and scariness and then he music at the back ground backs it very exciting then suddenly a big bang makes you jump up.
g) In the opening, a guy comes out from a night club an ordinary day. He gets his stuff to go back home but a vampire starts chasing him. After chasing the vampire pushes him to the floor and bites him. The character screams because his in pain then he starts turning into a vampire.
h)
i) The opening was very effective not dull and making the audience wait for what's going to happen. Some scary films starts dull and normal making the audience excitement.

Paranormal Activity 

Director: Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman

Writer: Christopher Landon

Star Characters: Chloe Csengery (Katie), Jessica Tyler Brown (Kristi) and Christopher Nicholas Smith (Dennis)

Feature Length: 81MINS

Suitable For: 15 Years and Over

a) In the opening there's not much camera angles but Dennis the character who holds the camera is very good of zooming in and out and how it takes the room making it like an documentary.  

b) There are many camera angles and movements. Here are some of them, Medium Close Up, Close Up, Extreme Close Up, Above Angle, Low Angle, 180 Degree Rule, etc.

c)

d) There isn't much editing because the film is filmed by the camera the character is holding. Its good because its like an documentary and its an household camera so their isn't an much editing.

e) To be real there wasn't because its an video recording of the character taking their house. So their wasn't transitions.

f) There wasn't much Mise-En-Scene but the clothing was normal daily clothes, their wasn't light because it was recording. The sound was very effective because the sound that the ghost was doing created great tension and excitement.

g) In the opening is normal ordinary happy family taking videos of their house and family. The character Dennis has stepped into the family new. Everything's normal but in the house there's something strange. In the children's room there's a noise coming in the cupboard. 

h)

i) In my opinion the opening was really effective no tension or excitement to show something bad is going to happen but because of the name everyone knows is about a scary movie.