The first thing we see when the movie begins is writing saying "Twentieth Century Fox presents", this has been written in a silver font, overlaying a black background. This title is only on screen for around 3 seconds until it fades to the first clip. This gives us the feeling that we are about to watch a spy/action movie from the styled font, choice of colours and also the transition.
The first clip of the movie has been made to look like an old family video from a girls 5th birthday. The writing continues to fade in and out of the clip in the same writing and colours, while that is going on the music and sounds that have been played in this first scene sounds as though something has happened to the girl from the family video; almost haunting. On top of the slow music, there are the sounds of voices laughing and talking in the background with a slight echo after every word or sentence. This styled music and the effect of the echo's is a good way to present a first clip like this, especially as we now know it is a spy/action film. It creates a sense of mystery and curiosity because we don't know if anything has or will happen to the people we are watching in the old video, this makes us want to carry on watching so we can hopefully find out.
The old family video then changes to a different clip of a dark room, a lamp then gets switched on for us to see a man sitting there as though he has been watching this old video with us. This creates an enigma as nothing was instantly found out about who was in that first clip, making us suspect it has some relation to the man.
A wide shot has been used to let you see more of the surroundings, maybe so we can get an idea of how this man lives as it shows old take away boxes on the table in front of him and the room he is in looks very dull and uninviting. The audience could get this idea because of the use of lighting, they have made it quite dark which connotes misery and darkness.
As the clip continues we are able to see a clearer shot of the mans face when he picks up a framed photograph, as he puts it down the camera stays focused on the photo even when the man gets up and leaves the shot. We get a chance to see the photograph that the man was looking at, we see that it looks like the same girl that was in the family video leaving us feeling more intrigued about what the film will be about. The framed photo is made to seem like a bigger deal than we would believe it to be because of the way they have put the main title of the movie next to it in capital letters - Taken.
The clip changes as the location and camera shot also change, we are now looking at a busy street on a very wide shot as a car pulls over to park, the state of the car is clean and very rich, hinting that the person who owns it could be wealthy and important. The same man we saw in the previous clip comes out, seeing the car he owns can change the way the audience would view him, making it seem that there is a lot more to him than we first thought. This also makes it obvious that this man is the main character by the way the camera is following him but we still don't know much about him or the young girl.
Now we appear to be in an electrical shop when the shop keeper says to the man "Mr Mills, how may I help you?", by him saying this it indicates that the main character is an important person because the shop keeping addressed him as 'Mr Mills' and not by his first name. This could be a way of trying to keep the plot a secret to make you want to carry on watching to find out more about what is going on. The camera is also looking down to the shop keeper, making us feel as though Mr Mills is stronger and has a lot more importance.
I feel as though this is a very good way to begin this movie as they have slowly fed us information about the characters and who they are, but still giving clues along the way so the audience would want to carry on watching. The camera angles and lighting have also made this a good beginning because we first see the main character sitting in darkness on his on, but then we next see him with confidence in daylight, this makes it feel as though this man actually is depressed about something but he tries not to show it.
The first clip of the movie has been made to look like an old family video from a girls 5th birthday. The writing continues to fade in and out of the clip in the same writing and colours, while that is going on the music and sounds that have been played in this first scene sounds as though something has happened to the girl from the family video; almost haunting. On top of the slow music, there are the sounds of voices laughing and talking in the background with a slight echo after every word or sentence. This styled music and the effect of the echo's is a good way to present a first clip like this, especially as we now know it is a spy/action film. It creates a sense of mystery and curiosity because we don't know if anything has or will happen to the people we are watching in the old video, this makes us want to carry on watching so we can hopefully find out.
The old family video then changes to a different clip of a dark room, a lamp then gets switched on for us to see a man sitting there as though he has been watching this old video with us. This creates an enigma as nothing was instantly found out about who was in that first clip, making us suspect it has some relation to the man.
A wide shot has been used to let you see more of the surroundings, maybe so we can get an idea of how this man lives as it shows old take away boxes on the table in front of him and the room he is in looks very dull and uninviting. The audience could get this idea because of the use of lighting, they have made it quite dark which connotes misery and darkness.
As the clip continues we are able to see a clearer shot of the mans face when he picks up a framed photograph, as he puts it down the camera stays focused on the photo even when the man gets up and leaves the shot. We get a chance to see the photograph that the man was looking at, we see that it looks like the same girl that was in the family video leaving us feeling more intrigued about what the film will be about. The framed photo is made to seem like a bigger deal than we would believe it to be because of the way they have put the main title of the movie next to it in capital letters - Taken.
The clip changes as the location and camera shot also change, we are now looking at a busy street on a very wide shot as a car pulls over to park, the state of the car is clean and very rich, hinting that the person who owns it could be wealthy and important. The same man we saw in the previous clip comes out, seeing the car he owns can change the way the audience would view him, making it seem that there is a lot more to him than we first thought. This also makes it obvious that this man is the main character by the way the camera is following him but we still don't know much about him or the young girl.
Now we appear to be in an electrical shop when the shop keeper says to the man "Mr Mills, how may I help you?", by him saying this it indicates that the main character is an important person because the shop keeping addressed him as 'Mr Mills' and not by his first name. This could be a way of trying to keep the plot a secret to make you want to carry on watching to find out more about what is going on. The camera is also looking down to the shop keeper, making us feel as though Mr Mills is stronger and has a lot more importance.
I feel as though this is a very good way to begin this movie as they have slowly fed us information about the characters and who they are, but still giving clues along the way so the audience would want to carry on watching. The camera angles and lighting have also made this a good beginning because we first see the main character sitting in darkness on his on, but then we next see him with confidence in daylight, this makes it feel as though this man actually is depressed about something but he tries not to show it.
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