Saturday 5 February 2011

Opening Sequence Frozen

I have watched two minutes of the film Frozen since our film can only be a maximum of two minutes. Frozen is a psychological thriller whereas se7en is a thriller. This link below is the entire but i have only viewed the two minutes of the film. During the two minutes I realised that the film does not provide a lot of information about the production company, cast and crew. By contrast Se7en has a lot going on providing the production, cast and crew as well as using forms and conventions within the opening sequence. However this film only uses three titles including Anchor Bay Films presents, In Association with Bigger Boats and An A Bigger Boat/ArieScope Pictures Production. From there, there is close up  and extreme close up shots of a wheel turning and things attached to the wheel, such as the rope. This is done to make the viewers feel mystery and suspense and because it focuses on the wheel, this shows it has an importance for the future so it will help the narrative as they have focused on this. Alongside we are shown a mountain and a appear transition is used where we are shown another tittle which says Frozen. Therefore only four tittles are used including the tittle of the film. After we are shown the mountain through a pan and from there the film begins.

 


This films opening sequence is very different to Se7en where there is little information about the the production such as who the music is by, the editor and director and so on. Also the film does not necessarily grab the audience into the film within the two minutes. There also isn't a lot of elements of a thriller apart from the close/extreme close up shots of the wheel which creates suspense and mystery. Se7en creates mystery, suspense, enigma, excitement and a thrill through various ways. Such as music, editing, mise en scene sound and camera angels. In conclusion of making a comparison between the opening sequences of Frozen and Se7en I preferred Se7en and would like to create my opening sequence by using the forms and conventions used in Se7en of thrillers.

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