Codes and Conventions of Film Openings

Most film opening share a start to them that shows the film company that made them so for instance in the bad boys trailer i posted a few days ago that has Columbia films logo presented at (0.13) (the opening can  be seen below.) then is says Columbia pictures presents this is showing that the Columbia film studios own this film. where as in the opening for scary movie shows that its owned by dimension films (0.01)



The establishing shot of these fiilms are very different scary movie starts with a long shot showing the whole set where as bad boys shows the wheel of the car in a extreme close up shot. the long shot creates the effect that we are bieng shown what is going on where we are before the movie actually starts. the bad boys movie starts with us chucked directly into the film so we feel as we are part of the movie right from the start.

the titles of these movies come at the end of the opening scene but there are no character names mentions or actor names in captions in the scary movie opening. in the bad boys opening there are however the names of the actors come up at the beginning but once again the title of the film don't appear till the end of the scene. also the scary movie opening show one of the main characters and one that is just there to start off the sequence. but in the bad boys movie you see the two main characters and you learn what their role is and what jobs they have the type of characters they are and you lean somewhat how the story's going to end up.





The genre conventions portrayed in these openings are quite different; whereas scary movie opening portrays comedy with a little horror it does this by making a layout course a to generate a comically funny serious of silly events but the fact it happens on Halloween Friday the 13th and the fact that the killer is dressed up in a scream costume portrays the side of horror involved. The bad boy opening portrays action and adventure with a little thriller. it does this by using a fast car a lot of swearing and the use of guns. also the action part is generated by the face in the first scene there is a attempted car jacking and how they handle it prove that the film will involve action and adventure.

All of my films are the first of there sequels. the bad boys and johnny English film is the only one to have the actors name in the credits at the start the scary movie film doesn't have this.

Filmography.

Bad Boys  - 1995 (Micheal Bay)

Scary Movie- 2000 (Keenen Ivory Wayans)

Website I used : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page - acessed 28/09/2011

this is the trailer to Johnny English. the film genre is a action/comedy. The genre conventions of this type of film would be; funny scene such as (0.36) and (0.59) but also it uses action such as (0.51) and (0.19).

There are two kinds of codes in this film one is technical where the camera angles are very low to the ground and then switch up to eye level s such as (0.13) when the camera is low  creates the connotation that he is in control and can pretty much do what he likes. also it creates the connotation that he is amazing and we should look up to him as the camera is doing. the symbolic codes would be that the fact when it starts its dark setting showing that the character will be in charge  one time and that he under cover also the actors facial expressions show that he isn't phased by the big dogs or woman pointing a gun at him showing bravery and fearlessness, but then as it fades out into a day dream we find out that he isn't in control and he very much wants to be.

The key signifies for this film would be that the intro music is very action related as it brings in to the actor day dreaming about what he really wants to be. then as it goes in it goes to silly music showing that Johnny is going to be a funny and silly character that will make us laugh throughout the film. also the images of fire and the way that the images are moving across the scene proves that the film is going to be about action and adventure with fight scenes through the film but also silly fight scenes with Johnny probably coming worse off.

This sequence tells us that the rest of the movie is going to be funny with action and adventure mixed into it so hence at (0.19) but also is going to be silly hence (0.36) this shows that this movie should be a really funny film to watch and will be very good.my expectations of this movie now are for it to mix action adventure and comedy together in a very good mix to show a very good movie which should have you in stitches and also on the edge of your seats. The auidences bieng targeted by this movie i would think would be teenagers from 14  onwards both male and female as its very funny and mixes well with adventure and action i think teenagerss and people in their 20's would be very happy with this film.

Scary Movie Opening Scene

this is the opening to scary movie, the film of which we are basing our film on. the film genre of this film is comedy based on a horror. the genre conventions of this film are that is should be scary with a little comedy like other horrors, but this isn't so as you can see at (0.20) into the opening scene above it has a lot more comedy than normal horrors do and its sort of like a comedy with horror added in as a side line. the key codes in this film are the camera angles it uses medium level camera angles to create the effect that we are there watching the events unfold. a symbolic code would be the face that the way the scene is set out hence its at night so its dark creating the effect of nervousness

The key signifier's in this film is the man in the Halloween costume "scream" this creates a scary edge to it but as the film gets into it it turns into a funny scene instead with the scream character reading a porn magazine.

The sequence of the opening scene shows us that the rest of the  movie should be funny with a tinge of horror  but as the first scene  commences it shows us just how the comedy aspect is tied in to the so called horror film. so the rest of the film should be covered with comedy.

i think the audiences that are targeted in this film would be mainly male as it has a lot of "sexy girls" in it specifically the teenage Range so from ages 14 onwards as it has a lot a violence in it which appeals to tennagers the most but it also has alot of comedy in it that would appeal to the older audiences such as 40 onwards.

Bad Boys opening scene

This is the opening to bad boys the genre is action and adventure. This makes the viewer expect action and a lot of gun violence and chasing scenes that will happen during the film. but this opening scene give the polot away immediatly as it shows action in the form of a car jacking and alot of swearing and guns. the key technical codes of this opening is there are a lot of different camera angles as it satarts with a ground shot of the wheel of the car their driving (0.34) then changes to a eye level view it uses a lot of ground shots hence when when the bad guys get out of thier car (1.54) and then it uses a medium shot when they attempt to steal the car (2.20) also martin lawrances facial expressions when the thiefs point a gun at him shows he cant belive it and is pissed off about it. the key signifyers are that its as relitivly dark scene and the way the wording is it involves alot of swearing and obcene language.the sound is very loud and brash. this sequence tells us that the mmovie willl be very action related with alot of swearing guns and fight scenes. my expectations of this film would be alot of action with a little bit of comedy also incorporated into the film.i think the audiuences biwng involved are mainly men preferably 14 onwrads as its very gun related and violet hich relates to teen genres but also has beautiful women in it.

scary movie 1 trailer

This is the trailer for the movie in which we are basing our film on.

Group Idea

We have chosen scary movie to base our film on. The genre of this movie is horror/comedy. three codes of this movie would be low key lighting, dark appearance and lots of stupid actions. The three conventions of this film are blood, gore and lots of dark scary scenes. the key signifier of this film are the man in black suit - evil the film title is in red - colour of blood and in capitals - to create emphasis to draw in potential viewers.

The postor denotates that the films going to be scary due to the title "scary movie," also because the titles in red in makes it look like blood related. The meaning behind the postor (connotates) is that its going to be a scary movie to some extents but is also going to have comdey etched into it by the looks of the faces if the people on it also the popcorn falling over the front suggests that its going to be funny and should prepare for some comedy. They are communicating various themes about the film and how the film may or may not turn out as the title suggests scary movie that it might be scary the imaging on the poster suggests that it will also have various elements of comedy and be a laugh to watch.

My film genre

We have chosen our groups to create out start of our movie, my group is me, Rhys Birch, Chelsea Jay, Siobhan Powell. We have chosen the theme of horror/comedy. We have chosen this because we all like the mix of comedy and horror as in scary movie as this also uses horror and comedy as a theme.

A movie poster for my film genre.

This is a poster advetising Johnny English, which is a comedy genre film. Three codes and conventions of this genre would be funny lots of jokes and stupid actions lot of action scenes that seem genuine but turn out to be very bad which in turn makes it funny. the codes would be high key lighting for the funny parts but when it turns to action the film switches to low key lighting instead, there is alot of  key signifyers in this movie poster for example the way hes standing, and a funny pose, the fact he has a smile on his face, plus the sublitles when it says " he knows nothing" makes us think its going to be funny as he dont know what hes doing.  The poster denotes a supposedly secret agent posing for a camera. The poster connotes that hes going to fail and fail with halirous consiquences. They are communicating with the audience that the film is going to be very funny and involve a bit of action and a lot of comedy. They are communicating this so that the approiate audience purchases the film and to draw people in who do like comedy.

Transporter 3 Trailer

the trailer of The transporter.

About me.

Hey, im Scott and this is the begining of a two year AS media course with Mr Morris. This first blog it about me and what i like my favorite films, basically what makes me, me. So firstly im 16 and go to King Edwards acadmey. So i like movies such as The transporter, Yes man, Men in black basically anything with comedy and action and im all good. Let the year begin...