Opening sequence, media language, mise-en-scene
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Opening Sequences and Narrative Theories
Casino Royale This opening sequence to the famous well know James bond movie casino royale follows the enigma code narrative. The way I know this is because at the start within the first few seconds an unknown man gets shot and killed by supposedly James bond which we know by using our foreknowledge about the previous movies. It follows the mystery path as we have no idea why James killed the man and we have no idea who the man is. This reels in the audience to keep watching to find out the story line and what happens in the movie and why the mysterious man was killed. Saw IV This opening sequence is defiantly the enigma code narrative but also a bit of the binary opposites. It shows the enigma code because there is a strange puppet character who we do not know. We also do not know how the people got there and we don’t know why they are there. This causes suspension and mystery within the movie. This makes the audience watch on because of the graphic nature and intensity...
Opening sequences
Casino royal- James bond shoots and kills an unknown man and then it goes into a title sequence with cartoon animations that dip in and out of reality. SAW IV- Two people seem to be trapped. One of them move and realise that they have triggered something like a timer. A spot light is used on the women in a single shot then later use on the man. They are greeted by a puppet on a TV screen and it tells them they must cut things off their body to survive and whoever weights the most will survive. Hanna- The start of the movie tells us who made the movie and who its presented by. It starts with a natural lighting on an icy scene. There are swans and other wild creatures. Its very silent with a little girl sat behind some trees looking at the deer. She shoots it with an arrow and its runs. She follows it onto the ice and it collapses and she says "I just missed your heart" then shoots it in the head with a gun. The Dark Knight- Warner brothers title shows on...
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