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 Rise Film Opening -  -Multiple close shots  -panning shots  -title takes up full screen space -music is majority of film Offline -  -mix of present shots and flash backs -no talking -eerie vibe Dear lover -  -voice over -close ups -above shots  -above the waist shots Dare to thrill -code type of text -music opening  -follow shots Always watching  -present shots -flashback shots The blue Boar -voice over   White coat - eerie feeling -Background eerie music -No speaking -Sound made by objects in opening amplified Stalker - over the shoulder shots -close up face shots -high angle shots Nostalgia  - medium shots -no speaking -close up shots of hand and objects -establishing shots in the beginning After watching these films I've decided that I'd like to film a suspenseful parody movie opener. I want to take care that the audio I take is clear. I want to make sure my camera shots are stable and not shaky.

 Horror parody- Chelsey chambers 

 1.  How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?  3 2.What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?  We see the main character avoiding getting a dot. It immediately conveys the fact that he is “wimpy”. 3.What connotations do the images carry?  It shows us he is wimpy because he is running away from a shot as a high school student. It’s supposed to also be funny. 4. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?  The nurse is making fun of him for it, which garters a laugh from the audience. The cutest childish background emphasizes how    childish the main character is being. He also gets hit with a ball by another character just after the name of the film is shown. 5.How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?  We know based on the movie description that the main character will have to fight something. Based on the intro, we are left wondering how this “wimpy” kid ...

 1.   How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?  7 2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?  The description of the “found film” is written in type writer/ script print. Then it begins right off the bat with the recordings to keep with the documentary type feel of the movie. 3. What connotations do the images carry?  The images carry a mocked seriousness, which illustrates the film well because it is a parody. 4.  How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?  You pick up on the found footage feel of it through: the font used in the beginning, the description of the events, and how the main character is talking to himself in the beginning of the movie. 5.How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?  Other than the brief description we got that describes the film as “found footage”, we’re not really sure what we’re watching. In the beginning, it’s just a man and ...

  Midterm exam Black Mirror, San Junipero had an abundance of different camera shots, angels, and sounding decisions that were essential to the mood and meaning. How the characters were portrayed and came together were highly dependent on the angels they were shown in, the music playing in the background as they were on screen and the setting of which they were in. Beginning with camera shots and angles, in the span of about 4 minutes there were over 10 different camera shots. To start us off with an establishing shot of the beach and city lights. It creates a sense of serenity and peacefulness. A pan shot of a car then follows and then we are transitioned to Yorkie walking along the sidewalk and we are given a close up shot of her. This helps us get introduced to the character. We are also introduced to two more characters, Kelly and Wes. A panning shot is used to show that he is almost chasing her. This gives us an insight to what their relationship might be like. Another pan...