Film Openings Analysis

The Lost Boys (1987)

• Directed by Joel Schumacher
• The production company logo appears and then cuts to  blank screen on which the directors name then appears.
• Increase in non diegetic sound followed by and extreme long shot, which is also used as an establishing shot on a amusement park next to the sea this sets the scene.
• The title then appears over this shot fading in.
• The title is a Serif Font with a mix of Upper and lower case letters with a red underlining, signifying the possible link to blood and vampires and that the film is possibly a Gothic Horror.
• There is a straight cut and then closes in on a Protagonist in this case an Antagonist. which is commonly used.
• one of the characters walks past and picks at his teeth this is a form of foreshadowing often used in The Horror and Thriller Genres.
• The above point and the body language portrayed gives subtle exposition.
• The forces of law and order are represented as unaffective thus appealing to a teen audience
• There is a Wide variaion of shot types including, Medium close ups and Longshots.
• After 2 minutes the genre hasnt really been specifically defined
• Although it is clear an act of violence is occuring it is not shown on screen so therefore it leaves what happens to the audiences imagination, this can help keep verisimilitude.
• There is an establishing shot following a car from a "birds eye view"
• The audience can hear voice coming from inside the car
• There is some music playing, the audience is unsure whether or not it is non diegetic or diegetic
• There is a mid shot inside the car focusing on the characters and we discover that the music is diegetic
• The song " People are strange" by The Doors is playing helping to give some exposition to the location.

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Cry Wolf (2005)  

Human Traffic (1999)