Ghost ship
The theme of the film is shown as horror the reason I think this is because first of all the word ghost is related to many horror films and books to do with spirits and the supernatural which many people believe and have been scared about for many years , it gives the clip a spooky vibe right from the start and gives the audience a taste of what they are about to watch. The fact that the shot is set in the dark and in the sea could be done on purpose so as the audience can feel anxious about the scene right from the start as the dark and being out at sea are very common fears so by having the opening scene where it is shows that this is done on purpose to give the film a good spooky start to catch the audiences attention just buy having the scene in a certain place at a certain time. At the start of the clip there is a woman singing and everyone is dancing, laughing and having fun, the music is quite calm and slow, all of a sudden when the wire starts to move the pace of the music increasing, this lets people know that this calm scene is about to go wrong and the increase of the speed of the music could be relating to an increase in heart rate to again grab the attention of viewers. When the big scene happens and the wire kills everyone on board the music stops, this could relate to the fact that death has occurred and the intense lead up and increasing heart rate has now come to an end as the music players and the rest of the guests are now dead and no longer breathing. Only one girl is left on the boat and she is left in pure fear and terror of the events that just occurred, this then leaves the people watching dragged in as they are left with the question of what will happen next and who is the little girl. Overall the title the scene and the music all play a big part in giving the theme of horror.
Harry brown
The theme of this film is shown as crime, drama and even thriller, at the start of he clip we are produced with a group of young boys who seem to be taking and forcing drugs onto one member of the group maybe to show he is good enough to be apart of it, the setting looks as if it is in a subway or somewhere private, the fact that they are in this setting and are handling drugs lets us feel as if we are apart of this group as we are watching amongst the crowd, the camera in being hand held so as to again give us the feeling of being apart of it, this is done so that it can bring the audience right in at the start to make them want to watch on. They are all dressed in black which lets us see that this group isn't necessarily good as the colour black is seen as very negative as it is dark and mysterious. The drugs produced are illegal which shows us that this young group are dangerous and maybe even violent. The next scene is of two boys on a motorbike being dangerous and riding around as if they own the place, you can clearly see they have no problem with what they are doing by their facial expressions. From the way they dress to the drugs and danger this opening is obviously trying to make the youth of today look bad, almost exaggerating every tiny detail to try and spread a message or even to spread fear or warning about the youth of today and to highlight to stay away and to try and stop them. The boy on the back of the motorcycle them appears to have a gun which represents the crime and violence of the film, he then goes on to attack an innocent mother with her baby by shooting around her to scare her and to make her feel weak, the woman is clearly scared and upset for her and her babies life, next the main event happens and the mother is shot to the ground, I think the reason she got shot and the reason she was a mother was again to highlight another issue about the youth today as it shows no one is safe from them not even a mother and a child. The music also plays a big part and when the shots are being fired the music would stop so that the gun shots were made out to be so powerful so as to show us that the weapon has taken control. Overall the theme of crime, drama and thriller are all shown by the way the characters were dressed to the way the music stops when the gun is fired.
Clueless
The genre of this film is shown as high school drama. The start of the clip shows young people having fun in a car and others out in the sun, you can tell buy the car and how the people about are dressed that these kids are wealthy and know what they want. The music is very upbeat along with bright bold colours to show the fun and excitement which is going on and that the film overall is happy and high school teen drama like. The next scene shows a blonde girl picking out her clothes using fancy high tech which again highlights the wealth, she narrates about picking her clothes which lets the audience see into what sort of character she is and just by her voice you can tell that she's high maintenance as she talks like a typical spoilt young girl who gets what she wants all the time. She talks about her dad and how he is a top lawyer which then explains the jeep and high tech wardrobe which most normal young girls her age wouldn't have. Overall I think this opening scene is trying to show what most people think of young girls whose parents have a lot of money, as she is shown as spoilt, also her hair is blonde which has the stereotype for people being dumb which again may be seen as describing her and other wealthy young girls as they are seen as this people who cant look after them self and depend on the parents money and have no clue about the real life or even care about and education.
Guardians of the galaxy
The themes of this opening scene would be sci-fi and fantasy, I can say this as the setting of the scene is set on a different plant which seems to be made up therefore not real. The music is upbeat and the man is dancing about although this is happy the background doesn't quite match him, the set is dark and very mysterious which gives the audience a feeling that something isn't right. As it doesn't match something seems weird. Creatures then appear from the darkness and they look like they are harmful but even so the character isn't bothered at all an simply kicks them out of the way like he doesn't care. Overall this film clearly shows sci-fi and fantasy through the use of the setting.
What lies beneath
What lies beneath has the genre of horror and thriller, it is set in a woman's house which gives us the feel of a more realistic film and then this means that the audience feels more involved and therefore right I the action with her. The time of day is night which adds to the horror. The scene builds up as scary sound affects start to play causing more tension. When the message gets written on the board this straight away lets us know its a horror as this is creepy and not normal. As soon as the woman sees the message she starts to panic and the true fear sets in, she starts to run for her life. You can feel her panic as she runs and you can feel the pure emotion. The women in this scene looks as if she's around 20 maybe 25 and in the higher class. Overall the theme horror is shown through the actions of the mirror writing and the pure emotions she shows when she runs for her life.
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