genre opening scene task- apply and distinct

for this task that we have been set, we have to watch a opening of a film and analyse the opening so that we have an idea of how a film opening should look.

Harry Brown:
This film is set in a south London underpass which is open to the public. it is about January time in the winter because everyone is wearing coats and jackets, they all have there hoods up but that isn't because it is cold that is so they can't be seen. they are in the under pass during the day and then they go out to the park while it is still light outside. the themes shown in this film are drugs as seen in the underpass, youth and youth violence shown by all of the characters by the way they act. evil over good and this is shown through them murdering an innocent mother who is walking her baby. key icons in this film are the drugs, the film is about drugs and gangs in London and the drugs is what they use that triggers them to do what they are doing. guns, the weapon to kill in this case to kill the innocent. masks, this isn't because they are cold this is because they don't want to be seen as they are all committing crimes. and finally the buggy, this is a key icon because it shows that there is a baby resting inside and it symbolises innocence. during the opening titles there is noise related to the gangs,this confuses the audience, the first picture shown is a London gang doing drugs and being violent, this issue that the audience already can see that trouble is happening and will continue to happen throughout. the gangs are filming what they are doing so it all comes from a gang members prospective. all of the characters are part of the gang except from the truck driver, mum and baby who are all innocent in the film. for the sound, it is a gang so it sounds violent also for every gun shot it plays music to make the shot more affective towards the audience and this is to show the pain of being threatened so it is from the mothers point of view.

Ghost ship:
This film is a horror film but it has got some different styles as shown form the opening scene for example the setting is on an Italian cruse liner, which is traveling across sea, it is at sea so if anything happens there is nowhere to go. the biased time period is 1900's. to open the film it starts under water and it shows the depth and darkness of the sea, it then shows the cruse ship and the cruse ship is lit up for now. the themes for this opening are horror, blood and the 1900's. the set to start with is a posh ballroom showing that the cruse ship isn't just any old crush ship it is an expansive cruse and it is shows how posh the cruse is by presenting the first scene as a ball room. also the ball room is split into two classes as wen this film was raised the social class was a big deal. when the lower class ball is shown a lonely little girl, the shot keeps on swapping form each ball room to show the classes and how each person acts.  the singer has relevance as she is creating the mood and atmosphere and she along with everyone else gets killed. the little girl has relevants as she is the last one alive.