This clip was embedded from the film Taken 2. This scene consist of the young girl (Kim) trying to locate her father who had been kidnapped. Kim is hiding in a cupboard at the start of the clip as there was men looking for her in revenge of what her father is capable of. Her dad (Bryan) calls Kim and explains how to locate himself with a map, a pen, a grenade and a clever mind. It is obvious Kim is completely shook by what she has already experienced and is still in shock due to her fathers abduction. During this clip, there are many close up shots which make the scene more realistic for the audience.
Bryan is trying to stay calm whilst explaining to his daughter where to find him, he talks in a low-key, quiet, simple voice trying to fit in a lot of information to his daughter at once.
Harry Brown
In today's lesson we analysed many films that had a selection of different genres. One of the film scenes we analysed was the opening scene of Harry Brown. The character in this clip all have a 'gangster' like persona. There is a group of boys who are clearly the main characters in the film, all surrounded on young boy, portraying a bully-like nature about them all. Due to the fact a group were surrounding one boy, it becomes clear that this harassment may be related to drugs and money owed.
The scene starts with a group of boys peer-pressuring a young boy to smoke some sort of drug through a glass bottle. However. the boy doesn't inhale it properly causing the other boys to force him to take another puff. You can see by the young boy's face in the clip that he is worried, scared and feeling uncomfortable in the situation he has somehow got himself into. The setting of this part of the clip is very dark and gloomy which gives a sense that the film will be dull, dark and maybe even depressing. As well as this, the camera angle is filmed as if one of the characters is filming it, which gives the audience the feeling that they are in the film giving them a wider perspective of the atmosphere created in Harry Brown.
The next cut of the clip is a scene of two boys, most likely from the group we saw earlier on in the clip, on a motor-bike, screaming, shouting and swearing in the middle of a park. Continuing on, there is a mother on her own in the ark pushing a pram, with a child in it. The two boys on the group drive past her, then turn-around and get out their gun. They fire three shots at the mother, with the third one hitting her right in the head. This goes to show these boys have no empathy or feelings or even any morals. This may reflect on the background they might have been brought up in. After the boy shoots the young mother, they race off in their motor-bike scared that they would get caught for the crime just committed, cross the road and get hit by a truck. The camera angle at this time is as if the boy on the bike was filming it, therefore when they got hit by the truck, it felt as if you were on the bike due to the angle of the camera. This if filmed this way to ensure the audience get an inner-feel of the film and the events happening in it.
Clueless
The setting of this film opening is in a suburb in America. The first part of the scene is set in a modern house - indicating the wealth of the family. The theme of this film opening is a Teen-romance, comedy. One of the only prominent icons in this scene is Cher's (the main character's) car. It tells the viewer that she is a part of a wealthy family and that she normally gets as she pleases. You could argue that the opening text is an important icon, with the use of bright, Disney-like colours reflecting the atmosphere of the entire film; upbeat and youthful. In this scene, we are introduced to the main character by a voice-over narration. The majority of characters in this film are teenagers as the film is set mostly in a school (told in the opening scene). Cher's high-pitched and young voice reflects her characters innocence and virginity. The tone in which she says "Daddy" indicates that she is a 'Daddy's girl' and uses it to her advantage in order to manipulate him into buying her clothes, etc. She seems proud of this. Cher's brightly coloured clothing in this scene draws instant attention to her. Perhaps this is intended to show that her character is always in the spotlight. The lighting in this first scene is immaculate, representing Cher's perfect life of popularity and wealth.
The scene starts with a group of boys peer-pressuring a young boy to smoke some sort of drug through a glass bottle. However. the boy doesn't inhale it properly causing the other boys to force him to take another puff. You can see by the young boy's face in the clip that he is worried, scared and feeling uncomfortable in the situation he has somehow got himself into. The setting of this part of the clip is very dark and gloomy which gives a sense that the film will be dull, dark and maybe even depressing. As well as this, the camera angle is filmed as if one of the characters is filming it, which gives the audience the feeling that they are in the film giving them a wider perspective of the atmosphere created in Harry Brown.
The next cut of the clip is a scene of two boys, most likely from the group we saw earlier on in the clip, on a motor-bike, screaming, shouting and swearing in the middle of a park. Continuing on, there is a mother on her own in the ark pushing a pram, with a child in it. The two boys on the group drive past her, then turn-around and get out their gun. They fire three shots at the mother, with the third one hitting her right in the head. This goes to show these boys have no empathy or feelings or even any morals. This may reflect on the background they might have been brought up in. After the boy shoots the young mother, they race off in their motor-bike scared that they would get caught for the crime just committed, cross the road and get hit by a truck. The camera angle at this time is as if the boy on the bike was filming it, therefore when they got hit by the truck, it felt as if you were on the bike due to the angle of the camera. This if filmed this way to ensure the audience get an inner-feel of the film and the events happening in it.
Clueless
The setting of this film opening is in a suburb in America. The first part of the scene is set in a modern house - indicating the wealth of the family. The theme of this film opening is a Teen-romance, comedy. One of the only prominent icons in this scene is Cher's (the main character's) car. It tells the viewer that she is a part of a wealthy family and that she normally gets as she pleases. You could argue that the opening text is an important icon, with the use of bright, Disney-like colours reflecting the atmosphere of the entire film; upbeat and youthful. In this scene, we are introduced to the main character by a voice-over narration. The majority of characters in this film are teenagers as the film is set mostly in a school (told in the opening scene). Cher's high-pitched and young voice reflects her characters innocence and virginity. The tone in which she says "Daddy" indicates that she is a 'Daddy's girl' and uses it to her advantage in order to manipulate him into buying her clothes, etc. She seems proud of this. Cher's brightly coloured clothing in this scene draws instant attention to her. Perhaps this is intended to show that her character is always in the spotlight. The lighting in this first scene is immaculate, representing Cher's perfect life of popularity and wealth.
From this
information, I concluded that the genre of Clueless is a comedy. This is
because there are multiple comical lines in the opening scene's
dialogue and due to the upbeat feeling of this scene, I already know
that there are positive themes to this film.