Deconstruction of an Existing School's Film Opening: Conspiracy Theorist.

Conspiracy Theorist.



I looked at the Conspiracy Theorist for deconstructing a previous school's film opening.



The opening uses a variety of shots such as mid shots, long shots, tracking shots, close up shots and establishing shots to show all the different aspects of the opening to the audience.
The music it uses is also good as it is parallel to what is happening in the sequence and is non-diegetic.
The shaky shots that have been used are good as it seems to work due to the POV (point-of-view) being the person who is moving with the camera.

The titles and other words used in the opening are good as they have been put into the pictures so that they seem to belong there but they are quite basic so they could have been manipulated better so that they seemed more relevant to the film opening instead of just being plain white. But I did think that the use of the titles flickering were effective as it gave the audience an uncertain feeling about the film opening.

0:58 This camera angle was very effective because it still shows the scene that is happening with the main character but also reveals to the audience that there is another character in the sequence without showing much about their identity.

1:04 The use of focusing on the character gives a sense of suspicion of the character to the audience and shows that they are a new person in the sequence.

1:07 The use of the still black and white photos gives the impression to the audience that the main character is being watch and followed and is maybe in danger.

1:40 The hiding place for the main character (I found) was a bit strange as it wasn't very concealed for the main character as the barred railing at the back don't give him much cover but the camera angle was very good as it showed the main character as vulnerable compared to the other two characters.

2:07 The click of the phone and the silencing of the non-diegetic music and other diegetic sounds is very effective as it gives the frame a sense of suspense to the audience.

The film opening was very clear and appropriate for its genre of a mystery action film from the chase scene and the dark almost secret agent like characters in the dark clothing and sunglasses.

Evaluation.

Overall I think the sequence was very appropriate for its genre and target audience as it has the key features involved in an action film such as the chase scene and also entwines some mystery into the mix with the shady characters shown in this way through their costumes which are very key to seeing them as the bad guys of the film.

For a mark overall i would give it a 50/60 as its material was appropriate to the task of a film opening, its titles and sounds were used appropriately to give the correct effect, there were lots of different effective camera angles used and the editing of the is smooth and in line with the task and other shots.