Analysing short films/opening sequences:


Momento


Target audience is likely to be someone who is intrested in thrillers and adventuruous plots, from the opening sequence it shows the viewer what this film is likely to be about killing and a hunt for a certain type of person or a person impaticular.

Codes and conventions 

• Narrative-seems to be of a skilled killer getting revnege on somebody, and that theres alot more killing to come, this is clearly seen as the killer aims the gun at the males head and pulls the trigger-but theres a sligt twist to the plot as we can notice the sequence is being shot in the reverse, so we begin seeing the polleroid photo of the dead man, then sequencing on to the bullet going into the dead man, then onto the dead man as he was alive.
• Characters are quickly recognised as the opening sequence begins, this is because the person flickering the polleroid photo of a dead person must be the killer-quickly adding suspense and will make the audience think is he the killer of the man or his he innocent...the audience will now want to see what the role of the dead man was in order for him to be dead. As their are only two character throughout the opening sequence we can assume the man thats the killer of the dead person is our main character just by what we've seen within 5minutes.
• The Setting is set in which looks to be a run down toilet, I belive this beacuse there are tiles located on the walls and also on the floor, this can be seen when the extreme close up (ECU)of dribling splattered blood runs down the wall on screen.
• The opening sequence consits of cinamatography and technicallity as it is well thought out and extremely creative, the director links the credits with the first scene as it's shown within the pollaroid picture (grey and black), a number of differnt locations also appear onto the photo aswell as the first picture (colour)developing into the dead body...this is where the real sequence starts.
• sound is crucial within a opening sequence as it adds to the mood and helps set the scene-within momento the music is slow and compelling, but is a background sound with the photo shot noise over-riding, also voices slowly said represent thoughts within the characters head.
• Camera angles from low to high show power of the man with the gun in relation to the man without the gun, alot of visual entertainment as the gory sight of blood comes into play.

Forest Gump Opening Sequence



Target audience of this film seems to be those who enjoy watching films with deep meaning, at first the film seems like its a mellow and boring life story.

Codes and conventions 

• Narrative-seen through the eyes of a simple man born and raised in Greenbough, Alabama, named Forrest Gump. Forrest ends up doing extraordinary things and being involved in just about every major historical event in his lifetime, Forrest's fantastically good fortune becomes the movie's structuring device.
• Characters-In Vietnam, Forrest becomes good friends with Bubba who asks Forrest to be his partner in his family's shrimping business when they get out of the war. It is also in Vietnam that Forrest meets Lieutenant Dan Taylor who believes that it is his destiny to die on the battlefield. Childhood sweetheart, Jenny a beautiful and intelligent girl incours a series of abusive lovers, drugs, and discontent-Jenny and Forrest's paths constantly cross throughout the years.
• Setting-Forrest from  Alabama where he grew up in a boarding house then through college where he gets a degree after only five years of playing football, to the battlefields of Vietnam, around the world as an international ping-pong champion, to the Mississippi coast where he becomes a shrimp boat captain, across the United States as he becomes a running legend, and then back to Alabama.
• Camera Angles-As the sequence starts the feather floats in the sky, the camera angle is from low to high and then changes to high to low looking down onto the small town in Alabama, the technical effects are very realistic. Once the feather hits the ground in front of forest in between his feet-another low to high shot is taken and portrays power.
• Sound-The music is very calming and soothing as the sequence goes on, it resembels a happy life story that has much to tell behind the music, also not one word is said but due to effective on screen images and the sound we can start to gather the plot.

Black hole
-We can see that as the opening sequence begins the main character is easily recognised as he is the only character there is, the camera effects used in the opening sequence are ironic because the title 'black hole' appears through a black hole on screen.

-Also the sound techniques apply more to the audience as it helps the audience understand whats going on- e.g. the photocopier printing the paper and at the same time the camera showing this.

e.g. as the main character moves his hand closer towards the black hole a loud dramatic noise comes into play, signifying the power of the black hole and its capabillity.


Connected



"Connected," directed by Jens Raunkjær Christensen and Jonas Drotner Mouritsen in Faxe Kalkbrud, Denmark. It follows two nameless characters trekking through a post-apocalyptic wasteland with a very unique air source. The film is both imagistic and dramatic, and its story is simultaneously beautiful, haunting, and surprising. It also makes the best of the minimalist storytelling style. My only complaint is its western score, which, though cool in its own right, doesn't quite fit the film.

-The film sequence begins with a random /weird and scientific like sound, quickly linked to the on screen imaging- a deserted city in bits and ruines awaits.
-The camera techniques help portray the motive of the film as a dark shadow stands in the backdrop as the title of the film is revealed, this could be to show there may be a dark moral during the sequemce.
-Connected managed to keep me fully engaged as I continued to watch it because I found the moral of the story intrsting.