Marley&Me [David Frankel] [2008]
- 40 second company credits - animation and white text on black background (20th cent. fox, Regency)
- Voice over from centeral protagonist
- Links sound and action - makes you th ink the person on screen is him.
- Change in diegetic sound
- Frame paused when protagonist jumps over the fence (exposition that this is the person who voice is being heard.)
- Exposition through voiceover
- Interesting framing - through the door
- Another character introduced - mise en scene (wedding day)
- Stereotypes - American married couple
- Rated PG but includes adult themes
- Typical rom-com but also covers social issues such as death
Napoleon Dynamite [Jared Hess] [2004]
- 2.40 mins of opening credits - paramount, MTV Films and other titles including actors and directors
- Non diegetic music signifies comedy
- Heavily stylised and creative
- When it does get into the film, not much happens in further minute - exposition of centeral protagonist - geeky -> hair, glasses and clothes.
- based on a novel
- Romance + drama genre - hybrid genre
- Audience = American teens.
- Appeals to working class
- 20th Cent. Fox
- Audio bridge - dripping sound from car signifies important object/social status of people
- Exposition through dialouge
- Accent and mise en scene links to stereotypical texas characters
- Goes against general convention of first onscreen character being central protagonist.
- Pregnant woman - loses male gaze
- Titles appear after 2 minutes.
- No signifers of romance genre in opening
Hot Fuzz [Edgar Wright] [2007]
- 30 second production titles - Universal + Working Title + Studio Canal
- First scene very long shot - Establishing shot - Police office
- Quick cuts -> fast paced signifying his skills
- Mise en scene -> verisimilitude
- Voice over (exposition) + diegetic and non digetic sound. ('Goody Two Shoes' song from the 80's which signifies the target audience age.)
- Preffered reading of genre - action with comedy twist
- Quick established equilibrium - central protagonist being a hard working police man
- Ending on disequilibrium - being moved location to small village.
- Good representation of the police force
- Binary opposition between rural and urban
Anchor Man [Adam McKay] [2004]
- Company logo - Dreamworks - Apatow > text on black - documentary style
- Exposition through voice over -> very vague about time and date, but specifies location - San Diego - and exposition about the character
- Ron Burgundy - Central protagonist. Propps archetypes theory -> the Hero - "the balls" "legend of.."
- Comedy genre
- Exposition through mise en scene -> News room
- Older audience -> 70's songs and time period
- But also attracts younger audience with silly humour
- High social class -> Scotch, ring, suits. "He wore suits that makes Sinatra look like a hobo" - inter textual references signifies older audience to get preferred reading
Donnie Darko [Richard Kelly] [2001]
- Production comanies : New Market, Flower Films Productions + Pandora
- Genre - Hybrid genre, Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi Thriller, Cult film
- Audio bridge -> Thunderstorm over text into opening shot - signifies horror, connoting possible darkness of the film
- Thunderstorm contrasts with the opening shot where there is no storm
- Camera pans scenery along with non digetic sound of tense, slow music.
- Protagonist turns to face screen, laughing. -> signifies a weird theme to the film
- Music from the 80's could suggest time period. -> "The Killing Moon" by echo and the bunny man - connote horror film
- Halloween party sign provides exposition to the date and signify a horror linked into the holiday.
- Generally tracking Donnie - significance to being central protagonist
- Anchorage to mysterious film with message on the fridge - "where is Donnie?"
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