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Wednesday 14 September 2016

HW 2a - Existing Opening Sequence analysis (DYM)


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1) What genre is the film?
      Guardians of The Galaxy is a science fiction fantasy film. The story is centred around 5 individuals and how they come together to form a great superhero team. The opening scene shows the former life of the team leader as a scavenger and how his journey to becoming the the leader of the aforementioned team began.

2) Where does the story take place and what is the time scale?
      It is set in the current day but due to the film taking place in space there are much greater technological advancements, we know this due to the title at the start indicating the jump in time.

3) Is it possible to summarise what happens in this sequence? How significant is the storytelling in the order of event?
      The opening starts off with a spaceship landing on an unstable looking planet and then “Marvel Studios presents” comes up, this is followed by a character getting out and using an advanced map-like gadget to find an object. The character then removes his mask, puts his (old) headphones on and plays “Come and get your love” on his walkman. The character then traverses through a cave, fighting rat looking animals and crossing ravines until he comes to a door, uses a special key and finds the ball that he was looking for.
      The order of events is very significant to the story telling because they allow for the audience to see how disconnected this character is from his former world, earth. This is shown through the contrast between the high-tech gadgets and the very old school walkman.

4) Do events link to each other, or are they distinct, unconnected events?
      All the events link to each other as they flow in a sequence that shows the exploration of the cave. This is useful as it is an indication to the audience that this character is very important so it would not be wise to show unconnected events this early on and risk distorting the narrative.

5) What characters are introduced, and what are their roles? How do we find this information out?
      Peter Quill/Starlord is introduced in this scene. He is the central figure of the Guardians as he is the first character that the audience are introduced to. The audience finds this out as they are able to see a strong character making his way through the caves, with high-tech gadgets and unwavering confidence

6) How much story information is revealed and how is it revealed to the audience?
      Through the “26 years later” title at the start, we learn that the character is now a grown man. The audience also learn that he is after an orb as that is the object that his map points to. Why he is looking for the orb is not known to the audience. It is important that not too much information is revealed as the audience may be too quick to judge characters, such as; if they knew that Starlord was a wanted criminal, the audience may think of him as a bad character rather than one of the heroes of the film.

7) What does the audience need to know at the start of the film?
      At the start of the film, the audience would need to know the main characters of the film, the main settings, the films genre and the basic outline of the plot but not any twists or turns that the characters may take along the way. The audience also need to know whose perspective of the events that they are looking at are from, as this will greatly impact how the audience responds to events and characters.

2 comments:

  1. You have written two pieces of excellent analysis. Both your film still and opening sequence show very good understanding of genre and narrative and you have included plenty of technical terminology. Keep up this high standard!

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  2. You have written two pieces of excellent analysis. Both your film still and opening sequence show very good understanding of genre and narrative and you have included plenty of technical terminology. Keep up this high standard!

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