Friday, 4 May 2012

Opening sequence Analysis -UP

  “UP”, a comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Friedricksen, who finally achieves his childhood dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America.The film starts with a close up on the two first  young main characters and a extreme close shot of a leaflet which creates suspense on what adventure the two young characters are going to get up to.As the scene builds up  a small amount of cross cutting was used to  show the two main characters has developed into adults and getting married.

During that scene a diegetic sound was playing in the background to create a loving atmosphere for the audience to connect to the characters in the sequence.An establishing shot was used to cut into the scene of the couple's new house with an extreme long shot of the husband holding a box of things this was used to show the landscape of the house  then cutting into another scene with a close shot of a tool that the wife is using to cut wood to signify that they have to repair their new home. Another close up was used to show the drawn dream house switching to an establishing shot of the real dream house. It then cuts into the couples walking up a hill by using the dolly shot to move in and out of the scene.

A dolly shot was used again to cut into another scene were we see the two main characters go from been happy to been sad and miserable with a close shot on the husband face showing the emotions of the character  to draw the audience closer and involve them in what's taking place. A variation of close,medium and extreme shots was used through the course of the sequence this was to create audience engagement with the thoughts of the characters. A tracking shot was used when both characters was in the car when it broke down.

The opening sequence was fast paced in the start in terms of showing the two main character childhood having the best time of their life and then slowly things starts  going wrong for them this draws the audience even more to feel remorse for the two main characters.





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