Opening sequence analysis

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Information

·         Columbia pictures and metro-goldwyn-mayer pictures

·         A scott Rudin – yellow bird production

·         A david Fincher film

Actors

·         Daniel Craig

·         Chrstopher Plumer

·         Stellan

·         Skarsgard

·         Steven Berkotlf

·         GeraldDine James

Production Designer Donald Graham burt

Production by Scott Rudin, Ote Sonderg, Soren Starmose and Cean Charffin

Action

-There is close up on textures at the beginning, which soon becomes clear that the close up of is of dragon scales.

- The screen flashes which creates tension and the scene is fast moving,  atmospheric and leaves you wanting  more and intrigued

- The audience is given the idea that the liquid is black ink, this idea is brought to us by the fact that the word ‘tattoo’ is in the title of the film.

- The word tattoo in the title creates rhetorical questions for the audience.

-The main colour which consists throughout this opening scene is black and this suggests death. Some examples are; Ripples of black ink, black leather and black armour.

-The excessive use of ink portrays the idea that is it out of control.

-The information is written on a black background makes it stand out

- At the end there is a section of fire, dragons and wings, which again connect with the title ‘The Girl with the Dragon tattoo.’

Inception

Information

·         Warner Bros pictures

·         A Time Warner company

·         Legendary pictures

·         Syncopy

·         A Christopher Nolan film and directed

·         Production design guy Hundrix Dyas

Actors

·         Leonardo Dicaprio

·         Joseph Gordon-Levitt

·         Ellen page

·         Cillian Murry

·         Marion Cotillard

Action

-The font of the writing is displayed in a maze/puzzle form. This connects with the movies message of different levels of dreams there also zoomed in sections of the letter which allow the audience to see the letters are in a maze font.

-There is blurred and smudged imagery of the letters which suggests moving into the other worlds.

-There is white writing on black which makes it interesting and stands and this draws you eyes to the actors names.

-In the background there are faded and hazy scenes from the film which sets the scene and this also   reminds the audience of faded dreams and partially remembered dreams.

Mission Impossible - Ghoast Protocal

Information

Paramount pictures are skydance productions

• Tome cruise
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• Bad Robot
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• A Brad Bird film
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• Simon peg
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• Paula patton
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• Michael nyquist
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• Vladimir mastikov

Action

The opening scene consists of a traveling spark on a wire which  ends with an explosion. The dynamite ignition chord moves through a large selection of scenes from the movie and gives the captive audience a taste of the fast moving, dynamic action which will be found within the film.

 There is the uses of computer generated images, which creates an action feel; for example when the missile turns into the bullet inside tom cruises gun; this creates a very graphic shot.

Throughout the scene the audience follows the spark, this conveys the feeling of moving through time and this is created by all the scenes rushing towards the audience.