Im going to analyse Storm Breaker and The Woman in black, and then compare the two, and see how they differenciate from one another, with conventions titles etc.
First of all Stormbreaker, was a slow opening, but quite fast paced as it went along. It starts with a blank screen, with titles, and there is then a sound bridge of a man speaking as the shot fades into the class, panning over the students. The camera then pans onto Alex, and we hear the diegetic sound of the teacher asking Alex to come to the front, and Alex responding. We can hear tense non-diegetic music in the background, we see Alex speaking, and it then cuts to his uncle (Ewan McGregor) light a fuse, this is shown through a low angle shot. We then see Alex speaking again, and from his dress code we can see that he is a typical middle aged teenage boy. We can see from the other students reactions that he is disliked because of his looks and dress code, as one particular girl. This film is mainly aimed at teenagers, as there the protagonist is shown as a teenager in a secondary school, and alot of teens could relate to his struggle etc. The yellow lettering on the bottom of the screen, connote action and adventure, as it is what you'd expect to see in an action film. Its a very engaging opening, keeping the audience interested, and fits perfectly within the spy genre.
The woman in black starts directly, and the media language portrayed automatically tells us that we are watching a thriller/ horror. The titles are white and simplistic with a black background, the white starts to fade and as it does this we can see little chunks of the words start to dissapear. Also at some points, there are really noticeable things occuring in the opening, the thing that is most apparent is a visible black shadow/cloud effect moving across the words on screen.
The weird corrupt font, connotes the fear, and the mysterious atmosphere, something wrong. This will be immediately recognisable to the audience as iconography associated with the thriller genre. A typical teenage or adult audience would find this opening interesting, as they enjoy the intense and pumped up atmosphere created by thriller/horror movie openings, and they could watch this and enjoy it.
Storm Breaker and The Woman in Black differ greatly, Storm Breaker is a young teen spy action film, and The Woman in Black is a thriller/ horror movie.
In Storm Breaker the conventions and titles connote an action movie, due to the computer type text of the titles, and the dress code, accent and body language of the protagonist of the story. From this we can tell it is a more, fast paced, and exciting film that may keep the audience at the edge of their seats all the way through.
Where as in The Woman in Black, it is aimed at an older teenager to adult age range, the conventions and titles connote fear, which gives us the impression of a thriller/horror movie, due to the black background, and eerie non-diegetic soundtrack added to the opening, merging with the mysterious white font fading in and out. From this opening we can tell that The Woman in Black is a more involved,slow and involved psychological film, which will take more of an understanding for the audience to indulge themselves into, that is why it is aimed at an older teenage, adult age group, being more sophisticated.
This how the two films compare, Storm Breaker is more fast paced and exciting, most enjoyable for the younger teens, and The Woman in Black, a more involved more complex film for a older teen/ adult age, which takes some understanding and patience to get into.
The woman in black starts directly, and the media language portrayed automatically tells us that we are watching a thriller/ horror. The titles are white and simplistic with a black background, the white starts to fade and as it does this we can see little chunks of the words start to dissapear. Also at some points, there are really noticeable things occuring in the opening, the thing that is most apparent is a visible black shadow/cloud effect moving across the words on screen.
The weird corrupt font, connotes the fear, and the mysterious atmosphere, something wrong. This will be immediately recognisable to the audience as iconography associated with the thriller genre. A typical teenage or adult audience would find this opening interesting, as they enjoy the intense and pumped up atmosphere created by thriller/horror movie openings, and they could watch this and enjoy it.
Storm Breaker and The Woman in Black differ greatly, Storm Breaker is a young teen spy action film, and The Woman in Black is a thriller/ horror movie.
In Storm Breaker the conventions and titles connote an action movie, due to the computer type text of the titles, and the dress code, accent and body language of the protagonist of the story. From this we can tell it is a more, fast paced, and exciting film that may keep the audience at the edge of their seats all the way through.
Where as in The Woman in Black, it is aimed at an older teenager to adult age range, the conventions and titles connote fear, which gives us the impression of a thriller/horror movie, due to the black background, and eerie non-diegetic soundtrack added to the opening, merging with the mysterious white font fading in and out. From this opening we can tell that The Woman in Black is a more involved,slow and involved psychological film, which will take more of an understanding for the audience to indulge themselves into, that is why it is aimed at an older teenage, adult age group, being more sophisticated.
This how the two films compare, Storm Breaker is more fast paced and exciting, most enjoyable for the younger teens, and The Woman in Black, a more involved more complex film for a older teen/ adult age, which takes some understanding and patience to get into.
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