Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Harry potter deathly hallows part one, opening two minutes

The opening title of warner brothers is especially very distinctive to the film you are watching.
You can see the warner brothers sign is broken and dark, unlike the past films this is because the villain voldemort is at large and show the audience that the film they are about to watch is also starting to get very dark.

There is music filled with tension the starts when the warner brothers titles come in and the sound builds getting louder and louder to draw the audience in, the music then stops on a close up of the minister of magic and he starts his digetic monologue.the close up of this characters face is to show the audience the fear that is clear to our eyes all though what he is saying would seem to be different maybe this is because they want the audience to know that darkness is coming.
while this character continues to speak the close up shots turns to a medium shot to show the audience possibly the details to this new character. there is then flashing lights of the media and a extreme wide shot to show the setting of the film. this is a great place that only light is by the flashing lights of the media to show that the power of the wizard world no longer lies with the ministry of magic.

This followed by a change in setting, a bedroom of a teenage girl. A match on action shot is used to show this young girl reading a newspaper about the villain and his crew the death killing 'mood bloods' human wizards. A wide shot is then used to show this young female in her bedroom. Just when you hear the voice of her mother calling her for tea. There is then a close up of her face as she reply to her mother there is a crackle in her voice to suggest to the audience she is possibly scared for their safety due to these villains being at large. In the close up of this young females face you can also see the pain and upset in her eyes this is designed to make the audience also fear for this family's safety.


The is the gloomy music - non - digetic sound that is played into the film. the streets appear dark when there is a long shot of harry potters road to suggest that darkness is coming. You see a panic of the family that cares for harry potter. it then turns in to a long shot of the Wesley house. you can see the the young male also shows fear for the upcoming events like previous characters in the past few scenes. the non- digetic sound (music) becomes loud and more intensive to build the tension for the viewers watching. This is the last part of the opening  two minutes.




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