Horror
Nicole and Reese
Sunday, December 22, 2019
Film Opening Research #1 - The Irishman
How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
There are only three titles displayed in the opening sequence of the film.
What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
Images of the nursing home or residential community are emphasized as the audience is going through its long dark hallway. This leading up to the main character sitting in his wheelchair. Also, the image of the gun at the wedding is a very prevent image.
What connotations do the images carry?
The images presented in the beginning give a negative connotation from seeing the man get shot and behind him has the wedding invitation. But the way the narrator is speaking gives us a normal connotation like it was any story he was telling.
How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
The genre of drama is reinforced through the build-up of the plot from the time jumps. It jumps from the nursing home to the main character killing a man after the wedding. While they are driving to Detroit they take a stop and it ends up to be where Russ and the main character first meet. This trigger jumps the film back in time to when Russ and Frank first met.
How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
As the main character Russ, and their wives go to Detroit on their way the film cuts out into just a black screen with YOU PAINT HOUSES. This gives an enigma to the film while with the outside narrating it enforces it even more.
What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
It keeps the audience on their toes as it is about a crime family and a hitman. The drama is escalated through Frank growing into this power and status through dangerous and violent jobs. Frank is a character that you can hate and love because of the terrible things he does but, in the end, he isn't a bad guy he is just misguided and a family man.
How has technology been used effectively? You might want to consider camera angles, transitions, and editing techniques
Mostly through transitions when the time periods switch there is a shift using editing.
There are only three titles displayed in the opening sequence of the film.
What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
Images of the nursing home or residential community are emphasized as the audience is going through its long dark hallway. This leading up to the main character sitting in his wheelchair. Also, the image of the gun at the wedding is a very prevent image.
What connotations do the images carry?
The images presented in the beginning give a negative connotation from seeing the man get shot and behind him has the wedding invitation. But the way the narrator is speaking gives us a normal connotation like it was any story he was telling.
How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
The genre of drama is reinforced through the build-up of the plot from the time jumps. It jumps from the nursing home to the main character killing a man after the wedding. While they are driving to Detroit they take a stop and it ends up to be where Russ and the main character first meet. This trigger jumps the film back in time to when Russ and Frank first met.
How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
As the main character Russ, and their wives go to Detroit on their way the film cuts out into just a black screen with YOU PAINT HOUSES. This gives an enigma to the film while with the outside narrating it enforces it even more.
What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
It keeps the audience on their toes as it is about a crime family and a hitman. The drama is escalated through Frank growing into this power and status through dangerous and violent jobs. Frank is a character that you can hate and love because of the terrible things he does but, in the end, he isn't a bad guy he is just misguided and a family man.
How has technology been used effectively? You might want to consider camera angles, transitions, and editing techniques
Mostly through transitions when the time periods switch there is a shift using editing.
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