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My film opening genre will be Horror. I will be working by myself.

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?       During the opening sequence, there are a total of 5 titles about the movie and production studio and 10 titles address the production cast, not including the actors, however, there are 7 main casting members mentioned.  What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?   Throughout the film, the only images shown were those of the community as an establishing shot portrayed the environment leading up to the house. What connotations do the images carry?     The images carry a connotation of a very quiet and lonely environment where there's not that much action. How is the genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?   The genre is reinforced through the great symbolic use of a circus-like music to make the scene of a plainly viewed community to give more light to the comedic meaning in the plot o...

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?     During the opening sequence, there are a total of 3 titles about the movie and production studio and 12 titles address the production cast, not including the actors, however, there are 10 main casting members mentioned.  What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?      Throughout the first scenes, there are images of machines, scissors, as well as the image of a hand nearing the end which ends at the image of a mansion. What connotations do the images carry?     The images of the machines are shown to hint at the fact that they are creations and may be connected with Edward, viewers also see the image of a scissors referring back to the title as well as the image of a hand nearing the end which ends at the image of a mansion were these machines are and also makes the viewers think that is the plot of the story is going to ...

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The Marvel one-shot Agent Carter is about a woman, P eggy  Carter, being f rustrated  at being marginalized at work  and goes  on an unauthorized solo field mission. Throughout these  scenes,  numerous forms of the main elements in creating a film are being used: editing, sound, mise-en-scene, and camera  shots, angles, movement and composition. In the opening  scene  we first see  agent Peggy and  Steve   Rodgers  with the use of  simultaneity  as the exchange their final words. With this editing technique, the audience feels a sense of sadness as the camera  switches  from each character  showing   their   unhappiness  as  Rodger  is  plummeting  to his death saying his final goodbyes.  Accompanied  by this scene is a  synchronous  sound. Applying this sound to the scene helps  enhance  the sorrowful emotions being felt by the ...

At the beginning of American Beauty, the setting is portraited as  an ugly shot in a dark, ugly room a kind of visual manifestation of  Lester , the  main character’s,  unease and  discontent.  At work, he is stuck in a boring and meaningless job writing for a media magazine. In these  scenes , Lester is not very happy with his job,  to  him, it is like a prison.   In  the first shot, Lester is meeting with Brad, his company's new efficiency expert. Brad is telling him that his work is not up to standard and that his job is at risk. What's interesting here is how differently the two men are presented. On the topic of  lighting,  its  showcased as low  key, the  room itself is ugly,  un decorated  and very dull and grey. Lester is first seen with an Offscreen space when talking to Brad, outside of the frame. Brad is shown in the next  scene, as blocking,  occupying ...