Editing
0-30 seconds-Montage- Black flashes (flashback)- gives insight into the past of a certain character. This film is a sequel to the film adulthood, and the final instalment to the hood trilogy. This montage is a short reminder to the audience what has previously occurred prior to this film.
31-32 seconds- Title-10 years later- highlights time scale from when the montage of shots occurred. There is a bang sound to every word that appears. Emphasizing the importance of the time jump. The lettering is in capitals which again stresses the importance of this jump in time.
32-33 seconds- Sound bridge- there is a sound bridge from the title into the next scene (rave), this transition is smooth and sleek. It immediately picks up the pace of the film which starts to give the opening some character to it. Perhaps we could incorporate this type of sound bridge in our opening.
34-35 seconds- change in pace - this sped up motion of the rave conveys the idea that the rave has a crazy atmosphere and people are enjoying themselves.
Cinematography
0-30 seconds-Montage-The range of tense camera shots highlights that there is going to be a lot of tension in this film. Perhaps in the form of conflict as there are signs of violence in these first few shots. For example, there is a particular shot where we see a man hit another man over the head with a brick, the next shot is of the victim falling to the ground.
31- scene change- the scene change is covered up from the effects of strobe lights in the first shot of the rave. This is a very smart way of transitioning using cinematography, I would like to use this type of transition using cinematography in my opening, perhaps when our victim enters the forest.
32-50 seconds- during this 22 second segment there are a range of shots that are used. For example, at 33 seconds a high angle shot over the crowd establishes the setting, it gives the audience an idea of the setting they are in , then there are multiple close ups and medium close ups of the ravers dancing to the music.
42 seconds-High angle shot- We get a glimpse at how close the audience is to the stage, this is an important shot as later on in the opening a big event occurs on the stage, including the audience.
55 seconds- Long shot of 6 men-we are introduced to a new setting and 6 new characters that are going to appear.
56 seconds- Close up- there is a close up of a name. "Royston Peel", this introduces the audience to the new character. Perhaps this is the main character. They are in dressing room 2, this could mean something later
57 seconds- Extreme close up- We get a glimpse of a man in a suit. Perhaps this is "Royston Peel" who's name we saw in the previous shot. The man has a angry/annoyed look to him. This shot allows the audience to connect with this character as they are able to visually see how he is feeling.
1.01 seconds- Close up of hand- hand has a glove on. It could be suggested that they are trying to hide their identity by trying to cover up their finger prints. We see through the window in the back that it is night time, This creates a tense atmosphere as someone is waiting in a car.
1.02 seconds- Extreme close up of man's face- this extreme close up gives us, the audience, an insight as to what the man looks like, perhaps this is the main character as we haven't got another extreme close up from any other character. His facial expression suggests that he is focusing on something or perhaps thinking about something as his eyes are not moving.
1.03- 2 shot- We see two more hooded men in the back of the car, this highlights that there is more than one attacker, perhaps they are there as sidemen to help them. Their choice of clothing suggests that they are part of the stereotypical 'gangster' sub-culture.
1.04-close up- We then get another close up of the person we saw previously, tapping his fingers. The fact that we see him again reiterates his importance. This shot could be suggesting that he is going to be the main attacker in this opening.
1.05-2 shot- In this shot we learn that there is another man in the back of the car with the other two men. Again his clothing choice as well makes him fit into the stereotypical 'gangster' subculture.
1.36-Medium shot of car with attackers- The significance of these characters is being shown here. They obviously have some importance in the opening. However, that is not clear yet.
1.37-1.38-extreme close up of phone with attackers face- "Do it"- This message automatically creates a tense atmosphere as we do not know, as the audience, what "Do it" means. We can only assume that something bad is going to happen.
1.39- Close up- We see "Royston peel" again- The repetitive shots of this character highlights his important. We can only assume something bad is going to happen to him.
1.47-1.51- High angle to low angle shot of attackers exiting the car- Perhaps these attackers are taking a risk. The high-low shot suggests there is a loss in power.
1.53-2.06- Graphic match of Victims and Attackers walking- This builds tension as we now know something is going to happen between these two groups however the audience does not know what yet.
2.21- OSS- Attacker is outside the club the supposed victim is- Slow mo creates tension.
2.35- Zoom in shot- shows the attackers face, can assume his intentions now- his hood is still up so he is trying to stay incognito. Perhaps trying to conceal identity so he doesn't get caught.
2.43-OSS, Can see lights from stage, suggests this is where the attacker is headed.
2.45- 2.47- Tracking shot of attacker- in slow mo- adding to the tension. Starting to guess what he is going to do.
2.48-Long shot- The victim is singing and looks like he is enjoying himself along with the crowd. Creates a clam/enjoyable atmosphere for the audience.
2.50-2.52- Birds eye shot of attacker walking through crowd- This illustrates the attacker's motive, he is heading towards the stage, we can only guess he is going to injure the performer that is on the stage.
3.01-3.02- Extreme close up of the gun the attacker is now holding- this confirms the attackers intentions, he is going to shoot the singer on stage. This immediately creates a mix of emotions- sympathy, Sadness. Also the red dress could be symbolic of danger.
3.05- Close up of attacker with gun aimed at "Royston peel"- There is no turning back for the audience. He is going to be killed.
3.06- Birds eye shot of attacker aiming the gun- Highlights how close he is to the stage, again reiterating that
3.07-OSS of a shot fired-This automatically creates sympathy as the audience now knows that he has shot the victim who is now dead.
3.27-3.30- Low to high angle shot of attackers driving away- this shows that they have some sort of power now they have shot the victim, this contrasts to earlier when there was a high to low angle shot of the attackers.
3.32- Push in on dead body-This highlights the importance of the dead male who we assume is called 'Royston Peel", they played a pivotal character that was the pivoting point in the plot
3.41- Over the shoulder shot of letter- has the name "Sam Peel", we can assume that this is "Royston Peel" brother. This would relate to the title of the film which is 'Brotherhood'. Also this creates sympathy as he has just lost his brother right before his very eyes.
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