MEDIA OPENING SEQUENCES Anna De

Azevedo

LORD OF WAR

How it meet the conventions?

Calm music The life of the bullet The opening sequence shocks us from

the beginning and this grab our attention

Gripping our attention makes the audience want to find out more

Thriller, Crime, Drama

LORD OF WAR OPENING SEQUENCE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHn1zogeyO4

STILLS ahhaye

These numerous bullets make the beginning gripping and intimidating

An extreme shot of the first step from a bullet

High angle shot

STILLSThe POV makes the audience seeing the action through the bullet

This is the most shocking shot a close up shot illustrating that the bullet life end by ending others people life

ELEMENTS Computer old writing Pace- slow Dark blue and green = cold atmosphere Birth and death (metaphor)

Sound: The sound is diagetic meaning only the audience can hear the music playing, and not the characters in the scene.

Special Effects: The bullet noises, slow motion The transitions are smooth

ELEMENTS

TARGET AUDIENCE Target to be mostly for men This is because the film is about war, death and machinery and this kind

of things most men enjoyed