Genre
When we have a look at this clip you can get a pretty good idea of what genre that this film is. If we have a look at the mise in the first few seconds you can get a clear idea that there will be violence involved due to there being a gun. This means that the genre would defiantly have to be action and adventure. You also get an idea of the genre from the music. The non-diegetic music is slow however it has a lot of bangs and other action - based sounds in.
Editing
This film opening has some brilliant editing on it, you can tell that they had spent a lot of time putting in the special effects and putting all of the clips together. They have put all of the clips in chronological order which meant that all the way through you understood what was happening. I like the way at the beginning that all of the shots were slow and that they all built up to the last few action shots. These were fast paced and that they all built up tension for the end.
Sound
When we have a look at sound in the clip they use a lot of non-diegetic music throughout the opening. This is think is really good at building up the tension that is needed in this kind of genre and clip. I think that the song that they had chosen went very well with the way that they had edited the fight scene at the end. The music in the clip seemed to build up to the very end which i though worked very well as the fight was then and the faster music worked with the punches and the violence.
Camera Angles
When we have a look at camera angles in the clip you can see that they have used a wide range of camera angles. which keeps the viewer entertained, you can also see that they have used quite nice transitions between each clip, they have't just stuck a load of clips together and hope for the best. this really does go and improve the quality of final product and does make it look a lot more professional. they have managed to use the camera quite well when trying to fade at the end of the first few clips however you could tell that they didn't know which way to turn the focus wheel. this lead to it going out of focus however only for a little way. They had to focus it and turn it the other way to fade it properly, which had the sort of opposite effect on what they wanted to happen. They used quite good shots during the fighting scene as well, however you could see that they didn't keep the main characters in focus, which didn't work too well. Apart from that it was shot very well.
Mise
I think that the mise worked quite well with the opening and what the character had weapon wise made sense, I think that they used the costumes quite well and that it worked with what they were going for. One problem with the mask that they used however is that it is based off a game, which could be a problem when it comes to copyright. I think that the location worked well, and the way that they were able to capture the scenery in the clip again was very nice. I think that they should have used a little more light when it came to shooting in the dark, this is what reduces the quality of the camera.
Titles
I think that the titles worked very well and were put in the correct order. It started off with the main production company, followed by another. Then it went to the name of the film followed by people who worked on the film. From my own experience with working on titles and putting them in films it did seem that they put them in the correct order, which made the piece look very good. My only criticism for the clip is that it didn't have an institution logo at the beginning, which most films would start with. I would recommend making one and sticking that at the very beginning.
Characters
Now characters are the biggest problem in this opening in my opinion. There isn't really isn't any backstory behind the characters and that it didn't seem to clear about who they are and what they are doing. This could lead to confusion and put some people off. You don't know why that solider is going into an abandoned house, and who he is fighting, so they should have tried to make that a little clearer.
Overall analysing this clip would help us create our film opening as we can learn from their mistakes and that we can hopefully make less mistakes on our own.
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