analise 2 minutes introductions of drama movies

In our first meeting we decided the best choice for the 2 minutes introduction would be a drama movie so I researched some of the best dramas movies to make an idea of what I would like our introduction to be like.

I decided to analise different types of drama movies to have a better idea of what shots , edits , sound and mice on scene would be good for our 2 minutes drama introduction.

·         The first movie that I wanted to research on the drama genre was the basketball diaries

Analysing:

The movie starts with the credits and at the background the sound following the credits is very dramatic, like a funeral song. Snidely the credit cuts into a fuzzy image of the character that quickly becomes normal. A mid shot introduces the audience with the character that is sleeping  , looking at the mice en scene of the old and poor look of the room and bed and the diegetic sound of a woman screaming and waking up the character in a bad mood but at the same time seems something that he has got use to and the mother of the character screaming at him gives an idea to the audience of the character’s low income and his dramatic life that is not full of happiness. The quick cut into the title of the movie and quickly change into another scene where the camera moves following a way that introduces the audience into a school , the idea of his voice at the background talking about himself is a good idea to introduce the audience deeply into his personality and problems , what is going to happened to the character and why should the audience still watching the movie.

This is a drama movie based on real facts , the movie shows us the difficulties that the protagonist had in his life.

·         The second movie that I researched and that I think is very nice to comment in , is a requiem for a dream , a drugs drama movie very addictive.

Analysing:

The movie starts with a establishing long shot of a place, hot place, seems aton be a local street where we can see old people sitting outside and young/ teenagers playing around,the wheather indicates summer which it also indicates a better mood. The song is a dramatic one with a bit of excitement. This gives to the audience the dramatic and excitement to carry on watching the movie. The camera shots cutting into a black screen with credits changes the place of the camera by following two young men carrying a T.V, the camera is situated in front of them so while they walking the camera movie forwards showing their facial expressions that seem to be a bit worried , the song produces more excitement while the time is passing to the audience , produces tension as well. The credits cuts the place of filming again following the characters but from a different position now not following them just putting the camera in a place where the audience can see the two characters moving from the back, this is a good way of filming to follow the characters using different camera shots and the same song to produce more excitement. The song becomes even more dramatic and addictive, is very good to have a good song for the identification of the movie.

This is a adiccion drama which is about drugs and how does it affect the life of different persons. Very dramatical movie , I like the way of producing the movie in a very smart way to show to the audience how bad the drugs can affect your life. The sound of this movie is unique and In my opinion was very smart to use a dramatical song that attaches the audience with the feelings of the movie . I will defiantly use some of this ideas.

The third movie that I really want to analyse is Big fish , which is one of my favourite movies , even if is more about adventures this movie has a drama side as well , combines drama and adventures is a very good way , connects with the audience in a way of making them curios , happy and sad. To be honest I cried at the end of this movie and this movie had a very big impact on my way of thinking about life, this production is defiantly unique.

Analysing:

The opening starts with a mid-establishing shot introducing the audience under the water where the camera moves deeper showing a group of fishes that quickly run away, the mid shot, that makes the audience feel like they are there, shows a big fish coming and follows it. The song is an adventure/emotive with a heartbeat, the camera shot with the song makes the audience feel the adventure already but with the voice of a man talking at the background while following the big fish introduces the audience to the story of it. The camera uses moves close to the big fish to show to the audience how big and powerful the big is. While this filming the credits are appearing. The camera follows the story of the voice at the background. The edit of the slow cut from a place to another was done changing the colour to darker and after lighter introducing the audience in another place which analysing the mice en scene of the wall and a draw stick on it seems that the place is in a child’s room. The camera moves around the room showing a child in a bed with an old man following the story of the voice at the background which may make the audience connect with the movie from the very beginning.