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media presentation-opening scene By immy m
What narrative is given to us and from this opening scene what do we expect the rest of the films narratives to be? • The narrative is obviously action based in this film, and that is particularly expressed through the opening scene. For example, before we meet any characters, some credits are introduced, whilst the credits are introduced, we see massive explosions going off in this temple like building, there is fire, violence and weapons everywhere, it is extremely action packed. Then when we meet the actual action taking place, there is guns, protective suits, spy's and it is all very action packed and mysterious. The narrative of this film, is undercover agents and their job in stopping evil things to take place and evil people, I would say the following films to this one would have a similar narrative.
How is the genre of the film set up in the opening scene..? • Its set up through the action that is taking place. Due to it being an action film there is a lot of action going on such as bombs,fire,guns,ruins, things being destroyed and explosions going off. This all happens before we get into the scene, once we are in the scene, we meet 5 characters, 4 of these characters trying to stop this man who looks like he's been up to something evil, and then there is one man held hostage in the middle. This is immediately a very action-based plot.
Who is the target audience for this film? • The age audience for this film is targeted at a younger age generation I would say from the ages 15-30. as it includes a young teenage boy as the main character, and it is a spy and action-packed and thrill seeker movie. Which the younger generation are more likely to enjoy. • It is again a more male dominated film; this is because it is action packed which the male sex are known to prefer. It is also a male dominated cast. • Heterosexual dominated. Once again, no other relationships shown apart from heterosexual ones. • White race dominated as majority of cast are white. However in this movie there is much more variation of races.
How many characters are introduced and what do we know about them? I would argue that no characters are specifically introduced in this opening sequence apart from three. However we do see 7 different men, however we only see them in action. However 5 of the men we meet in this scene are good and trying to stop the evil. We also meet 3 middle eastern men who are being held hostage as they are obviously evil. However I would argue that we are not introduced to these characters and that we only actually see them. The three characters we are introduced to is at the end, when he takes off his gas mask and he says, ‘oh shit.’ from him saying this line we get the sense that he is a wealthy middle-aged man who is very posh and in the spy force. We also meet ‘James’ who is a trainee spy and has just got selected to join Kingsman, we also hear merlin say ‘your training is over’; this shows he is part of Kingsman.
Key moments of sound and camera work… • Sound • As soon as the scene opens, we see a stereo and as the camera zooms out from it, it starts playing a very action and fun, thrill seeking music. it is quick, sharp and action seeking. It is played as a long diegetic noise whilst all the action is going on, this helps connote all the action going on. • Camera work- • I found It clever how the camera work and angles were used when the credits were being introduced, for example each credit was introduced the camera would zoom in closer to this temple like building, whilst it was doing this it would smash into the credits and crush them, again connoting the action and violence. In this moment, the camera is also filming for a Birdseye view connoting status.
Conclusion! I would say this is one of the best opening sequences ever done, we get a clear feel of the genre, and how it is an action movie, also not much is given away which is good as it is only the opening 3 minutes.
