We will aim our clip at people around the age of 15-30 years old. Many of the actors used in spy genres are around the age of 30 years olds- which will appeal to aspirers, who are uncertain about what the future may hold.Furthermore, this genre is usually watched by people above the age of 15, as it involves some sort of knowledge to understand what is going on. Ethnicity:
Spy films are watched mainly by white British people, which appeals to our audience we have included white actors as the main characters. This will make the film relatable, and as a result, realistic. Class:
Our audience are mainly middle class and upper class as our storyline is sophisticated which will require an intelligent audience to understand it. Stereotypically, the lower class aren't as intelligent and therefore may not understand it.
Gender:
The gender that will watch this film will be mostly Males, however some females will watch due to the dominance of male characters.
In our opening sequence, we have a total of four characters. One Hostage, two body guards and a civilian, which all have an important role in our opening sequence. We have chosen to include few characters, therefore this will make the hostage feel alone and this help create an uncertain and unsettling atmosphere. Furthermore, little speech is used in our opening sequence to help create enigma of the hostage, to build suspense. This also helps the audience wonder why Joel Beckford is in this situation. Here are the three characters: Jack Rundle - ( Hostage ) Jack will play the main character of our opening sequence, which is a confused and concerned hostage. He is a extremely confident character, therefore making it easy for him to be the centre of attention and make the role his own. We have also chosen for our main character to be male as the majority of our focus group chose they preferred a male main character in the spy genre, as they're mainly the dominant figure.
Josh Worrall - (Bodyguard)
Josh will play the other bodyguard in our opening sequence, and its his job, along with Me, to keep 'Joel Beckford' hostage. Josh has been chosen to play this role as i'm reasonably tall, therefore making Josh appear intimidating to the audience. We will also take a lot of low angle shots to play upon josh's height. Josh will also wear a suit to stick to the Spy conventions of being smartly dressed.
As a group, we have made our final decision to film our opening sequence at the VUE cinema car park, Altrincham. We have decided to create our opening sequence in this location, as they're many exit routes, therefore keeping the audience on edge. And also because many other films within the genre, have opening sequences in this type of location, which is in a discrete location. Additionally, the car park is fairly dull but has enough lighting order to film, therefore this will make the scene dramatic. Also our location is discrete, meaning that there is very little interuption from the general public, which makes the scene realistic.
Here we see the credits of the James Bond film 'Skyfall' at the opening sequence of the film. For our production, we need to look at the style and transitions of the credits which are usually used in a variety of films within the genre. We need to choose a suitable format for our credits in order to match the style of our opening scene and reflect the theme of the spy genre.
From looking at this opening sequence, we can see how the credits are positioned in different places around the frame, this could suggest that the position of the producers names are determined of how important they are to the creation of the film. For example, when 'M' is shown as a credit, it is positioned in the centre of the frame, as she's one of the main characters in the film. On the other hand, when the Post Production Supervisor is being named, its positioned on the right-hand side of the frame, which suggests that the name is less important of the creation of the film.
Furthermore, we can see how the credits vary in size in this opening sequence, this could also suggest the importance of some people to the creation of the film. For example, the first credit was Daniel Craig and his name was a lot larger than many other credits within the sequence, this is due to the fact that 'James Bond' which is played by Daniel Craig, is the main character of the film.
Furthermore, as well as positioning we have to look at the font style, size and transitions. The spy genre tends to stay well away from traditional styles, and instead uses modern and futuristic fonts. In this case, the producers have used a bold font for all credits, which help suggests that the credits are important and need to be acknowledged.
As a group we decided to practice a variety of shot types and camera angles by putting a short clip together. Also in our short clip we included enigma which can be used as a teaser for our film's opening sequence, therefore this will help engage our audience to watch our film. By doing this task, we were able to practice using the camera, doing variety of shot types and camera angles, this helped us feel more confident using the camera. Also we were able to learn from our mistakes to find out how to produce our opening sequence to the best of our ability. For example, one mistake that we found out as a group is that we should of filmed our task in landscape, but as you can see we filmed our practice portrait, therefore next time as a group we'll know that we need to film our film in landscape.
The director engages the audience in the opening scene of Spectre by using all the technical elements very well: camera angles, editing, sound. Spectre comes under the actor thriller genre. So the director uses the technical elements to suit the genre. Two genre theories are used in this film, Neale's and Altman's. Neale's genre theory's that the films within a genre are all very similar. However, they all have little differences in which attract the audience. Altman's genre theory is that a genre film can be depicted by its props, clothing, sound and setting.
At the start of the scene, the audience is given a normal paced, quite authentic (to the setting) music. This music is non-diegetic to the viewer meaning that it is sound that is not seen.We follow Bond using a tracking shot, but it wasn't the only shot used. The tracking shot shows us a display of what the setting is and whom the main characters are. Throughout this tracking shot, it pans down on to a random person, then when the person walks past James Bond, the shot stays on Bond. Then the tracking shot goes below him, then above him, and then finally to eye level. Also during the tracking shot, the shot type varied from long to medium close. The next bit of sound in which can be heard is the diegetic sound of the women whispering in Bond's ear. This leaves the crowd wondering what she said and if it was significant to the plot or not. These different angles show what Bond's body language is like and that the audience can recognise him.
Moving on, when the women and Bond enter the room, the sound of music turns a little romantic as the women gets on the bed. However, the music suddenly goes silent as she looks up at Bond and asks "Where you going?" As the audience can't see Bond they are left wondering what does she mean. But when the camera turns onto Bond, the music paces up a bit and excitement starts to build up within the audience as they know something was going to happen.
James Bond finally reaches checkpoint and gets a gun out. The camera angles used switch from close to long. The close ups showed James Bond's facial expression and the long shot showed what he was looking at. This the eye line match of that shot. This gives the audience a sense of understanding in what is going on. This is used a lot in action films and this relates to many of them. Once bond has done all his shooting and the explosion goes off, the camera shot went out to an extreme long shot to show how much damage Bond had caused. Then the camera angles go back to being up and down. However, when Bond lands on the sofa the camera angles go back to eye line level and follows Bond as he follows his victim.
When we reach the helicopter scene, Bond and his victim are lead to fight and the camera angles keep altering between showing his victim on top of Bond, to Bond being on top of the victim. This gave a sense of confusion within the viewer as they didn't know who was stronger and who was going to win the intense fight. So it builds tension inside the viewer as well as excitement from the action. The final shot of the opening scene is an extreme close up of the ring Bond caught off the victim. It made the audience question what the symbol on the ring was.
The opening scene starts by cutting straight to a storm, this connotes a sense of danger in the film. There's diegetic sounds of the bad storm, which makes the audience feel uncomfortable. Also the scene keeps on flashing, this connotes to the audience that something dramatic is going to happen. The camera zooms to the boat as the tension increases throughout the scene.
An high angle shot is used to help suggest that the characters are in danger ,as the camera is looking down on them, which connotes that the characters aren't dominant at this moment of time. Non diegetic music begins as the group of mystery characters are shown aboard the nearby boat. The sailors communicate in a foreign language making it difficult for the audience to figure out if these characters are good or bad, therefore this creates enigma for the audience and also creates a curious atmosphere. Also an establishing shot is used to identify all the characters in the shot, this makes the audience feel worried and uncertified. Low key lighting is used in this shot to make the audience feel that the sailors are in danger.
Parallel editing is used to show the two scenes, the sailors on the boat and the floating body in the ocean, which are both happening at the same time. This helps build tension as the audience watch the characters eventually meet. They will wait in anticipation to see who will reach the other first. Non diegetic music begins when you can see the unknown body in the sea, this helps make the scene more dramatic. Also low key lighting is used in this scene to create a sense of danger to the audience.
The floating body shown in the ocean, reveals to the audience that a murder has been committed, this creates enigma with the audience as they want to know why and how this is shown in a thriller opening as it creates enigma that needs to be unfold. Non diegetic music is also used in this scene to help create a dramatic atmosphere to the audience. Also in this shot back lighting is used to help identify the body in the sea. A low angle shot is used to suggest that the unknown body is the dominant characteristic in the shot.
A point of view shot is used so the audience can see what the sailor is currently seeing in the distance. This also reveals tot the viewer that the sailor has spotted the body as we wait to see his reaction and what he's going to do next. This will make the audience feel confused and make them want to ask questions, so therefore it also creates enigma. Back lighting is used in this shot again to help identify the unknown body to the audience.
As the flash of the lighting turns the screen completely black, the title emerges using an establishing shot. By using the colour black, it connotes a sense of danger and uncertainty. Random letters appear in a coding effect that forms into the title. This can foreshadow that the character has to figure out something complicated later on in the film. Also it could connote that the genre of the film is a spy thriller as they've used a coding effect.
After the sailor has first spotted the body, the non diegetic music becomes louder as the audience can see what they assume can be the main character of the film for the first time, by the non diegetic music increasing it makes the scene sound even more dramatic. The theme of enigma continues as we still have no idea who the man is. Key lighting is used in this shot to help identify the unknown body from the sea.
The diegetic sound increases as well as the pace of the music as the sailors realise that the man is still alive. The sailors start to shout to one another as they panic to save his life. Also the film uses an extreme close up to try and identify who the character is. Low key lighting is used in this shot to connote that the unknown body is in danger and also it helps create enigma as the audience don't know whether or not the person is dead.
The music starts to fade out as an extreme close up is used to attract attention to the scalpel about to cut open the main character. This makes the audience feel uncomfortable and worried as the unknown body id in danger. The silent non diegetic music is used to emphasis the focus needed when operating the body. The semiotic significance of the text and danger throughout :violence.
At the start of the sequence, the film uses non diegetic background music, to help create a sense of enigma to the audience, as they want to know what's the problem. Also the film uses a couple of medium close up shots of the three main characters in the scene, which helps identify the 3 different characters to the audience.
The two male characters are wearing smart casual clothes during the action, which helps apply to the audience that the film is a spy genre film. Furthermore the female in the car shouts to the general public ' Just get clear!' By the female shouting this it creates a sense of danger and uncertainty to the audience.
As the scene moves on, the film uses fast paced cuts of all three characters, which helps make the audience feel apart of the chase, also it creates a dramatic and uncertain atmosphere to the audience, as they're unsure why James Bond and the female character are chasing after enemy. Diegetic sounds of the motorbike braking is used a numerous of times in this scene, this helps remind the audience of how dangerous the chase is.
A point of view shot is used when James Bond is chasing the enemy on the bike, this helps the audience feel part of the action, therefore this will also attract the audience to watch more.
A birds eye view shot is used in this scene to set the location to the audience, by showing this shot to the audience, it helps the audience feel worried and uncertain as its extremely dangerous driving on rooftops, therefore this will engage the audience to watch on. Also it suggests the sense of individualism, as bond has no help in catching the enemy.
Additionally, the majority of the colours used in the scene are sandy colours, which connotes that the location is set in a deserted country, as countries which have deserts surrounding them are normally deserted, therefore this makes the audience feel that the James bond is in a dangerous area, as many other spy films are usually based in deserts.
